Acman, I absorbed every word of that Paul Desmond, Charley Parker interview.
Enjoy the music.
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.
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.
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Acman3, loved the Nat Cole clip. He was a class act. What a voice, and great piano player. Became famous as a singer and people forget he made his rep first as a jazz piano player, and a good one. Although not on the level of Oscar Peterson; few were. Peterson was an amazing virtuoso; as Rok said, one of the greatest. Some might say the greatest. Great sense of clarity in the way he played; never any ambiguity about what he was trying to do. Great clips. On the subject of organists. The organ/jazz connection came from the church. A child prodigy and very soulful dude; one of my favorites: https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLXnx1wN_qUG9xpQi7SRCzJ0hmwEix0dZE¶ms=OAFIAVgD&v=hwqFUx... |
Interesting article and some fine photos, all about the 'Man who photographed be-bop'... http://www.udiscovermusic.com/photographed-be-bop |
Thanks Alex. I own a couple of of great photograph books, Jazz Portraits,and Overtime, with photos by Milt Hinton. There is one photo of Sun Ra in a hotel room, in 1991, in a wheel chair, with a little keyboard on the bed, and charts everywhere; says it all for me. Jazz is a large part of our lives, till we're gone. |
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