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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.
orpheus10
pryso
1,501 posts
 
frog, "Blue In Green"? I’ve been listening to that whole album since around 1960 and I’ve never tired one bit. Said another way, I love it.

I’m also a fan of TOP. Saw them live many years ago (their recent tour to San Diego was cancelled after a couple of members had an accident) and have a couple of their albums.

I’ll add on to that point with a disclosure about my collection. There are many artists I enjoy, but not enough to have more than one example of their music. That can satisfy any itch I have to hear them. A second group of artists produced enough variety so that I got maybe 2 to 4 of their albums. For me, variety is the key word -- enough difference in other releases to make more than one worthwhile for me. Then there are my favorites, with these I may have from 10 to more than 20 albums, simply because I enjoy their basic style (or evolution in style such as with Miles) so much that I can "dig" (!) into each one, even when the presentation may be similar to others.

Of course it’s possible some artists I like only released one or two albums so they don’t fit my general standards. Also, as I’ve learned and enjoyed from this site, there have been many artists/releases I was not previously exposed to, otherwise I might have added them years ago. Lucky Thompson is a perfect example.
acman3
2,267 posts
 
I will be getting this on vinyl. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5Kd1w8BkZs
mary_jo
252 posts
 
pryso, you are so lucky for having dad like that. Mine was not interested in the music. A practical, hardheaded man that mostly if not only, had his work on his mind. In order to survive so he said. O yes, he survived but at what cost?
To grow with the music from the early age is a great privilege...
I thank you for the clip, it is as if I am listening the song with you and your dad, somewhere long time ago...it is like being on a Sentimental journey which reminds me of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKNE4JPN6pc

(shaking my head to wake myself up....)

frogman, you devil in disguise, lol, I had to google to find the true meaning of your ’WMRD’. :))
"White Man’s Rhythm Disease/WMRD: the poor disease that effects more than 90% of white people except for the occasional "oreo case" in which a white person can dance just as good as a black person; also known to the less challenged community as "white boy can’t dance"

You surely know that singing ahead of the beat gives more of a propulsive feel, like constantly moving forward. So often singers (referring to pro - singers) do that deliberately...But I can accept the fact that the guy cannot sing/dance. :)

p.s.
Do you dance well? I challenge you to dance with me. (But if you have big feet maybe we should dance separately.)
frogman
4,637 posts
 
pryso, your record prioritization “system” makes sense.

**** variety is the key word -- enough difference in other releases to make more than one worthwhile for me. ****

And sometimes the variety goes to places we don’t like. Curious, do you consider this record to be an “earlier recording” and pre-“sheets of sound”. I find that Trane fans draw the line at different points of his evolution.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PL4ypuAMic-Gjk5uhLk2jxg

acman3, nice record. The most that I have ever enjoyed Cecil Payne’s playing. Thanks! I am hoping when you have the liner notes you can solve this little mystery. At first I thought there was an uncredited alto player on the session eventhough Cecil Payne is listed on alto which is rare unto itself. On the second tune one can here an alto along with trumpet and baritone playing the melody. Then later, at 20:14 the alto starts to play a one chorus solo before the baritone finishes his solo (several choruses). They overdubbed the alto unless there was a mystery alto player.

mary_jo, that’s quite a challenge! I would take you up on it, but here there is only one person with a reputation for dancing skill and that would be our OP. O-10 has been known to bust a few moves while hanging with Saharan tribes. Even so, I would much prefer to not dance seperately. I don’t have big feet; much to my wife’s chagrin 🤔.

frogman
4,637 posts
 
Oops, sorry for the bad link:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MIq4f4IASds

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