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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I concur....

At least " the believer" album is top it seems as the two others above...

He had a musical sense so tense that this tame his astonishing virtuosity...This is why i love him... He is not savage player as some others or a completely "civilized" one ,  but a refined musician who play with his heart no less than with his brain...

😊

I had the good fortune to experience Harper in person just once, as part of a band gotten together for a Lee Morgan tribute. As far as I know Harper only played on Morgan’s final album.

It was quite an array of talent, including Eddie Henderson, Geri Allen and Billy Hart. Don’t recall the others.

Harper was a stand-out. I felt I was as close to experiencing something on the level of Coltrane as I’d ever likely experience. I’d heard Rollins, Murray, Lovano, Potter, Bobby Watson and others but Harper was distinctly different -- in his own category.

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