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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.
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mahgister
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Yes i apologize i forgot...i gave only the youtube adress without the title...

An album way more than just good for me...

You will accept my excuse if you listen to this two hours album of jazz from japan : "spiritual Jazz"...

It is way more than just good too... Completely relaxing totally original with no musician i know of but all great...

One of the top best album of jazz in my big collection...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNv2RxjsbWA&t=314s

I just listen to it after the Tom Harrell and jim Hall album...

The recording sound is top notch..

Thre hours of ectasy with these 2 albums spritual jazz and Tom Harrell...

I am very picky in my jazz taste... As in classical... i ask for ectasy... It does not means that all my choices would be for the taste of everyone, not at all, but it said that my choices are there for a reason...Just good is not enough...All the albums i recommended gave me ectasy if not i never listen to them again... But those who give me ectasy i came back again and again...

I will said to you an anecdote...

I had the habit to read  and meditate about a subject... Many years ago i enter into a deep study, it takes me 3 years, and each day i listen to a one hour album of Heinrich Schutz Geistliche chor music by Mauesberger as conductor of the chorus   , now  count the days : it was around one thousand listenings...This is my favorite work in German choral music ever with Bach different albums  which i listened to for  each day for these three years..

Then if something gave me  ectasy i sometimes cannot be used to it easily... The "art of the fugue" is my favorite work with Scriabin( but it impossible to listen Scriabin each days one after the other  here we must wait for some SACRED day as with most composers  ) ... I own many interpretations of the art of the fugue... The deepest musical work ever... Nothing touch it... I suspect God is envious of his own creature listening Bach and say to him : "you know son dont be too proud, i created you and your music"... 😊

 

@mahgister

Is the Harrell/Hall "These Rooms", perhaps???

 

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noromance
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@mahgister I'm not really a fan of improv jazz, preferring Dixieland, Chicago etc. Really enjoyed streaming most of the "Spiritual Jazz" collections you suggested.
 

stuartk
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BTW, the "spiritual Jazz" series is on the British label "Jazzman".

Here is the discogs page for the series:

https://www.discogs.com/label/528518-Spiritual-Jazz

Not sure if they’ve all been released on both vinyl and cd.

Thanks, @mahgister for turning us on to this series.

 

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mahgister
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Thanks to you stuartk  for the series name and many albums  from "jazzman" i did not know it, listening only to this Japan double albums in the last week...

I will try to go with some others... The japan album is top surprising innovative but relaxing jazz from first minute to the last...

😉

 
 

 

 

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jdougs
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@mahgister Well, so much for cutting back on record purchases! haha

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