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
Ghosthouse, hope there will be enough time time to change your taste about jazz guitar.
For start, maybe we should post some albums where famous guitar players are part of line up, not leaders. Here are few albums where Kenny Burrell played.
I have many more, almost I cant find any album where he played that I did not like

With Paul Chambers 'Bass on top' from1956.
https://youtu.be/-hEaKtTRrJY

So, you have said that you liked Wynton Kelly, here is album where Kenny Burrell plays, with Chambers too.
 'Piano' from 1958.
https://youtu.be/B2nyZC6KLO8

Same year with Milt Jackson and Coleman Hawkins 'Bean Bags'
https://youtu.be/XnvUEIPRb1g

Another with sax player. Ike Quebec 'Soul Samba 'from 1963.
https://youtu.be/1uY6zlfR7pM


Again, piano player, Bill Evans, with Burrell Playing
'Quintessence' from 1976.

https://youtu.be/qBp1WESsOTU
https://youtu.be/qj7wkx4QClw

With Tommy Flanagan on 'Beyond the blue bird' from1990.
https://youtu.be/GmZKgaEce9I

That could keep you busy, for now. Hope you will like something



***** I’d be very curious what recent music suggestions you personally found sleep-inducing.*****

Anything from the third world with the word "trance" in the title.  ahahahahaha

Anything that O-10 posts while tripping in unexplored parts of the world.

Anything played by players wearing t-shirts,  or  jeans or baseball caps, or all of the above.

Flamenco being passed off as Jazz.

Cheers

I'm a Southerner.   I'm stuck in the past and can't get out.


Hank Crawford:

The best dressed man in Jazz.  From Memphis I think.  Used to play with Ray.   Very under recorded.  One of the Jazz players I was exposed to in college.   Good stuff.

Cheers

Ghosthouse there are so many facets in jazz that we've been through that I don't know if we touched on them since you were included. Have we touched on "Don Cherry"?

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAwRxXcxSgs
Thanks to everyone.  

O - Don C was probably before I started visiting regularly.  I know the name but never listened.  Got Milarepa playing now. Pretty atmospheric. Sounds like something Miles would have done a la Silent Way or Bitches Brew.  

What's that little horn Don is holding?  Either he has big hands or that thing is tiny!  Pocket trumpet??  

F - I did say my "fixation" on tone was a shallow reason!  Hey, when you come up listening to Clapton, Page, Hendrix, West & Taylor and that's the sound that trained your ear, it's hard to adjust to this "clean" jazz sound.  Seems kinda wimpy.  I believe you when you say the Martino and Metheny solos weren't "abstract" but to my ear, hard to hear the connection back to the source.  Would be interesting to hear a jazz guitar piece transcribed for, say, trumpet or VIBES (that's the ticket).  Wonder how that would hit me.  I really didn't HATE those 3 albums just not something I felt compelled to go and buy.  On the other hand, if forced to pick one of those players to learn to love, I'm thinking it would be Wes Montgomery.  

Acman - Thanks for taking the time.  Sideman vs group leader, might well make a difference.   Joe Pass' work on that On Time recording you recommended (I believe) was very enjoyable even though I don't get all giddy about the sound.  

Rok - You are a card as they used to say.  Good recommendation on that Smokin' at the Half Note.  Fits Acman's sideman proposition.

Thanks for all the tutorial attention, gents.  
Feeling a bit like the slow kid in class.  :-)