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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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BLUE NOTE A story of modern jazz; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRCWHWQoIIY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNAjQBOP-lU A few Blue Note jazz artists couldn't read music; of course all the most famous could read music. Jazz artists who couldn't read music didn't go around with a sign on their chest stating that fact, but it was a fact, and how they could jam; they played with the most famous Blue Note artists and also made albums of their own. Jazz is primarily expressing what you feel in the jazz idiom of that time. The cities were so much different in the 60's; I thought the South Side of Chicago was paradise; South Shore drive, the lake; Chicago was the hippest city in the world, so much live entertainment; violence seemed to be restricted mostly to the West Side, and although gangs existed, the South Side was jazz land, not gang land. I always lived in the city, never far from the action; within walking distance of live entertainment, I loved it. BLUE NOTE JAZZ has the feel and movement of the city; Chicago, St. Louis, New York, but not LA; it had a different feel and movement; notice how different West Coast jazz is from BLUE NOTE Jazz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aeVlQtsaFE&list=PLKMUFgFPQJ9xkZMmJODD29vJUoWlCa_1G It's only been since this thread that I diverged. It was when I realized that I was making a job of trying to find new jazz that it happened; but good music is not isolated to jazz; music without a category can sound good. Enjoy the music |
Today's Listen: Gene Ammons' All Stars -- THE BIG SOUND All the sax players solo on 'The Real McCoy' I am sure all you aficionados can determine the players in the correct order. :) Love the flute playing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcCuEkphSvU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B04DP0aofc Cheers |
Rok, that is one fantastic album that I don't think I have, but must have it. "Paul Quinichette" is someone we haven't discussed enough. I remember a long time ago, I was kind of on the outside of a conversation between The Big Boys; "Heavy jazz aficionados", and I decided to jump in with something about "Paul Quinichette", and I pronounced it like it's spelled; before I finished a disc jockey corrected me with "You mean Quinishay, don't you"; since that time I have never forgotten how to pronounce his name. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9u6Mu3nmdE&list=PLUu75SmcBfnbR4qecbbYwZtIYUw_LWAza This recording quality doesn't sound worth two cents; I hope the CD is better if I get it. This is the "new jazz" I'm going to focus on. Enjoy the music. |
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