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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
jim5559
604 posts
 

Hear is the best Church of the best Christians in America !

Hands down the power of his VOICE is more than any other instrument !

Trying to come to all things of God alone is like a dog chasing his tail .

frog person has made it clear to me why Mingus was the first jazzman

that called to me and still does . If only he had Sonny Stitt in his band !

 

jim5559
604 posts
 

Took me a year or three to figure this was controlled chaos in F minor .

Brahms would have done it in a few hours ,

 

 

frogman
7,596 posts
 

Mingus and Stitt. To the best of my knowledge they never recorded together. Hard to believe. Factoid: Stitt recorded more records as a leader than any other Jazz artist. An astounding 106!

 

pryso
2,075 posts
 

acman3, your succinct reply to my question about brevity was appropriate, so I saw the humor in that.

But I realized I should not have included a simple album posting.  Those typically seem to either answer a previous question or offer a recommended listing, at least when a link to the album/performance is included.

So I think now I should have ask why simply state an artist's name?  What do we infer from that?

frogman
7,596 posts
 

I have previously referred to our contributor Jafant as “the Jazz crier”.  He was first to simply name an artist.  I always took it as simply an acknowledgment of an artist worth exploring, or possibly an artist who is on his play list at the moment.  Kind of an even more minimalist version of my own Jazz birthdays postings.  Speaking of which:

Happy birthday Wardell Gray!

 

 

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