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

If that post was supposed to be a response to my post, it's the silliest you ever made.

Enjoy the music.
Today's Listen:

Dick Hyman -- MUSIC OF 1937  (maybeck recital vol three)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgJaGssX1Ec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aXCy7yu0Rw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyJm7pEPDqw

Isn't it amazing how the good stuff never ages or sounds dated.  Not too familiar with Hyman, or why I came to buy this disc.

He can play.  Although he is banned in Japan, a few LPs managed to swim the Pacific and get there.   One of the greatest outrages in the history of Jazz.

Cheers

Rok, I don't think it was as much an outrage as the Grant Green outrage; not only was he denied what was due him for producing the music, I was denied the pleasure of having those records in my collection, I was denied the pleasure of listening to some of his best music. He was one of the very few artists that I had met and talked to, he was one of the very few artists that I had seen live many times; to be denied the pleasure of listening to his records was an injustice to me personally.


Enjoy the music.


O-10, IMHO,The reason Mr. Green's material was only released in Japan was that was the only place where the material would sell big. The market in the U.S. was changing, and not in the direction of Grant Green. Sad but true. No matter how good or bad, it was deemed not marketable by Blue Note. The masses speak volumes with their wallets.

The bigger question was, Why then did they record Grant Green? To keep them at Blue Note? To give them a payday? I don't know. I am just glad the guy's at Mosaic found them and released them, so people who wanted more Grant Green would be able to hear him.