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
Cannonball Adderley Sextet
Cannonball(alto), Nat(cornet), Charles Lloyd(tenor, flute), Joe Zawinul(piano), Sam Jones(bass), Louis Hayes(drums)

CANNONBALL ADDERLEY'S FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

Capitol Jazz   1964

Notes: " 'Fiddler on the Roof', ... opened on Broadway on September 22, 1964 with the larger-than-life Zero Mostel in the title role.  Only a month later, on October 19, alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, a kind of larger-than-life character himself, took his sextet into the studio to record an album of selections from the soon to be world renowned  musical.  Cannonball was prescient -- he had realized not only the social and historical significance of the show but also the fact that it contained some very special music that would lend itself to the kind of appealing improvisations with which he and his band members dazzled audiences and won over new listeners to Jazz."

to life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fChkHmHcU5Y

sabbath prayer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWY8tyNlzA

chavalah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhkIU2-RAiQ

matchmaker, matchmaker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlmSDrrwqi4

Cheers

@roktoid,
My man, love me some Cannonball Adderley

The Black Messiah
is a live album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, California in 1971 featuring performances by Adderley’s Quintet with Nat Adderley, George Duke, Walter Booker and Roy McCurdy with guest appearances by Airto Moreira, Mike Deasy, Ernie Watts, Alvin Batiste, and Buck Clarke.[3] After many years of being out of print, The Black Messiah was reissued in 2014 by Real Gone Music; the new 2CD reissue included liner notes by music journalist/blogger Bill Kopp.

Check it out y’all. This is where I first heard the young George Duke and the Brazilian Airto Moreira.
@tyray,

I have The Black Messiah on lp from back in the day.  Cannot find it on CD.  I even checked the Real Gone Music site.  The search continues.
Thanks

Cheers