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
orpheus10 OP
5,988 posts
 

Inna, I have had that same theory for a very long time. I have memories of places that I've never been, and I recognize those memories in paintings, and to make things really weird, one of those places isn't even in this country, yet I have a memory of being there. I must admit, this memory was strongest when I was a child.

We inherit much more than we realize; I have pictures of my fathers mother, my grandmother that I can barely remember, who has Native American blood, according to her features. Since everyone is dead, I can't trace ancestry.

Who we are, goes back to long before we were born; I think it explains what can be a strong attraction to music from foreign countries.


pjw81563
258 posts
 
inna, 

Hossein Alizadeh plays that instrument extremely well. However the music he plays with it is not my cup of tea.

You mentioned John McLaughlin. I know John experimented into this "international jazz" music in the 70's. I've listened to the Shakti music and was also disappointed in most of the material. I much rather prefer traditional American jazz/rock/blues fusion. Not that I'm not opened minded, which I am.

You also mentioned Flamenco which I enjoy immensely and have at least 2 dozen pure Flamenco albums in my inventory. I prefer the Spanish influence more then Middle Eastern/far east/India influences. 

One of my favorites:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C97H_HvBjPA

acman3
2,267 posts
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OdF3wMlUQo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUo0T42X-cg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpQI_szLR8I
inna
5,245 posts
 
I always thought that Paco de Lucia and Al di Meola do not really match well. McLaughlin, as a leader of the trio, in most cases smoothed things out and bound them together. Find their performance in Germany in the year 1981, I guess. They perform somewhere in the open, another concert in Berlin or wherever was not that good.
Flamenco is an Andalusian art but it is a fusion of a few musical traditions, including Middle Eastern. Until 19th century it was almost always just singing and dancing. If I remember right, Nino Ricardo and Ramon Montoya developed modern flamenco guitar as we know it. Paco followed the school of Nino Ricardo. I strongly prefer it to all others, don't like Sabicas, for example. 
I understand preference for traditional American jazz, I myself prefer American blues. Hell, maybe I am partly black. Don't look it, though.
 
inna
5,245 posts
 
Orpheus10, they are not dead, they live in you, your memories and your music. Yes, we are much more than we may think, it is just often difficult to access and articulate, make it more present and create this oneness.
Try album Suspended Memories - Forgotten Gods. It is tribal ambient music, I listened to it hundreds of times. Jorge Reyes is a white man who grew up in Indian village in Mexico, Steve Roach is Arizona desert dweller and Suso Saiz on electric guitar is Spanish.
More to discover