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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Orpheus10,
I think you are generally correct about outside influences on musical choices.
But FWIW , I never heard a note of Classical music till I was 30, by chance I heard the great Swedish tenor Jussi Bjorling and was instantly converted by the most beautiful thing I had ever heard and have never looked back.
I was about 18-19 when rock started , everyone I knew went crazy about it, I hated it and thought it vastly inferior
to the big band, American song book music I had grown up on
which it displaced ,never looked back on that either.
I can't be the only one .
Our roots certainly have an influence on how we are programmed to respond to things, but there is more to it than just that. You can teach a newer cat a few new tricks. more so usually than an older one, Usually only a few though.

I've "programmed" myself to just listen to the music and ignore "genre" or other labels that might be attached, except as a means of categorizing after the fact. I find new music I like a lot everyday in all different genres.

I am an older cat so not easy to teach metoo many new tricks but I have always been tuned into music, so that is not so hard.