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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.
orpheus10
schubert
7,386 posts
 
Orpheus10, thinking about it, at one time in Berlin my wife and I lived next door to a full-time mom who was also a sub wind player for the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra(R.I.A.S.)and with whom wifey was good friend and baby-sitter.
They had some big parties in the summer and a lot of those
classical players could play the hell out of jazz and vice-versa.I still remember about a dozen of them laying down a fab "Cherokee" .
acman3
4,337 posts
 
O, that sounds like a request my 1st wife made, the more I explained the less she liked me. I would prefer to be the Chauncy Gardner of Audiogon, but I will try.
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rok2id
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRi6yhqmuxU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLCuhwHuEvU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6UDEkqCPE4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt4PyEFlf6Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdPGDBZdXuk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGNHZo2u8PI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZMwVj4cVyw
frogman
7,562 posts
 
Schubert, I love Sonny Stitt; and you're right, he was one of the greatest improvisers with a wonderful ease in how the ideas flowed out of him. When he played there was never a sense that he would run out of ideas and seemed like an endless font. A great tenor player as well as alto; he was, nonetheless, an alto player at heart and it could be heard in his sound and concept when playing tenor. He started playing tenor as a way to combat the idea that he was trying to sound like Parker on alto. This is a piece of one of my favorite stories in all of jazz lore. When Stitt and Parker first met they realized that even though they had never heard each other play, they sounded a lot alike. I think the says some interesting things about the natural and inevitable evolution of an art form.

Re Ron Carter: well, can one say about Miles" own choice for one of the greatest (perhaps greatest) rhythm sections ever. Carter, Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams. Fantastic player!
orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

Acman, although that post was short, it communicated very well; I do remember Chauncy Gardner. However, I believe you are denying us your vast storehouse of knowledge.

Enjoy the music.
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