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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
pjw81563
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Art Blakey never made a bad album. He also gave many rookie jazz musicians who later became legends in the genre their start. Blakey had them composing songs and and perfecting their instrument playing while under his tutelage. 

Wayne Shorter, Lou Donaldson, Benny Golson, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, curtis Fuller, Jymie Merritt, Doug Watkins and more were able to sharpen up their talents while a member of the Jazz Messengers.

Buhaina's Delight is another good one.

(27) Bu's Delight (Remastered 2003/Rudy Van Gelder Edition) - YouTube





acman3
4,338 posts
 
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m6r0DlVvBms
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rok2id
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Art Blakey & Thelonious Monk

JAZZ MESSENGERS WITH THELONIOUS MONK

Art Blakey(drums), Thelonious Monk(piano), Johnny Griffin(tenor sax), Bill hardman(trumpet), Spanky Debrest(bass)
Atlantic / Rhino   1958 / 1999

Notes: "Almost anyone knows that Monk is supposed to have been one of the founders of bop.  Undoubtedly he made important contributions to the style, but it should be clear by now that what this strikingly original musician has been working on all along is something different.  Monk is a virtuoso of time, rhythm, metre, accent."

Evidence
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySN6o6vpHTs

Blue Monk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3kEnoXaYYo

I Mean You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpBPzmh3894

In Walked Bud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdiV2SE57I8

Cheers

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rok2id
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Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

MOANIN'

Lee Morgan(trumpet), Benny Golson(tenor sax), Bobby Timmons(piano), Jymie Merritt(bass), Art Blakey(drums)
Blue Note   1958 / 1999

Notes: "It was Golson who recruited his fellow Philadelphians for service with Blakey over the course of 1958.  And while the sanctified Timmons composition "Moanin'" became the album's runaway hit, it was Golson who was responsible for the majority of the material."

The album that started it all.

Moanin' 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsJ3JjpZyoA

Blues March
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rld0xn9tBkM

Along Came Betty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lJeothOwCU

Come Rain or come Shine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EwY6efZRPo

Cheers
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rok2id
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Terence Blanchard & Donald Harrison

NEW YORK SECOND LINE

Concord Jazz / King Records Japan  1983  / 1985

Notes: "The leaders of this date, trumpeter Terence Blanchard and alto saxophonist Donald Harrison, are two examples of the importance that New Orleans has in the recent revitalization of the scene which we first became aware of through the equally youthful Marsalis brothers.  At twenty one and twenty three respectively, Blanchard and Harrison are already disciplined technicians who know how to provide the emotional fire of swing and the relaxation of subtle song that is the essence of lyricism.  And if there is any clear heritage we can associate with New Orleans musicians, it would be revealed in those two qualities, since it is the home of Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Sidney Bechet, and Louis Armstrong, to name some seminal figures." --  Stanley Crouch

New York Second Line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoWANgGSGp4

Duck Steps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip-UZ8ylQwg

Oliver's Twist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkN1XXfaCxE

Cheers
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