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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
mary_jo
1,525 posts
 
Alex, I think that you haven’t said anything on which Frogman would not agree. Pity you cannot see it. You and Frogman talk the same but just from other perspectives.

p.s. But your last sentence is somehow, unnecessary.

orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

That cover on the King Fleming Trio looks like somewhere I've been, maybe it was in a dream. The misty night and the music belong together; I must have that album.

King Fleming is a name I've never heard, but his music is unforgetable.


orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

This lady is truly underrated, but she is well represented in my collection. Lorez Alexandria is a singer that I have admired since the first time I heard her; probably in 69.


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


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH3own5sERU


     

These were my favorite songs by her at that time, now I have everything I can find by her.


It seems she left Chicago, and got lost in LA, but in a good way; LA fell in love with her. Since good artists can make a good living in LA without being well known nationally, they don't die in poverty; those are the endings I hate most.

I hope you grow to like Lorez as much as I do.
frogman
7,354 posts
 
You are quite right, mary_jo, I agree with what Alex is saying. The only thing I would disagree with is that I don’t believe for one second that jazz will be forgotten. It will always be here. Different; it always changes. The reason it sometimes seems that there is nothing new to hear is that jazz evolves; but we don’t always keep up.

Very nice King Fleming clips, Alex; I enjoyed those.  Shades of Ahmad Jamal...big time.  
acman3
4,116 posts
 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cWAWEII5DY
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