Michael Weiss
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.
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.
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Froggy that must have been an incredible show! Did you take any photos of LTD and Woody? Do you remember the 3 musicians in the rhythm section? I know it was over 4 decades ago but I bet you know!!
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Here is the writer and composer of Gingerbread Boy Jimmy Heath god rest his soul. Excellent young musicians big band following Heath's direction!
UNT One O'Clock Lab Band: Jimmy Heath - Gingerbread Boy (1964) - YouTube |
“over four decades ago”!!!! I’m showing my age ☺️. I was fresh out of HS when I went to see Dexter for the first time at the suggestion of a saxophone teacher that I had at the time. I didn’t quite understand the significance of those performances at the time and it wasn’t until years later that I bought and listened to the “Homecoming” recording made from those dates. That recording was made over a couple of days at The Vanguard. The personnel when I was there was as the record states: Dexter, Shaw, Ronnie Mathews, Stanford James and Louis Hayes. I heard Dexter twice more at The Vanguard a few years later. These times it was just a quarter; no Shaw, George Cables, Eddie Gladden and I’m blanking on who the bass player was. |
I graduated HS in 1981 so, froggy you are not much older than I am. Louis Hayes is a great drummer that has appeared on hundreds of studio recording sessions with all of the great jazz musicians of lore. From Sonny Stitt to Vincent Herring. George Cables is a great pianist and has hundreds of studio recording sessions as well. Besides his own catalog as a leader, he played with Sonny Rollins, Art Pepper (a lot), and Frank Morgan to name a few. Both Hayes, 84, and Cables, 74 are still alive and making music!! Ronnie Mathews and Eddie Gladden are no slouches but Stanford James is drawing a blank with me.
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