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

Tony Scott absorbed the blues bird felt and projected it; that's what you and Frogman heard Inna; there was no Zen meditation projected in that clip.

If you read every scrap of paper that you could find involving the life of Charlie Parker, including his childhood, you would know that he was haunted by many inner demons that never letup; Tony Scott projected the blues Bird must have felt.
Orpheus10, you are probably right, I don't know much about Parker.
How about this, something very different. That's class, at least I think so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bl8tFcI6YU

Inna, there are many "new" audiophiles in the market that producers are capitalizing on; they are the ones who are convinced that the most expensive is the best; hence "some" records are much higher than normal; especially when money to these new audiophiles is like confetti.

While it's true that there have always been a few, never in such large numbers; this can be confirmed by the ads in "Stereophile"