Thank you .
When I saw the alto smile approvingly at the bass I thought I was in heaven .
When I saw the alto smile approvingly at the bass I thought I was in heaven .
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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Just plain beautiful human cheer up music . ac strikes again ! Let me see , Delta has new Airbus 350 -900 direct to Paris from Minneapolis .............. |
Last day of Christmas . The Carol I love best coming from London’s Great Albert Hall . Sung by a honest soul and the voices he loves best. Amen https://youtu.be/MM-2Qz4hcwI?t=2 |
I know there are some Hiromi fans out there . This is her latest , only out a few months . I joke you not , on a scale of 1-10 this s..t is a 15 ! Starts at 20:00 https://youtu.be/A8RCz_RoefM?t=3 If there is anybody more REALLY creative in all of music I ain't heard it ! |
Sure is,. about 1 in 10 million . Here is your true love when she was your age rok . https://youtu.be/V2QacL3lQc8?t=3 |
Yeah, 81563 , that LvB sonata is off the charts , the lady is unreal. Telling it like it is ! https://youtu.be/fz---tVK38w?t=2 |
Calling all Hiromi fans , man your battle stations ! 5 country tour documentary with lots of talk and tunes ! https://youtu.be/PoQIJ_mc1G8?t=16 |
https://youtu.be/Qn3BExSUafs?t=2 A true homage to the man himself, Sidney Bechet . A note from above .I have met Atheists who have very high morals and Christians who talk Jesus and live Satan . Lots of them . I have also seen , more than once, children who are voracious readers but grew up in horrible families turn out to be people of the highest morality .My late wife , a great elementary teacher and principal for 40 years, could spot these children a block away and made sure they got there own Dickens , Walter Scott etc .And did her best to teach this to other teachers . |
Alex , what I had in mine was the Ten Commandments , the speech of Jesus called "The Sermon on the Mount"and the Golden Rule . IMO that is all you need and almost anyone can understand their meaning . None of these have caused a war , oppressed the poor , or have written laws for the enrichment of the rich. Sifting is naming those things that are essential, and naming those things which are not .We live in a time that makes this very difficult , there are huge forces that keep us keep us sidetracked and sedated , daydreaming and distracted . The Spirit pulls us one way , our world a thousand other ways . If you don't sift , you will drift . |
Jimmy showing the world and a fool like me that you should receive every day God gives with joy till the last one . His last words on this clip are simple yet profound . https://youtu.be/8nOhQAHNBQ8?t=9 |
If you clowns are going to get away from jazz divas why not get one who could really sing !https://youtu.be/MbnrdCS57d0?t=3 This little lady could rise a Buffalo Soldier from the grave and send him to the bugles charge . https://youtu.be/S-cbOl96RFM?t=2 |
Maybe 0-10 , but I think you Airman are more romantic than us boots on the ground grunts . Still think the "crazy"lady had the best voice of the bunch . rok, I ’m not a fan of the old blowhard but I think I will buy into this statement in a book I’m reading . "If I had Canadian soldiers , American technology and British officers I could rule the world ! " . Winston Churchill |
I’m not . Canada has pulled its weight in every war since WW 1 to today. And often more . Here is the real BS . https://youtu.be/8X9tBjt0DUk?t=3 And that is the difference between crass and class .And why the day will come when we will find its a hard world with no friends . |
frogman, I am clueless about the technical elements of the harmony , but it is interesting in that he is saying something and you can’t listen to this as "" background ". It is a conversation .And one you don’t want to walk away from . Even if you don’t know the language . The killer in the M-base is growth is the goal. We live in a world where "progress "is all-important . Growth is something that belongs to you and always will . "" Progress" is a never ending race to nowhere .The former is why artists are more important than businessman . |
They wanted to learn French because most were from the American South and in France they found white folks who were actually decent , civilized and educated , the exact opposite of where they came from . French was love in their mouth . Still is for that matter . The same thing is happening in the Great Quebec Universities . Black students go there for a semester exchange and most never come back . Oscar Peterson knew what time it is . |
I hope they will not delete this . These ARE as true clips as you will ever hear . And every American should hear them . https://youtu.be/Biuu11p_TEI?t=5 https://youtu.be/lrA4V6YF6SA?t=1 |
Just dawned on me that most would not know that it’s his monsters saxophone man Joey "G-clef "Casaseno playing "Willow Weep for Me " .My mind was on would he could get from his players.. https://youtu.be/IS9lnNP6xtg?t=2 |
Thanks Mary Jo. I had no intention to look on here today, some force made me (really)I had to do something with Ike. He and Horace Silver were first 2 jazz LP’s I ever bought for 99 cents in U of MN bookstore .Loved him first time out ! Had posted him before , as I recall not much interest at that time . |
The greatest ïnside man save Sonny Stilt with as good a piano comp as you will ever hear . https://youtu.be/FnsycHk8VBw?list=RDFnsycHk8VBw&t=4 Body and Soul and so it was ! https://youtu.be/neVIycqDdL4?list=RDFnsycHk8VBw&t=4 IMO Phil was beyond genre , a superb musician who also composed music masterpieces with a saxophone ! https://youtu.be/ai3oU-O4h7k?list=RDFnsycHk8VBw&t=4 Selmer 6 Myer5 |
The most original of all the divas ! https://youtu.be/norUV0lcvXQ?t=4 Everything is a solo in wisdom . https://youtu.be/RUjuav-olPY?t=13 |
Great Johnny Mercer song for this day and Yes , Rosemary Clooney was a very good singer ! https://youtu.be/0W5VN6zk0Ow?t=3 |
pjw, What your enemy does is on him, what you do is on you. Killing innocent women and children is a crime of the highest order with no excuse . . I had an uncle who flew the bomber runs in the last 6 months over Germany . In almost every flight 2-3 crews would drop their bomb load in the ocean knowing there was no military targets left .He said as long as you stayed in your place and fought German planes nobody said anything. Yellowjackets have decided to play with the Germans on their new CD. https://youtu.be/vfZttpqsy68?t=3 If anyone wants to know what WDR means it's West German Radio Big Band . |
Never quite Noticed how good the USAF jazz band really is ! https://youtu.be/QXSQtP4mxPs?t=2 https://youtu.be/X-KjBPmwxWU?t=4 If you know what those stripes mean these guys make more money than average jazzman with medical care and housing for them and family and a good pension for life . |
O-10, Brazil's greatest composer wrote this along your African line of thought . https://youtu.be/ofD8KozSILs?t=5 |
To Mary Jo, a beautiful jazz work from one of the biggest brains in the genre that I know about, and the pride of Minnesota . https://youtu.be/AMSGBeNFRk0?t=2 Another great female jazz artist, that seems kinda Mary Jo-ish to me ,both laid back but reassurringly robust ! https://youtu.be/FrhjbBgU-4U?t=2 |
https://youtu.be/tg3JeqxDprc?t=3 This Korean kid IMO has such swing and harmonic grove he has unlimited improv future in Jazz with his Evan hears with classical training .Those Rhodes are something . For a kid to get to the Jazz essence of this without smaltz is a feat IMO. https://youtu.be/Ul6tPaQPPhk?t=2 Ahhhh https://youtu.be/KFl2DiviMzE?t=2 |
This sounds much like Shorter’s " Terra Incognito" classical piece which is on You Tube . Goggle won’t let you hear it unless you join them , I heard it on St Paul PBS . Dr SaxLove , good chill. https://youtu.be/bWHdWpp3918 |