2. music
  3. 1361722327

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
stuartk
2,977 posts
 

@curiousjim 

Petrucciani said: "I play with a lot of balls" and he was certainly a very powerful player. But what I experience listening to him, more than anything, is an overflowing, exuberant joy. 

My personal favorite remains "The Complete Concert in Germany" I bought in Paris.   

 

tyray
674 posts
 

A very unheralded guitar slanger that some may know and most know nothing about.

Stanley Jordan plays Eleanor Rigby

Stanley Jordan Trio - Return Expedition (Live in Montreal 1990)

Les Paul & Stanley Jordan INSANE Jam

 

mksun
512 posts
 

Here is a Spiritual Jazz album that I have on constant rotation:

Philip Cohran & the Artistic Heritage Ensemble - On The Beach (1968)

https://youtu.be/Q_Yfd4me6hs?si=6UzizwsZUrinjh5P

 

 

curiousjim's avatar
curiousjim
4,852 posts
 

@stuartk 

I pretty much like all of his recordings.  There’s something about the way he pounds those keys and you can tell that his bass player and drummer seem to enjoy playing with him as well.

stuartk
2,977 posts
 

@curiousjim

There’s something about the way he pounds those keys and you can tell that his bass player and drummer seem to enjoy playing with him as well.

Probably because he so clearly enjoyed what he did. It’s as though he was immersed in a constant process of discovering new delights. With no evident (to me) technical limitations, he was free to instantly play whatever came into his head. Playing music was, for him, just that -- "play". 

More to discover