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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Apropos of absolutely nothin'... but might be of interest to some... A documentary about Eric Dolphy, "Last Date" (1991) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueHqxKEbQd4 |
Ghosthouse, before I even look at this video, I want to say "Thank you very much"; that's because I know so little about Eric Dolphy, and personally I haven't given his music the consideration it deserves. A jazz musician is his music, consequently, I haven't given Mr. Dolphy the attention he deserves. He was loved and admired by musicians I love and admire; therefore if I don't feel the same way about Erik Dolphy, maybe it's because I haven't given him enough attention. I will get back to you with a full review. Enkoy the music. |
Ghosthouse, I was sympathetic with Dolphy until just before the end. He was not a drug addict, but he was acting somewhat like a junky, and that's what the medical people thought. No junky would ever go on stage in that horrible condition; why did he go on stage? He went into a diabetic coma because Doctors thought he was a junky, and didn't treat him as a diabetic. Why didn't everyone know that he was a diabetic? That was Eric's fault. Did he know he was diabetic? If a genius was diabetic, he could quite possibly seem a little "cooky" if his blood sugar got too low. Erik's death was Erik's fault; he didn't die because he had diabetes, he died because he was not living like someone who had diabetes, and not only that, but the people close to him didn't seem to know that he was diabetic. I can not think about his music, after discovering how unnecessary his death was. Enjoy the music. |
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