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
*****  actually, the horn is quite a bit more "nimble" than the trombone. *****

I stand corrected.   Why do I have this strange feeling someone is smiling in NYC.

Learsfool, Thanks for info.

Cheers
Well, its quite posssible that Orpheus had more than one friend whose music we have listened. If its organist, I think I know who he is and I am not sure if its polite for me to say? Anyway, this guy played with him ( with that organist) on one album and than got the chance to record his own album as a leader, made two, but did not became famous. Here is the link...Fred Jackson 'Hootin and Tootin'...
https://youtu.be/eZKR_d7gHMU
https://youtu.be/8khR_oqp0Oo
https://youtu.be/dS0mnaLAus8
Alex, if O-10 said he has been lying about his adventures with the mystery jazzman for 3 years, I for one believe him. ;)


Learsfool:

Speaking of musical instruments.   Where does / did the impetus for creating or developing new musical instruments come from? 

Cheers

Alex, I'm going to almost clear things up; if such a person existed, his style would have been similar to Fred Jackson's, but that was before he lived in my apartment. The music he played when he lived in my apartment was so advanced from that music, and none of it was recorded.

Acman3's statement is Gospel truth.

The bottom line is; I can not prove the music he was playing during the time he was living in my apartment. My detractors might say, "You can't believe anything he say's". That's fine because I always provide links, no one has to believe anything I say; however, "The mystery jazzman did not practice for one single solitary day, nor did he give any inclination that he wanted to".

Acman, I believe you know who the person that does not exist is, keep it to yourself, and maintain what I told you.

Irony of ironies, when I turned on my rig, (my play list is so long that it plays continuously) the "Mystery jazzman" was playing as a sideman. That concludes this story forever.


Enjoy the music.