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
Wynton:

When Marsalis arrived on the scene, the epicenter of Jazz was in NYC.   Full of hard, bitter, angry, drug addicted Jazz players.  They played music that reflected this condition.  Forgotten was the warning from Pops that,"If you  can't dance to it, it ain't Jazz".  They were all advancing the art.   They advanced the art so far that they left the paying public behind.

Enter the Jazz savior coming up from the birth place of Jazz.  Virtuoso, clean cut, drug free, and very articulate.  He called them out.   Showed them they were washed up, and had lost their way.  Saved Jazz.  That's why folks like Miles resented him.

Jesus cleansed the Temple, and you see what they did to him.  So Wynton has survived relatively unscathed.

Cheers




Rok, I am 100% certain that Grant Green never played "Moon River" at any of the establishments he played in that I went to in St. Louis, MO.

I had to add that "Missouri" because there might be another St. Louis somewhere ; maybe St. Louis of France, but not MO.

Enjoy the music.
He played Moon River on the Sonny Clark set.  That's what we are talking about.

I do not have anything by Benny Green.

Cheers
Watching the French news yesterday.   They were interviewing the American Movie Director William Friedkin at the Cannes Film Festival.

He directed 'The French Connection' and 'The Exorcist' among others.

When asked which movie did he think was the best of all time, he answered, without hesitation, "Citizen Kane".  Made in 1941.

Jazz fans should ponder that.   So much for 'advancing the Art'.

Cheers