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
O-10, you are without a doubt one of the most disingenous individuals that I have ever had interaction with; it boggles the mind.  No, I don't think the interest is below zero and I will post as I see fit; thank you very much.  

"Jelly Roll Morton", the man who invented jazz, how could you go wrong there?



Enjoy the music.
'The late Soviet Union was not renowned for its contributions to jazz, but it did produce at least one notable group, for in the '70s and '80s the Ganelin Trio was arguably the world's greatest free jazz ensemble. Comprised of pianist Vyacheslav Ganelin, saxophonist Vladimir Chekasin, and drummer Vladimir Tarasov, the trio's mostly improvised music was as emotionally intense as anything being created in the U.S. -- or anywhere else -- at the time. The three members were extraordinarily skilled, possessed abundant chops and imagination.'

https://youtu.be/n6kOpdtwSzY

This next clip is also interesting, in regard to that theory that fusion was a dead end ( I am not a fan of it) but still one should ask himself how its possible that on two opposite sides (in many senses) of world, man can find many similar things in art?

https://youtu.be/WGYDPFJMT0g
Free Jazz
 
"Keith Johnson of AllMusic describes a "Modern Creative" genre, in which "musicians may incorporate free playing into structured modes -- or play just about anything."

Hell, I can do that.  Anyone can do that.  But then, that's the purpose of this so-called music.


Soviet Free Jazz:

Any music that could gain the approval of the commissars and bureaucrats in the Kremlin, did not have anything we would recognize as 'emotionally intense'.

But, the Soviet Union was the perfect place for 'Free Jazz' to strive. They are both soulless and meaningless.

Cheers