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
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Pryso, I began with the lyrics that Ella sang to "Caravan" .

   
Night and stars above that shine so bright
The myst'ry of their fading light
That shines upon our caravan

Sleep upon my shoulder as we creep
Across the sand so I may keep
The mem'ry of our caravan

This is so exciting
You are so inviting
Resting in my arms
As I thrill to the magic charms

Of you beside me here beneath the blue
My dream of love is coming true
Within our desert caravan!


And took that to my longtime fantasy of actually going on a caravan across the desert, which would be in perfect harmony with Ella's lyrics, to include beautiful exotic babe.

Hugh Masekela sings about his memory of joining a caravan in a tiny town in the desert and blazing across the Sahara. That came as close as anything I could picture.


In the comments section, Ealorise Holmes says it grabbed at her, and it was most certainly in line with my fantasy.


                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YJCDQ2i5ME


                     
It doesn't matter whether or not it's close to jazz, as long as the music puts the caravan fantasy of moving across the Sahara in motion.
Thanks, O-10.
A little older Cassandra does another "Caravan" that runs 9.50m at 32nd Jazz de Vitoria Fest, an outstanding video where her sidemen put on a master-class on improvisation !

Pryso, maybe my caravan fantasy has come to the end of it's line; I couldn't find any music to move it along, but hopefully you did.

Lew Tabackin, "Desert Lady" is quite interesting, possibly in the mold of the Sahara Desert.


                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLRNMnAPnTI

                   
                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTp9mjI04kM