Rok, while you were listening, I was reading about Carlos Santana and Leon Thomas; very interesting story.
http://www.freeform.org/music/jazzsupreme/leon.thomas/santana.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp3jDl2t1kw
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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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy31fe40Rg4&list=RDuy31fe40Rg4#t=370 Listen to all the tracks. This is great stuff. Great video and audio. Check Gene Harris at 0:50 on "Things Ain't What They Used To BE". He sits like a choir boy, hands on knees while Morrison is soloing, then he nods his head and then breaks into this big smile. I love that stuff. Cheers |
You guys are killing me! I've been working 10-12 hours a day for the past couple of months. I come home, land here, listen to music and go to bed. Geez, o10 cost me almost 45 minutes with one post. (Trilok Girtu) Thank you all. I've been listening to all the recent clips; found some new stuff I need to buy and visited some old friends, (Cecil Taylor). Saw these guys at around this time, they started the gig like they'd been rehearsing for days. It was off the charts and the first time I was lucky enough to hear Bill Summers. Herbie Hancock, Spank a Lee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWgrzmF-34Q -- Bob |
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Rok, I want the low down on whatever you've finished listening to.***** I played Mavis Staples first. It's hard to listen to Jazz while watching the game, thought this one would be easier. One of the few CDs I have purchased in recent memory that was totally unsatisfactory. I hate it. This woman needs to enter the 21st century. She is still whining about picking cotton. Good grief. Not that she has ever been within 100 miles of a cotton field. "Down in Mississippi where I was born" a line from the opening track. But, wiki says she was born in Chicago. She is self absorbed. It's all about her. She sings a lot of traditional songs, but she sings them as if they are HER life story. Not the story of a people. Hard to get into songs that insinuate that Katrina was the fault of white people. I guess primitive uneducated people think white folks have unlimited power. They control nature. I think that's the preserve of The Good Lord. They should be praying The Lord does not send Katrina 2.0 to finish them off. Well recorded, but the effort was wasted of this claptrap. I recommend this strictly for Kool-Aid drinkers. Cheers Sorry for the rant, but I take all things Mississippi personally. BTW, were any white folks affected by Katrina? I know, Bay St Louis, Mississippi, where Katrina made landfall was completely destroyed. Nothing left. Nothing. No one seems to be aware of that. Guess they didn't whine loud enough. |
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