Whew!!! Glad to hear that. I thought it was the band backing Mary Jo’s choir.:---)) lol, I think you were close enough...
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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mary_jo is off for a while One of my first "finding love for jazz" tune. Art Pepper, The Prisoner. It makes me think that one is always a prisoner of something. Such kind of captivity lasts forever. Too long to be recognized. Dug to deep to be digged out. Peppe: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5utT5yiQAOo |
An interesting conversation has been taking part here ...so will just shortly jump in here and jump out (it’s good for muscles), just to say hello. *** *** Little bit of Django and Debussy... Django Reinhardt - Anouman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tDkaRvNHl8 Django Reinhardt - Claire De Lune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdjPZQnPGHA Debussy plays Debussy - Clair de Lune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yri2JNhyG4k |
I am glad that you like David Benoit, fro. Plas Johnson is now in my jazz book... "Georgia On My Mind" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onEDS2kksp0 *.* |
Eli "Lucky" Thompson indeed plays Deep Passion with deep passion. I have never thought that I would actually cherish the music of the guy with the name - Thompson. Unfortunately in Croatia we have a singer with the same name and who highlights all his song with strong patriotism (but avoids to pay taxes), flirting with the fascism at the same time. Sadly to say that in a country that is based on anti-fascism and which has given a strong resistance to Nazism in World War II, the guy is quite popular. |
’Big’ John Patton – Spiffy Diffy, great! *** Thank you Orpheus for Johnny Smith, I appreciate it and really like it. Impossible to fail with such great players. : ) *** Fred Jackson, Teena Hootin’ `N Tootin’, huh, thumbs up. As if the instrument cries, it makes me sad. Such a good music. You all are not normal. Not. But who wants to be normal? And what is normal after all. Wish you nice afternoon with the good music by your side. I surely know what I will listen today. |
Miles would still be the greatest, even if he just stands there with his trumpet, does nothing, blowing into nothing. Years active:
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Sidetracked by dark and calm sound of cello being successfully opposed to the bright and vivacious sound of kora, I'm posting
Chamber Music - album by Ballake Sissoko and Vincent Segal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h5dI6m6Eh8 |
That is some serious cra...I mean jazz, fro... Today, early in the morning, the calm clip from my TV (forgot to turn off the damn thing)...I almost fell off my bed... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahoJReiCaPk |
I dreamed of black eyes last night... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnoCI2N9nWw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG3z_zpFESc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua-MWLJvGvM "Dark Eyes" (Russian song Очи чёрные) Lyrics: written by Ukrainian poet Yevhen Hrebinka (translation by Peter Farnbank) "Oh, these gorgeous eyes, dark and glorious eyes, Burn-with-passion eyes, how you hypnotise! How I adore you so, how I fear you though, Since I saw you glow! Now my spirit’s low! Darkness yours conceal mighty fires real; They my fate will seal: burn my soul with zeal! But my love for you, when the time is due, Will refresh anew like the morning dew! No, not sad am I, nor so mad am I; All my comforts lie in my destiny. Just to realise my life’s worthiest prize Did I sacrifice for those ardent eyes!" |
Rok, you gotta be kidding me man...From your previous statement I guess that you equal the ideas of communism with the regime of Stalin in Soviet Union. Communism in it's true definition (moneyless, stateless, classless) never existed. What was in former SSSR was the abuse of communism ideas. Of course, the capitalism benefited from such scenario. People think that they would live like in North Korea with no possibility for individual freedom if they would embrace communism. Actually, the ideas of moneyless, stateless and classless society will never happen. It's just not in human nature. In human nature is: exploit, abuse, conquer, destroy, enslave. So no worries. Let's get back to jazz... ....great clips pjw and that Moontrane is my kind of jazz... Stan Getz - Lullaby of Birdland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng4Ggwkr5gk&app=desktop |
pjw... ///Duane was a rare melodist and a dedicated student of music who was never evasive about the sources of his inspiration. "You know," he told me one night after soaring for hours on wings of lyrical song, "that kind of playing comes from Miles and Coltrane, and particularly Kind Of Blue. I've listened to that album so many times that for the past couple of years, I haven't hardly listened to anything else." /// You see, he is also listening only Miles and Coltraine. Somebody say something now against people who listen Majls and Koltrajn only... : ) |
///mary-jo, in America, pronounced "Merica", the vast majority of people are total morons when it comes to politics, and they bandy about words like "Socialism", and "Communism" without a clue as to the actual definition of the words. We "Mericans" have been taught those are bad words, by the people in Washington, and we always believe what the people in Washington DC tell us. That's why they can rob us and loot the treasury; by the way, they punish snitches like me; maybe that's why the citizens choose to stay dumb./// Orpheus, have nothing to add. The same here. |
//Oh was not aware that you live in the Balkan’s. Shipping from there would not be worth it.// Lol, that was funny. Man, we are in the middle of nowhere... Thanks Ale for the good words. Alex’s invitation/proposal for you guys, stands for me too, if you would be anywhere near Split, Croatia, feel free to contact me. I will gladly welcome you/show you around. |