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Jazz for aficionados

Jazz for aficionados

I'm going to review records in my collection, and you'll be able to decide if they're worthy of your collection. These records are what I consider "must haves" for any jazz aficionado, and would be found in their collections. I wont review any record that's not on CD, nor will I review any record if the CD is markedly inferior. Fortunately, I only found 1 case where the CD was markedly inferior to the record.

Our first album is "Moanin" by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. We have Lee Morgan , trumpet; Benney Golson, tenor sax; Bobby Timmons, piano; Jymie merrit, bass; Art Blakey, drums.

The title tune "Moanin" is by Bobby Timmons, it conveys the emotion of the title like no other tune I've ever heard, even better than any words could ever convey. This music pictures a person whose down to his last nickel, and all he can do is "moan".

"Along Came Betty" is a tune by Benny Golson, it reminds me of a Betty I once knew. She was gorgeous with a jazzy personality, and she moved smooth and easy, just like this tune. Somebody find me a time machine! Maybe you knew a Betty.

While the rest of the music is just fine, those are my favorite tunes. Why don't you share your, "must have" jazz albums with us.

Enjoy the music.
orpheus10
alexatpos
1,224 posts
 
Frogman (and others too) would you call this a jazz music?

Music for a While - Improvisations on Purcell

https://youtu.be/Q3ZZ1wTytYk

Recently I have started to buy albums from Enrico Pieranunzi.
Heard him long time ago with Chet Baker, has a big and wide opus.
Same question as above:

https://youtu.be/GvLBc9uPkBY
https://youtu.be/_Rpld9y1ASA

https://youtu.be/EGtMDNGgqKM

https://youtu.be/Xo8bJToO8Es
acman3
4,275 posts
 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNFhHK9mvOg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAHrF1WCDjM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvC43pohC2w
keegiam
731 posts
 
@acman3

Nice tracks.  It's gotta be tough to create your own fresh sound after 70 years of modern jazz, but Sean Jones seems to do it.

acman3
4,275 posts
 
Alex, I have been a Marc Johnson fan forever, but never heard the collaborations with Enrico Pieranunzi. All good music and thanks for that.

Quite a mix of Jazz and Classical. It usually doesn't work for me, but I will be listening to some of these interesting recordings. On a lot of the songs they settle into a duo setting and it sounds like Jazz. 
I'm just waiting on the Captain of the Jazz Police to weigh in. :0) 






frogman
7,478 posts
 
Alex, first of all, I like the “Improvisations on Purcell”... a lot.  It’s really quite beautiful.  A beautiful blend of genres.   Is it Jazz?  That’s a loaded question around here.  Personally, it ultimately doesn’t matter and I have a pretty good idea of what the “Captain of the Jazz Police” will have to say about it 😊

No, it’s not Jazz, but definitely has a Jazz component.  What I find interesting is how in that piece they manage to keep two styles completely separate and still make it work in combination.  What I mean is that the countertenor vocals remain in a strict Baroque style and the horn plays with a decidedly Jazz feel.  (Btw, a bass clarinet, even though several different horns appear in the video, but no bass clarinet) .

I have always been a fan of Pieranunzi’s music.  I would definitely call his style Jazz.  Jazz, rooted in Italian Romanticism instead of the (American) Blues.  For some that is a deal breaker right there, but not for me.  It checks off enough of the requirements for me.  I think that an argument can be made that every cultures has its “Blues”.  

Like acman3, I am a fan of Marc Johnson and often wonder why his name doesn’t come up more often.  Wonderful bass player who I heard play with Bill Evans a couple of times at the Village Vanguard years ago.  Once with Joe LaBarbera on drums and another time with Bob Moses on drums...another name that doesn’t come up too often.  

Thanks for the beautiful clips.  Good stuff!  

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