Right, Armstrong, I wasn't sure it was him.
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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*****When you get right down to it the thing is why would you make post that comment at all?... Think about it***** I don't have to think about it. I know why I made the statement. This thread has a history of promoting noise makers by posting positive comments made by big time Jazz players. So and so can really play, MINGUS said bah bah bah, Cannonball praised him, Pops said he will be a star etc........ I am not saying Django was a noise maker. I like his music, especially the stuff he did with Grappelli. My point is this, given the 'social conditions' that prevailed at the time we are discussing, black musicians never criticized other musicians when asked to comment. They had nothing to gain by being negative and maybe a lot to lose. Therefore, we can ignore all comments made by the greats concerning other players. As the great NY Giants and Dallas Cowboy football coach, Bill Parcells always said, "You are, what your record says you are". No more no less. Pops is Pops, Ellington is Ellington and Django is Django etc.......... No matter who says what. Cheers |
I don't want to, but I suppose it's my duty to step in the middle of this "fray". It looks like a "caucus race" to me; that's from Alice in Wonderland, and everybody is right and everybody wins. Music is so subjective, that it's hard for anybody to be wrong; as an example there's an album that's a hit with a lot of people, which has something in the title about a "gravel road". Without hearing the album, I can't imagine anything about a "gravel road" would appeal to me. It's very unlikely that I will ever hear that album. We've touched on DNA and the possibility it plays a role in the music we like; not to mention all the sociological factors from birth to the present. We have a right to all our prejudices in regard to music; it's not necessary to agree. Inna, as you stated; "a few brief moments"; I didn't find exactly what I was looking for. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKYMEseTZxE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto_%26_Flute Koto and Flute is my all time favorite Japanese jazz oriented album; I still own this album, but it's too scratched to be listened to. At any rate we are all entitled to our different tastes. |
Rok, nonsense, find me and post ONE reference from a credible source to the notion that “black musicians never criticized other musicians when asked to comment”. Musicians have always been each other’s toughest critics. Rok, you make stuff up to support your personalized and very rigid notions of, among other things, the history of this music. I realize you have anointed yourself a “world renowned authority on jazz” and are unwilling to change your views about any of this, but a lot of what you espouse is simply not true. Every credible writer and/or historian on these topics, not to mention musicians, have a different viewpoint from yours and yet we are supposed to consider the views of someone who can’t (or won’t) even grasp the concept of influence in music. I see. You like to rewrite history almost as much as arguing about it; including the history of the “pouting episodes”. Try posting music instead of antagonizing. And, please, we don’t need the same clips for the third, fourth or more times. O-10, you are correct, we are all entitled to our tastes in music, but not to our “tastes” in the history of it; or other aspects of it which are well documented and/or factual.. |
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