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
No Room for Squares:

Got this one last week, the same time as Liz Wright and Rene Marie.  Have not listened to it yet.   If the clip is any indication, it should be a winner.

Cheers
acman3,
Same way that great artists in every genre have become great in prisons, whore houses , utter poverty etc etc etc etc, by putting your mind , body and
soul into your music .
Simple logic determines with 8 billion folks on this planet we have no idea who is the best and if such a thing even exists .
Attempts at determining "The Best" are doomed by the constraints of one’s reality. It’s a fool’s errand.

If something is "undiscovered" it is precisely that.

I agree with Ps, ’cause a statement that a player is not good just because he or she is unknown to a wider audience is in the best case pure generalization, a stereotype by which one underestimates someone’s work. I’ll quote Ps: "If something is "undiscovered" it is precisely that."

Very nice Stan Getz & Chick Corea, Frogman, thank you. Chick Corea is new to me.

Pryso, Sandoval also new to me...

On Dizzy:

I was never the fan of Dizzy but if God himself tells me that this is not good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVVc-41D5GQ

I would tell him: You are crazy.

(Song: the peak at 5:21 in video)

Can you please tell me who are the other players with Dizzy on this one?

’Cause I always seem to forget to mention other players when mentioning ’the star’ and this is so wrong of me ’cause everybody else in the process contribute in making the main man, main.