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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Woe! Talk about improvisation...I wonder if Hermeto Pascoal ever did a gig with Sun Ra? The Strange World Of… Hermeto Pascoal ’The Sorcerer’ ’In terms of his influence on other musicians, most notably those he worked with directly, his unwavering dedication to a life of music and the uniqueness of his artistic vision, Hermeto Pascoal is almost without peer. It would not be an injustice to either musician, to compare him to Sun Ra.’ ’The chickens’ clucking sounds remarkably like a wah-wah guitar, before the whole thing explodes into the kind of wild, sculpted cacophony usually considered the preserve of Sun Ra.’ ’The same could equally be said of the occasional comparisons to Zappa elsewhere in Pascoal’s music.’ |
I’m not a Zappa fan and will confess to finding Pascoal difficult to get into, so far, aside from the early quartet album @tyray recommended. But I haven’t listened to all of his recordings so who knows what I might yet encounter.
Do you play an instrument/? I think it’s safe to say that those of us who do play tend to be more focused upon musical structure and performance factors (players’ technical and expressive abilities). These aspects are what my ears/brain are primarily attuned to and I wouldn’t have it any other way. When it comes to "getting" a piece of music, sonics don’t really enter into it, unless the sound is really abysmal.
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