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.
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.
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Art Blakey & Thelonious Monk JAZZ MESSENGERS WITH THELONIOUS MONK Art Blakey(drums), Thelonious Monk(piano), Johnny Griffin(tenor sax), Bill hardman(trumpet), Spanky Debrest(bass) Atlantic / Rhino 1958 / 1999 Notes: "Almost anyone knows that Monk is supposed to have been one of the founders of bop. Undoubtedly he made important contributions to the style, but it should be clear by now that what this strikingly original musician has been working on all along is something different. Monk is a virtuoso of time, rhythm, metre, accent." Evidence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySN6o6vpHTs Blue Monk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3kEnoXaYYo I Mean You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpBPzmh3894 In Walked Bud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdiV2SE57I8 Cheers |
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers MOANIN' Lee Morgan(trumpet), Benny Golson(tenor sax), Bobby Timmons(piano), Jymie Merritt(bass), Art Blakey(drums) Blue Note 1958 / 1999 Notes: "It was Golson who recruited his fellow Philadelphians for service with Blakey over the course of 1958. And while the sanctified Timmons composition "Moanin'" became the album's runaway hit, it was Golson who was responsible for the majority of the material." The album that started it all. Moanin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsJ3JjpZyoA Blues March https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rld0xn9tBkM Along Came Betty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lJeothOwCU Come Rain or come Shine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EwY6efZRPo Cheers |
Terence Blanchard & Donald Harrison NEW YORK SECOND LINE Concord Jazz / King Records Japan 1983 / 1985 Notes: "The leaders of this date, trumpeter Terence Blanchard and alto saxophonist Donald Harrison, are two examples of the importance that New Orleans has in the recent revitalization of the scene which we first became aware of through the equally youthful Marsalis brothers. At twenty one and twenty three respectively, Blanchard and Harrison are already disciplined technicians who know how to provide the emotional fire of swing and the relaxation of subtle song that is the essence of lyricism. And if there is any clear heritage we can associate with New Orleans musicians, it would be revealed in those two qualities, since it is the home of Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Sidney Bechet, and Louis Armstrong, to name some seminal figures." -- Stanley Crouch New York Second Line https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoWANgGSGp4 Duck Steps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip-UZ8ylQwg Oliver's Twist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkN1XXfaCxE Cheers |
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers JUST COOLIN' Lee Morgan(trumpet), Hank Mobley(tenor sax), Bobby Timmons(piano), Jymie Merritt(bass), Art Blakey(drums) Blue Note 1959 / 2020 Notes: "When Mobley failed to appear at a Canadian Jazz festival, Morgan pulled Wayne Shorter out of the Maynard Ferguson big band to take his place and Blakey liked what he heard. Shorter remained in the tenor chair and would ultimately become the group's musical director, where his writing gave a more visionary yet still grooving edge to the music." Hipsippy Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-W_uJFYcLQ M&M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1y9mucc3hc Just Coolin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl8NQa5wk7c Cheers |
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