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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
schubert
7,386 posts
 
I love that kind of stuff frogman . I know personally that a lot of classical players love jazz and vice-versa . Like if both of you went to Indiana you both went to same classes etc. Even more so in Europe .

Which is why I’ve made most of my posts from Germany where I still know a little about the scene .

I read an interview of one the most up-coming  younger classical violinists , a Chinese lady, recently .
At 14 she turned down a full ride at both Julliard and Curtis for the German offer where everyone is trained as a chamber music artist and you are moved about from year to year to different schools .

At 14 she said this,"The Americans want to make me a soloist but the Germans want to make me a musician " .
orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

Pjw, I really liked that "Art Pepper Unrealeased". All of those musicians sounded like they should have been famous, but the only one I knew was Art.

I was in LA club hopping about the time this was recorded, and I heard a lot of artists who sounded like they should have been famous. I discovered there's a big reason for that, they didn't have to leave LA in order to make a good living, and in order to be famous as a jazz musician, you had to hit the road.

That album is on order.
orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

Frogman, the voices worked for me; "I can imagine a couple speeding along a narrow mountain road in their Citroen. Getz, as usual, kills on this:" I'm with you on that.

I recall a white Citroen in the movie "Diva" that would fit the bill.

acman3
4,426 posts
 
Schubert, I told this story, but whatever, we go in circles.

A Sax teacher I knew 25 years ago, said at North Texas they made the classical player and Jazz players take the same bands. He said you could really hear the Jazz players individualism when playing in Concert Band, but the Concert band players, though more perfect sounding, could not improvise like the Jazz players.



acman3
4,426 posts
 
Btw, we were working through a Lennie Niehaus book,"Jazz Conception for the Sax". It was a lot of fun for me, but not my dogs and cats. ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-MVbN5kNLo
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