This is the ultimate West Coast; it's the soundtrack from the movie "I want To Live", good movie to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPAIE4-mi80
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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This is my favorite version and the LP I have; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Ne0Ig9lDU&list=PLreXLMe9iHTaEQlGrGK6M8BAfC1egQZrK |
Here's Jeru again as Miles called him; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hi6n03cjNk The West Coast was definitely more laid back than what we have been featuring. Try this one for size and tell me what you think? In general, do you like West Coast better than East Coast hard-bop? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Ahmng5ee0 Enjoy the music. |
Hey O - see my reply from 11:35 last evening re West Coast vs Bop. There’s a place for both and fortunately we don’t have to pick one style over the other. "East Coast" (I hadn’t been certain that was a meaningful category name, but since you use it....) definitely seems the grittier of the two. On any given day I might prefer Hard Bop to start, but listen long enough and West Coast, as I said last night, is a nice change of pace. But talking East Coast, I couldn’t find Pilgrimage as recommended by Frogman. Instead, started listening to Brecker’s Tales from the Hudson River. This is Track 5, African Skies. McCoy Tyner guesting. The entire album is pretty strong. I’ve listened to it all several times since finding it just the other day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCOAvvumyWg&ab_channel=JazzHawk FWIW - One thing I’m learning about my personal taste at this point in time: tend to prefer quartets and quintets to anything smaller. In fact, I can get more specific than that. Start with drums, bass, piano (trio's tolerable if there's a piano) and add one or more other soloists (e.g., woodwind and/or brass). |
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