I completely agree with ghosthouse on that one, o. The loud distortion artifacts intentionally added to the first track is a complete non-starter for me. What were they thinking?
Dave
Dave
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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I rate this music as "fusion", as opposed to straight ahead jazz. I'm sure the sonics are just fine since it's a current recording, but not good enough to be a buy. Ghosthouse, the first track on Bill Connors Return, sounds like something I could get into late at night; I like that guitar and the piano to; oh well, the whole set. Music that allows me to slip back to another time is always appealing; like maybe a late night rendezvous, and that's not a fantasy but the lifestyle of a man who could see the hand writing on the wall and wanted to rack up as many beautiful memories as he could. I think I'll get this one exclusively for late night memories, and have a glass of wine in celebration of each one. (have you noticed more people thinking of yesterdays) |
Nothing wrong with wanting the music we choose to listen to to appeal to our particular ears and sensibilities right away. On the other hand, it is a fact that for many listeners being open to letting the music challenge those sensibities can yield big rewards; or, at least, make for one-time interesting listening. Consider this: "Hudson" was created by musicians who are giants in modern music; especially DeJohnette who has musical cred about as good as anyone. Personally, I would be inclined to first say to myself something like: "I don’t quite get it yet, but these are artists with a tremendous amount of musical integrity so let me try and find out what I might be missing". Doesn’t work all the time and certainly not for everyone. I find "Hudson" to be highly original and very interesting. As has been pointed out some of it is not easy listening. The musical concept may not appeal to some, but I don’t see how the superb quality of the playing can be denied. DeJohnette is always amazing and I love the practically melodic quality of his playing. I have always been a fan of Scofield and he sounds inspired on this record always surprising with where he takes he solos. The record shouldn’t be judged only from the posted clip with its shades of Miles’ "Bitches Brew". In fact I think that cut serves as a good "intro" to the rest of the record which contains some fascinating and unusual takes on these Woodstock-generation anthems. For instance: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bna2WHqU81A https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UI5wBgjTq84 |
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