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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.
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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Tell us how have you been, and how was your vacation in "The Med" (that's short for Mediterranean)***** I am, and have been, just fine. How about you? I did go on a sojourn around that area. I was on a quest, like the Knights looking for the Holy Grail. Only I was looking for the origins of Jazz. Went all over Africa. No Luck. Finally a Guru in India told me to try searching in Mississippi. WTF!!!! Cheers |
'Motherless Child' and 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' seem to be two of the most popular tunes of those genres to be played by Jazz musicians. Two of those that I have. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv5c9jvfIPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2M8gg-TNsc Cheers |
Love this woman. She has won more Broadway Tony Awards than anyone in history!! Coulda, shoulda been a Jazz diva. Amazing voice, so effortlessly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCY8GpCNEh0 Good thing(for ella), we have already crowned Ella, The Queen of Jazz. Cheers |
O-10: Sorry to hear about your health problems. You are right in thinking that sometimes the Pain killers are worst than the pain. I have been fortunate so far concerning illness and pain. I did have a kidney stone problem once, and they gave me some of that oxy-whatever. Never again. I pray you get better soon. Pain is normally a big help to Doctors when they diagnose medical problems. Are you going to the VA? Cheers |
O-10: Charnee Wade: The clip was just OK. The fact that there are young people trying to play instruments instead of shouting crude vulgar language over stolen music is in itself encouraging. The question I had was whether the Girls on Vibes and Sax could really play. They didn't show much on the clip, esp the vibe player. I like this clip better. It actually seems to be Jazz. The girl on Sax can play. Still emerging as you said, but puts a smile on my face and pride inside. I will give all my moral support to any young person with a horn. Not so sure about Miss Charnee. There's not that much talking in Jazz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re49mKF88Ck Cheers |
Never was into 'pop' or 'Jazz' Christmas music. There are two exceptions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XIjGei8zG8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0mgk0KgI0Q Drum Solos are intrusive, most often irritating interludes, that add nothing to most Jazz tunes. There is one exception: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzpnWuk3RjU Cheers |
Highly Recommended Christmas CD: ****SONGS OF ANGELS: Christmas Hymns & Carols**** Robert Shaw & Robert Shaw Chamber Singers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Xt5SjHbBA Everything Shaw does is just Awesome. Cheers |
And Acman goes three for three. Loved them all. You can’t go wrong with Houston Person, ever!! The man plays music that all Jazzers like. Dewna DeRose: Very nice. How did I miss her. I need to get out into current players a little bit more. Person’s All-Star Sextet: He and the piano player were wonderful. The drummer, may have ’interrupted’ Person too much, for my taste. Mingus: Charles Mingus. What's there to say. Nice Clips. Thanks Cheers |
The correct answer is The Count or The Duke or Monk / Mingus. Fast and loud, is a trait of modern, present day 'Jazz'. Guys, mostly failed rockers, have defaulted to 'playing Jazz'. The blues is no where is sight. As the great Jazz authority, Rok2id, once said: No Blues, No Jazz. Know Blues, Know Jazz. Cheers |
If Jazz was still Jazz, like it once was, this would be another well known diva. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnNCJI_LUhg She was also on the Wynton / JALC Christmas CD. Cheers |
Exhibit #1: Why drum solos suck. This is a tune being played by my favorite, and currently the best Jazz Band playing.. Outstanding playing throughout. Even the drum solo is better than most. I love the way all the band members soloed in rotation. Even the bass solo was good. The Bass is usually as much of an intrusion as the drums when soloing. I did notice that when the drummer (Ali Jackson!!) is playing his solo, the rest of band stops playing. Maybe that's the problem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7eeb1MTkUY Cheers |
Mingus under attack by strange creatures with pink hair and nose rings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx4pxOQvlKo Cheers I did dig the chick. |
Homeless Clips: Parents used to tell their children, "do not believe everything you hear". Modern day parents can add to that, "do not believe everything you SEE. Were/are they really homeless? Who knows. Even if they were/are, none of them blamed anyone but themselves. I give them credit for that. Dysfunctional people and their dysfunctional families are more at play here than NAFTA or Oligarchs. How can a woman be sleeping on the streets in Philly and at the same time have Children with homes? How can a woman on heroin treatment be pregnant? Why would man who is homeless, stay in LA, as he said, one of the most expensive places in the USA. Just asking. Lay off that Kool-Aid Cheers |
O-10: Here's one you missed. I'm writing my check as we speak. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWxVwTVU15Q Cheers |
This is the third album I ever purchased. !967 I think. The first two were Joan Baez and Bob Dylan. What a time we lived in then. We spent our time training for Nam and riot control. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3bfqlTCHZk Love this woman. Cheers |
Interesting video clip on Bird. I wonder how Jazz might have evolved if everyone had headed for New Orleans rather than New York. Too many outside non-jazz influences in the Big Apple. I could not tell if he changed Jazz , or was he just the best player to express the change. Was that the woman that later married Woods? Cheers |
Today's Listen: Cassandra Wilson -- NEW MOON DAUGHTER Another Hipster from Mississippi. At one time she was a Jazz Diva. Very eclectic song selection. love is blindness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4n86NTraQg skylark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tILneduz14 death letter (best sung by a male, she's no Son House, but who is.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc2xKfAiCvo last train to Clarksville https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7mflO9osdk i'm so lonesome I could cry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBvVwgEjRsM Cheers |
Great drumming essential to this music. Goldilocks. Not too long, not too short. Just right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1WvT8kQ_84 Cheers |
Great Jazz is timeless. Especially the classic songs. I think of Jazz the same way I think of Classical music, I never think of Beethoven or Mozart as being old. It's just timeless, just like great Jazz music. I think 'Killer Joe' was on the "Walking in Space' LP. Bought it from a German record shop in Nuremberg. Cheers |
Love the babe, the outfit, and especially the car. I think that's an Austin Healey. Back in the day I rode from Atlanta to Knoxville in one of those and almost came down with hypothermia. Another thing we have lost: Great Album Art. The music was great also. Smith was among the first Jazz players I became familiar with. His stuff was on the Juke box. Cheers |
Speaking of not celebrated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfWJDwXzEng Posted this CD back in the beginning. Ain't got it git it. Fats, what a talent!! Cheers |
Sergei Rachmaninoff : A reviewer once said, all this composer's music sounded like movie themes. I have not liked him since I read that comment. Cheers |
The more I hear Phil Woods, the more I think he could be the top alto Sax player of all time. I am sure his peers recognized his talent and ability, but I think if he had been African-American, his standing in the public's consciousness would be much greater than it is now. He might have had Bird's horn, Bird's wife and Bird's place in the Jazz hierarchy. Just food for thought. Cheers |
Someone once said that movie Themes are America's Classical Music. If they aren't, they should be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-MVReDrRwo Cheers |
The Frogman:
re Rachmaninov
******Unabashedly beautiful melodies and masterful orchestrations.***** A good definition of a lot of movie themes. Which is all the reviewer said. Back in the day, I was interested in buying a Chrysler automobile, until I read a review in Road&Track that said the seats looked and felt like they were covered in Rat Fur. Loved the leather in my Ford SHO. :) Cheers |
@Shadorne Those are African folks playing western music. Modern day. Modern instruments. Their take on, or contribution to modern day music. I am speaking of this idea that folks in the third world have been drumming for eons. That they have some special affinity for the drum. That every strike on the drum head has some special and mystical meaning. Each beat striking fear in the heart of the Great White Hunters. All Hollywood/western BS. Cheers |
She was a distance cousin of mine. She always warned us of an Amphibian from the Northeast, who would try to discredit Jazz in Nawlins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eUvjh5t2QM Cheers |