Leon:
On the Basie clip he had me wishing for Joe Williams.
Cheers
On the Basie clip he had me wishing for Joe Williams.
Cheers
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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O-10, in your haste to disagree with me you miss the fact that we are, in fact, in agreement about "Blood Count"; and "The Peacocks", for that matter. You found it dreary; I can understand that. I, don't mind "dreary" and appreciate the artistry, dreariness and all. And speaking of "relevance", what is the relevance of the comment about the "study" of jazz to the subjects at hand? I was I see none. Ohnwy61, in a rather clever turn, reminded us about a prior conversation here about "Bloodcount" and the tune was resurrected. The relevance of his opinion or mine (again, same as yours) is no more and no less than, say, the many comments by you about which version of a given tune is the "best"; as you have expressed many times. Now, is it really that hard to see how and why these discussions turn unnecessarily negative? Don't you think it's time to stop the bullshit? There can be strong opinions and vehement disagreement; but, as I have said before, let's try and thicken our skins and avoid the silly and provocative innuendo, sarcasm, and silly tit-for-tat, I think the thread would benefit greatly. |
Jafant, you may remember this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t88stnbP0g I too like Mr.Thomas in his Avant Garde mode than conventional, and only in small doses, unless heavily medicated, but Pharoah Sanders is good in most all situations. |
Yo Rok, I'm gathering the tracks so we can choose LEON IN BERLIN 01 Preview Shape Your Mind To Die 02 Preview Just In Time To See The Sun 03 Preview It's My Life I'm Fighting For 04 Preview The Creator Has A Master Plan 05 Preview Let The Rain Fall On Me 06 Preview China Doll 07 Preview Bag's Groove 08 Preview One 09 Preview Come Along 10 Preview Let's Go Down To Lucy's 11 Preview Welcome To New York 12 Preview Love Each Other 13 Preview Balance Of Life (Peace Of Mind) 14 Preview Um Um Um 15 Preview Umbo Weti - See more at: http://acerecords.co.uk/the-creator-1969-1973-the-best-of-the-flying-dutchman-masters#sthash.fvQxpmH... BLUES AND THE SOULFUL TRUTH Track Listing Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream 1 Let's Go Down to Lucy Alfred Ellis / Leon Thomas Leon Thomas 4:27 SpotifyAmazon 2 L-O-V-E Leon Thomas Leon Thomas 2:54 SpotifyAmazon 3 Gypsy Queen Gabor Szabo / George David Weiss Leon Thomas 10:19 SpotifyAmazon 4 Love Each Other Leon Thomas Leon Thomas 3:16 Spotify 5 Shape Your Mind to Die Neal Creque / Leon Thomas Leon Thomas 5:22 SpotifyAmazon 6 Boom-Boom-Boom John Lee Hooker Leon Thomas FULL CIRCLE Sweet Little Angel 4:59 Just In Time To See The Sun 2:58 It's My Life I'm Fighting For 10:10 Never Let Me Go 2:58 I Wanna Be Where You Are 4:22 Got To Be There 4:27 Balance Of Life (Peace Of Mind) 7:02 You Are The Sunshine Of My Life 5:47 What Are We Gonna Do? Title/Composer Performer Time 1 Prince of Peace Pharoah Sanders Leon Thomas 8:47 2 The Creator Has a Master Plan (Peace) Pharoah Sanders / Leon Thomas Leon Thomas 4:24 3 Song for My Father Horace Silver Leon Thomas 5:18 4 Bag's Groove Milt Jackson Leon Thomas 3:17 5 C.C. Rider Traditional Leon Thomas 6:20 6 China Doll Leon Thomas Leon Thomas 5:04 7 Just in Time to See the Sun Michael Shrieve 8 Shape Your Mind to Die Neal Creque / Leon Thomas Leon Thomas 5:15 9 It's My Life I'm Fighting For Neal Creque Leon Thomas 10:03 10 Balance of Life (Peace of Mind) Neal Creque / Leon Thomas Leon Thomas 6:52 11 Little Sunflower Freddie Hubbard / Leon Thomas Leon Thomas 6:40 12 Sun Song Leon Thomas Leon Thomas 6:03 blue highlight denotes track pick 4:52 Spotify 7 China Doll Alfred Ellis / Jesse Kilpatrick / Leon Thomas Leon Thomas 5:07 Spotify 8 C.C. Rider LEON THE BLUES BAND 1 Every Year I Get the Blues Leon Thomas Blues Band feat: Leon Thomas 2 Shake, Rattle & Roll Charles E. Calhoun Leon Thomas Blues Band feat: Leon Thomas 3 Every Day I Have the Blues Memphis Slim Leon Thomas Blues Band feat: Leon Thomas 4 School Girl Blues Leon Thomas Blues Band feat: Leon Thomas 5 Flip Flop and Fly Chuck Calhoun / Lou Willie Turner Leon Thomas Blues Band feat: Leon Thomas 6 Duke's Place Duke Ellington / Bob Katz / Bob Thiele Leon Thomas Blues Band feat: Leon Thomas 7 Blues Is the Blues Is the Blues Leon Thomas Blues Band feat: Leon Thomas 8 Next Time You See Me Leon Thomas Blues Band feat: Leon Thomas KHARMA (This is the same as Pharoah's CD) Track listing[edit] "The Creator Has a Master Plan" (Sanders, Thomas) (32:46) "Colors" (Sanders, Thomas) (5:37) Enjoy the music |
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