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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
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Dee Dee Bridgewater

LIVE AT YOSHI'S

Dee Dee Bridgewater(vocals), Thierry Eliez(piano), Thomas Bramerie(bass), Ali Jackson(drums, percussion)
Verve   1998

Notes: "Potentially the most volatile component of a Jazz vocalist's performance, scatting can be deadly in the wrong singer's hands.  But Bridgewater has the gift."

Cotton Tail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHN40EJCN7o

Cherokee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HjtLsCxGuE

Love for Sale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr2HeVwZV3M

Slow Boat to China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeTlEJwiWqA

Cheers
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Dee Dee Bridgewater

LIVE IN PARIS

Herve Sellin(piano), Antoine Bonfils(bass guitar), Andre Ceccarelli(drums)
Impulse / MCA   1986 / 1989

Notes: "Jazz is a music of improvisation, a music of feeling deeply rooted in me.  I chose to convey this music "live" to try to capture the excitement of the moment.  It's not perfect "mais ca fonctionne bien."  It's the real thing, no "artificial sweetners" and what fun we had making it happen..."

All Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh_8jYrJcMY

Misty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU4IEbvgVzc

On A Clear Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRMR71RCOzo

Medley Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DdnCC4xmig

Cheers



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Good jazz thread! Coltrane lives.


Oscar Peterson- Girl Talk


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A_2gxpB6GoM
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Oscar Peterson: Girl Talk

The most expensive single CD I have ever purchased.  Cost me around 40 dollars from Japan.  I just had to have that version of  'on a clear day' and that album cover photo.  Great CD.  Oscar has never made a bad recording.

Cheers
pjw81563
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Does anybody have this new release by Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller.
If so can you give a quick review of your thoughts on it?

A piano trumpet duo might be challenging.  


Greetings,
Resonance Records just released In Harmony by Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, check it out here.

Here’s what they say about it:
“In Harmony is the first previously unissued recording of the late trumpet star Roy Hargrove since his passing in 2018. Captured live on January 15, 2006 at Merkin Hall in New York City and September 11, 2007 at Lafayette College in Easton, PA, with the late piano great Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony is an intimate snapshot of two masters performing without a net at the top of their games. The 2 CD set is being released in cooperation with the Roy Hargrove and Mulgrew Miller Estates and includes an elaborate booklet with rare photos, an essay by acclaimed writer Ted Panken, plus interviews and statements by fellow musicians with deep connections to Hargrove and Miller such as Sonny Rollins, Jon Batiste, Christian McBride, Ambrose Akinmusire, Keyon Harrold, Kenny Barron, Eddie Henderson, and others.”

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