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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.
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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frogman, Good morning and thanks for that Freddie/Woody link. I was unaware they recorded an album. Just bought it on discogs! That show with Dexter Gordon that you were at was recorded. I have the CD. I don’t know how many nights they played but the double disc I have does not include You’ve Changed. Its a great album just wish that song was on it. Bringing up "influence" again I read somewhere that Duane Allman wore out his copy of KOB and was heavily influenced by Miles. And John Coltrane also influenced many musicians of another genre. I am not a musician so I do not understand "musician talk" A minor, B, Scales, chord progressions, chromatics ect. is alien to me and I love music so much sometimes I wish I could relate to all that. Here are 2 examples. Both taken from YouTube reviews and the reviewers must have some musical background. The first is a comparative analysis of John Coltrane and The Byrds. The second is a poor review of Tal Wilkenfeld. I have the Jeff Beck bluray Live at Ronnie Scotts with Tal on the bass and to me she sounds ok. In this link she is playing with Herbie Hancock. Like many rock & roll fans and musicologists I purchase this on vinyl eons ago as part of my exploration of the music of the Byrds. McGuinn and Crosby mentioned, and continue to mention, John Coltrane in so many interviews it was impossible to not become curious. Three would have been no modal McGuinn legendary 12-string Rickenbacker solo on Eight Miles High without Coltrane...…. Coltrane/Byrds Complete review here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006A9XRYG/?coliid=I25MRF8KHHBYIN&colid=2MJEFFF7AFXNS&psc=0 Herbie and Tal review: Noope, Herbie is not following her. She is decent but way overrated, nowhere in the class of these musicians. She’s playing a lot of chromatics which are easy and you can get away with in a tune like this. No multiple key changes. Herbie as well as Jeff Beck are wonderful human beings as well as great musicians and they love giving younger budding musicians like her a good start. How far some of these younger players get is on them if they study and work hard. She has a good feel and groove; that’s what matters here. She’s ok but don’t act like she’s the best thing since the wheel and in a class like Jaco, Clarke, and many others...………… Here is the video with the complete review. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7qra_nlWEs Here is Tal soloing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TaNayM_BRQ |
pjw, I figured out why your recording (I have the original lp) doesn’t include “You’ve Changed”. At first I thought that the clip you posted may have been a bootleg and the reason it wasn’t on the record. The answer is that I made an error in thinking it was from the Vanguard date that I attended and was recorded for the Columbia, “Homecoming” lp. As the info for your clip shows, it was from a Village Gate date a few weeks earlier. My bad. I had completely forgotten about that record from the Village Gate date. The Village Gate has been gone for a long time; out of sight, out of mind I guess. Great and legendary place, though. The last time I was there was to catch Nat Adderly’s group shortly before it shut down. Btw, Woody Shaw and Freddie Hubbard recorded two albums together. “The Eternal Triangle” and “Double Take”. The clip I posted (”The Moontrane”) is from the lp “The Eternal Triangle”. The album cover pic with my clip is of the rerelease of the two as a double album. The original “The Eternal Triangle” with original cover art: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WTpho8u0_Gc&list=PLyHn3f7-9IUJ6s13cKFFG-5BdBOZXJmYi&t=0s&i... The original “The Moontrane”, title tune on Shaw’s earlier solo lp. In some ways I like it even better than the version with Freddie; slightly slower and relaxed: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tgjTnRcxOJA One of my favorite versions of the great tune from one of the greatest little known records. “Unity”, Larry Young, Elvin Jones, Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson. NOT the original cover art: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IwOIVQVVhwg Another from that same record with correct cover art: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GYQNsuzMXiQ Btw, I agree with the reviewer re Tal Wilkenfeld. I know her from her work with Jeff Beck and I don’t get the appeal. Even her time keeping is just ok. And, in the company of a tone master like Beck, even her tone is bland. As you say, he champions young players and I’m sure she’ll continue to grow. |
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