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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.
orpheus10
orpheus10 OP
5,988 posts
 

The passion of Christ, the movie, is the first one.


      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt-9eDWP5f0&list=PLG5aU2rEiT76xLZ-oUy2u56g89SRQEChM


Now we go to Rabbi Abou Khalil, "Bukra"; Kibbe is the cut.


          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGMgxa3M8Fs


Next is from "Al Jadida"; Catania;


          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMUfSpeUzA8


These are the best looking, most ornamental CD's I've ever seen. This is the music you would have heard by the campfire at night under a full moon.
orpheus10 OP
5,988 posts
 
Ghosthouse, Wes Montgomery can never be a dead camel.
schubert
4,867 posts
 
Frogman , serious question .
I’ve listened to your link to Kenny D Jr 6 times , partly for the sheer beauty of it and partly trying to see how he does those chords .
But most of all because the way these 3 play together is meta-physical , almost seems impossible to do .
Is this more from sheer shed time or because these guys have perfected the art of listening to each other, just know each other inside out , all of the above ?
One a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate this trio on improv to the extent its playing off the others ?
Assuming they are .
schubert
4,867 posts
 
Amen, O-10 and Ghosthouse .
One of the very first  jazz LP's I ever bought was a Wes Montgomery.
Alerted me to the fact jazz is serious music .
frogman
4,637 posts
 
Nice fantasy, O-10 and thanks for sharing.  We all have them, but I'm not quite ready to post mine 😉.  Man, saxophone music by the campfire in the Sahara!  That is one hip caravan!  

A little less hip:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5414InafIUk

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yZSTMOcRqPY

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