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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
frogman
7,599 posts
 
pryso, good catch. Corea recorded Children’s Song #1 on two other occasions. Once with Gary Burton on a record called “Crystal Silence” and a group version on the classic record “Light As a Feather”. Perhaps that is were you heard the song previously. Then again, perhaps you have heard Bela Bartok’s “Mikrocosmos” series of piano pieces (intended for beginner pianists).  Corea is a big admirer of Bartok and Mikrocosmos were the inspiration for his “Children’s Songs”.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_f196xWR6LE

https://youtu.be/kdWWKywse5g

https://youtu.be/0lgB_uqFCrI
schubert
7,386 posts
 
pjw, your account of the pilgrimage was very moving .Thank you !
The only one I ever made was to Schubert’s grave in the Central Cemetery in Vienna , doubled when I saw Brahms lay next to him and Mahler few meters around the corner .

As my wife and I were standing there in prayer, two Japanese couples showed up . The two men had huge amounts of flowers on in their arms which they put on, with heads bowed, on Schubert’s grave .
. Then after five minutes or so, one of the men prostated himself on Schubert’s grave and cried like a baby .Unique day!
mary_jo
1,525 posts
 
Pity, I do not have quite many memories like that...but since my job often brings me to Vienna (Wien) in Austria, I have visited there Schubert’s Geburtshaus (the house where he was born) and a house where Mozart used to live (he lived on several addresses in Wien). At the places like that you should not touch anything, I mean, you can watch it but it is not allowed to touch it...
I could not resist no to lay my hand on the famous piano and was moving slowly with the hand over it’s top, while walking forward...like kids do. Felt good.

https://youtu.be/_mVW8tgGY_w

p.s.
O-10 and Rok are missing. I wonder if those two are actually one person. (?) *.* :--)
schubert
7,386 posts
 
mary jo.
UN keeps rating Wien as most livable city in the world , I know you model's are very busy but what do you think?

pjw81563
1,912 posts
 
Schubert,

I have never been to Europe. I hear there are hundreds of beautiful places to see. Vienna is one of them.

Here is a Dizzy Gillespie & Sonny Stitt live clip with good quality:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ5DS_mmZFQ

And here is an album you may be interested in. Its a mid 70’s bop session with Gillespie and Stitt with an excellent rythm section:

https://www.amazon.com/Bop-Session-Dizzy-Gillespie/dp/B002ADCXFK/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=sonny+stitt+and...
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