The guitar is very melodic and the piano sounds good; it's very easy to listen to. This is jazz of a high caliber, performed by some of the best musicians; it certainly keeps my interest; sounds like jazz for a rainy day, with some nice company (as in rainy days gone past).
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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Well, I’ve been to an awful lot of Manhattan restaurants and I’ve never heard music like that in any of them. "Smooth jazz", yes, but the Connors cut is not smooth jazz; as I define it, anyway. "Mr. Cool" is not nearly as "bubble-gummy" as most of what gets passed off as "smooth jazz" and, for me, falls more in the category of "fusion", but without the abnoxious electronic excess of a lot of it. Nice funky shuffle beat on a tune with a couple of interesting twists and turns, and fast virtuosic flourishes very reminiscent of vintage Chick Corea (Return To Forever); nice playing all the way around. Connors shows a lot of restraint in his playing, especially for being the leader, and I appreciate the economy. The rest of the band is recently deceased Latin-jazz-fusion flutist Dave Valentin’s band; all excellent contemporary fusion players and very in demand studio guys. Re the recently brought up subject of bass players: if Lincoln Goines' playing doesn’t prove what a formidable influence Jaco Pastorious was in the world of electric bass I don’t know what is. My only real issue with the clip is that I think the engineer/producer got just a little bit carried away with the micing of the snare. Great snare sound; but just a little bit too big, imo. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DuwzQOP2LXA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CPRMOZ-GITw |
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