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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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Art Blakey ART BLAKEY'S JAZZ MESSENGERS AT BIRDLAND Art Blakey(drums), Curtis Fuller(trombone), Freddie Hubbard(trumpet), Wayne Shorter(tenor sax), Cedar Walton(piano), Reggie Workman(bass) Riverside / Original Jazz Classics 1963 / 1989 Notes: "Difficult as it may be to believe, one of America's foremost small-band drummers (and the band leader at that!) has led his group through the recording of an entire album, did it in front of a hip New York nightclub audience --and did not even once take a drum solo! The starling proof of this is in this very album of performances by the always amazing Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers." One by One https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i6GggeAxP4 Ping-Pong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqArwHLljKc I didn't know what time it was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii7UYWJxHeg On the Ginza https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvK_oj4ymbE Cheers |
The world’s greatest stereo system is inside a Virginia home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3T4hkPrSIY A REAL Audiophile / Music Lover. The only system I have ever known of that I would really love to hear. Note, he has Miles!! Cruel fate. Cheers |
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers CARAVAN Art Blakey(drums), Curtis Fuller(trombone), Freddie Hubbard(trumpet), Wayne Shorter(tenor sax), Cedar Walton(piano), Reggie Workman(bass) Riverside / OJC 1962 / 1987 The group's Riverside debut. Caravan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZjau8U_roI Skylark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4oQ06z-BOY Thermo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2fVIgrP_t8 Cheers |
pjw81563, I agree with your comments. Over the years you will be aware of a lot of very elaborate systems, in person, video or print, most come across as exercises in excess. Ken's is a different thing altogether. You just know it is. This IS the Holy Grail. Cheers |
Art Blakey and the Messengers A NIGHT IN TUNISIA Lee Morgan(trumpet), Wayne Shorter(tenor sax), Bobby Timmons(piano), Jymie Merritt(bass), Art Blakey(drums) Blue Note 1960 / 1989 Notes: "This album is a prime example of Blakey's expressed desire to showcase his young talent. Not only is there extended solo room for the musicians; further, all but the title tune were written and arranged by the talented junior Jazz citizens in his group." A Night in Tunisia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHKyVJ5YfNU Sincerely Diana (alternate take) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdAbcUlX1g8 When Your Lover Has Gone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyJ1fEHnNBc So Tired https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9azrAX45kY Cheers |
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers AT THE CAFE BOHEMIA VOLUME 2 Kenny Dorham(trumpet), Hank Mobley(tenor sax), Horace Silver(piano), Doug Watkins(bass), Art Blakey(drums) Blue Note 1955 / 2001 Sportin' Crowd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIKLJNs79Bc Avila & Tequila https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQbXYoZuGTA Just one of those things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcviiU2CsTc Cheers |
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers AT THE CAFE BOHEMIA VOLUME 1 Kenny Dorham(trumpet), Hank Mobley(tenor sax), Horace Silver(piano), Doug Watkins(bass), Art Blakey(drums) Blue Note 1955 / 2001 Notes: "During 1955 and 1956, The Cafe Bohemia was at the center of Jazz creativity in New York City. The Greenwich Village club was located at 15 Barrow street, on the same premises where James P. Johnson, Max Kaminsky, Willie "The Lion" Smith and Wilbur De Paris had led groups a decade earlier when the space was called the Pied Piper. Owner Jimmy Garoflo had operated the Bohemia as a strip club until musicians, including Charlie Parker, began coming in to jam in early 1955. Parker scheduled to be the opening Jazz attraction, died in March...." Soft Winds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaokuN1bsfU The Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8YOTwHeeeI Minor's Holiday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sB6gQNYlnw Alone Together https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n92V1UaS6pI Cheers |
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 THE JAZZ MESSENGERS Donald Byrd(trumpet), Hank Mobley(tenor sax), Horace Silver(piano), Doug Watkins(bass), Art Blakey(drums) Columbia 1956 / 1997 Notes: "One of the best groups to emerge during the period when modern Jazz decided that swing was not only not old-fashioned but a highly desirable commodity is the Jazz Messengers, a co-operative unit organized in early 1955. The musicians in this album form the personnel which has borne the Messenger banner during most of the unit’s career. They demonstrate, in these free-wheeling performances , that small-combo Jazz can be arranged with plenty of room for improvisation, and with carefully worked-out ideas to set the group in a different setting in each number." I get the impression this could be their first recording. Nica’s Dream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SASVefCnow Infra-Rae https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvgOc6tnVwU It’s You or No one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAhaPCWifs8 Ecaron https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LsmpcAwWSY 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 |
Terence Blanchard A TALE OF GOD'S WILL (a requiem for katrina) Terence Blanchard(trumpet), Brice Winston(tenor & soprano sax), Aaron Parks(piano), Derrick Hodge(bass), Kendrick Scott(drums), Zach Harmon(tabla and the happy apple) Blue Note 2007 Well done. Ghost of Congo Square https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkiguBj1EbE Levees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfEDTZxqIsI Wading Through https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dim1lhT9trg Ashé https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ_KMpHBm3U Cheers |
Dee Dee Bridgewater DEE DEE'S FEATHERS Okeh 2015 House of the Rising Sun* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sOygJsLDc4 *For some reason, The house of the rising Sun was only on CDs purchased from Barnes and Noble. Too good not to include. Saint James infirmary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSeXzeQK7pk Treme Song / Do Whatcha Wanna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2MVmC55T5s Whoopin' Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McHjIm2jcRM Come Sunday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru-aeodWgy4 Cheers |
Dee Dee Bridgewater IN MONTREUX Dee Dee Bridgewater(vocal), Burt van den Brink(piano), Hein Van de Geyn(bass), Andre Ceccarelli(drums) Verve 1991 No notes, just a full length fold out photo of Miss Dee Dee in action. French rhythm section. All of Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srhxcupPqrU Night in Tunisia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCt9eHEaCJY How Insensitive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ujbVPJODJc Horace Silver Medley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkqod17ICzo Cheers |
Dee Dee Bridgewater
KEEPING TRADITION Dee Dee Bridgewater(vocal), Thierry Euez(piano), Hein Van De Geyn(Bass), Andre Ceccarelli(drums) Emarcy 1993 The Island https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOJZCkjqbjE Lullaby Of Birdland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfcAaXdFXlo Cheers |
rok2id, 5 Tracks, I thought four were very nice. Esp 'California Dreaming' and 'El Mar'. My initial impression was that I was listening to 70s fusion, which it turns out, is exactly what it is. But, very well done. Talent always shines through. I like it a lot more in 2021 than I would have liked it in 1971. Overall it's a keeper. Cheers |
Lately, when I check these pages, I feel like watching a slot machine rolling... Well its seems as if all the so-called Aficionados have jumped ship. I assume The Frogman is working / on tour. Maybe he's a hostage in North Korea, or perhaps he's planning Bay of pigs 2.0. The OP has quit Jazz and gone into primitive third world noise. Our friends in Croatia, including the Queen, have disappeared. The other regulars don't post as often as they once did. Soooooo, there is no one to communicate with. There are still viewers. You think folks aren't posting simply because I am posting?? hmmmmmm Maybe I should take a hint. Cheers |
Dee Dee Bridgewater LIVE AT YOSHI'S Dee Dee Bridgewater(vocals), Thierry Eliez(piano), Thomas Bramerie(bass), Ali Jackson(drums, percussion) Verve 1998 Notes: "Potentially the most volatile component of a Jazz vocalist's performance, scatting can be deadly in the wrong singer's hands. But Bridgewater has the gift." Cotton Tail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHN40EJCN7o Cherokee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HjtLsCxGuE Love for Sale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr2HeVwZV3M Slow Boat to China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeTlEJwiWqA Cheers |
Dee Dee Bridgewater LIVE IN PARIS Herve Sellin(piano), Antoine Bonfils(bass guitar), Andre Ceccarelli(drums) Impulse / MCA 1986 / 1989 Notes: "Jazz is a music of improvisation, a music of feeling deeply rooted in me. I chose to convey this music "live" to try to capture the excitement of the moment. It's not perfect "mais ca fonctionne bien." It's the real thing, no "artificial sweetners" and what fun we had making it happen..." All Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh_8jYrJcMY Misty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU4IEbvgVzc On A Clear Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRMR71RCOzo Medley Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DdnCC4xmig Cheers |
Dee Dee Bridgewater LOVE AND PEACE: A TRIBUTE TO HORACE SILVER Dee Dee Bridgewater(vocals), Stephane Belmondo(trumpet), Lionel Belmondo(tenor sax), Hein Van De Geyn(bass), Andre Ceccarelli(drums), Horace Silver(piano), Jimmy Smith(B3 organ) Verve Recorded in 1994 No notes, she just thanks everyone in the alpha quadrant for their support and help. Nica's Dream (horace silve, piano) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u-GfR6khjI Song for my Father horace silver, piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZMY7FcUSmI Filthy McNasty jimmy smith B3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM8y_38-vg8 The Jody Grind jimmy smith B3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-Tf2xIkjZA Cheers |
Dee Dee Bridgewater ELEANORA FAGAN: TO BILLIE WITH LOVE DDB Records 2010 Excellent Packaging with photos and also includes a DVD of her performing at a Jazz festival in Spain. God Bless The Child https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DoG61GzIvc Fine and Mellow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a0VDjEUEmY Good Morning Heartache https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD7D0Ba6ITU Lady Sings the Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnnIkqxj8n0 Cheers |
Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra MONK'S MOOD: MUSIC OF THELONIOUS MONK Water Baby Records 2002 Trust me, Monk is in here somewhere. For those of you who were wondering, Yang Qin Zhao, plays the Chinese hammered dulcimer. Monk's Mood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhBS_7qThN8 Evidence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUy5fV1sDUI Jackie-ing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul8CX1eU7jA Misterioso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPtwHPfbBWw Cheers |
Tina Brooks TRUE BLUE Freddie Hubbard(trumpet), Tina Brooks(tenor sax), Duke Jordan(piano), Sam Jones(bass), Art Taylor(drums) Blue Note 1960 / 2005 Notes: "Brooks was one of Jazz's ultimate footnotes until the Blue Note savvy Japanese brought his 1958 quintet sessions, BACK TO THE TRACKS and the rest of the Brooks / McLean music into print toward the close of the 1970s." True Blue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEVrlhg4rmw Good Old Soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VBWiCL7Ar0 Up Tight's Creek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fstrRnjj1jE Nothing Ever Changes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy9dkBv9_8w Cheers |
Clifford Brown CLIFFORD BROWN AND MAX ROACH AT BASIN STREET Clifford Brown(trumpet), Sonny Rollins(tenor sax), Richie Powell(piano), George Morrow(bass), Max Roach(drums) Emarcy 1990 What is this thing called Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTWRZkoLGx8 I'll Remember April https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efD90XFbpsE Love Is A Many Splendored Thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBnCeTBzlMo Gertrude's Bounce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i1AusLlC-E Cheers |
So I'm curious, how many of you would identify Oscar Peterson as a bebop artist? He was a great pianists. A great Jazz pianists. Bebop? That's what they called what Bird and Dizzy did that changed the direction of Jazz. Demonstrated and opened everyone's eyes as to how Jazz could be played. An example of what was possible. It became the pervasive influence. As Jelly Roll Morton said, "Jazz is a way of playing music." Not so sure about all the labels. Think of Miles and 'Kind of Blue'. Don't exactly bring to mind Bird and Dizzy. Also, as The Frogman once pointed out, Louis Armstrong called Bebop "Chinese" music. :) I am sure he had Bird, Dizzy and maybe Monk in mind. Peterson was not known as a Jazz composer or innovator, he just played other folks music mo better than anyone else could. I put Peterson and Gene Harris together right up with the all time greats on piano. Their music is ALWAYS very enjoyable to hear, and you can't say that about many. Cheers |
Received my copy of the 8CD set of Lee Morgan at the Lighthouse. Very tight playing. If the first two CDs are an indication, Ain't got it, git it. Bebop at it's best. Surprisingly quiet audience for a 'Live' recording. Nothing like the typical LIVE Cannonball crowd. When Morgan introduces the next tune, the background is dead quiet. Only polite applause after each tune and some of the solo work. Must be the affluent crowd. Cheers |
Milt Jackson's "Be Bop." Not a top-notch effort, but it really hit the spot. How is it going over at BFA? Maybe Bird At 100 will help. BFA is great for me. I am playing music I haven't played in Decades. I am surprised at how good some of these guys are, such as Percy Mayfield, Bobby King and Terry Evans, Booker T Laury etc.... and they all come from places I know. Cheers |
Bobby Watson - Vincent Herring - Gary Bartz BIRD AT 100 Bobby Watson(alto sax), Vincent Herring(alto sax), Gary Bartz(alto sax), David Kikoski(piano), Yasushi Nakamura(bass), Carl Allen(drums) Smoke Sessions Records 2019 Excellent fold out packaging. Each Alto player gives his thoughts on Bird and his music and it's impact on Jazz. Very nice cover art. Recorded Live at SMOKE Jazz Club, NYC. Bird Lives (Jackie McLean) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JREQjL92Z8A Klactoveedsedstene (Charlie Parker) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU2OuXiSuKA The Hymn (Charlie Parker) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-ozPDcHPLI Yardbird Suite (Charlie Parker) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsvRpdLsIjw Cheers |
What can I say. Her reputation extends into the world of Blues. Mary Jo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W65r805gjCY Cheers |
Just ordered this. Everyone is ranting and raving. The new Nina. Ne Me Quitte Pas (Don't Leave Me) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV1Woy2l-MY Cheers |
Is there not a bit of’" delta "in Mulgrew Miller? Well, he was born and raised in Greenwood, MS, which is in the middle of the Delta, about 40 miles from me and he went to school in Memphis, so I would say yes. Of course I think there is Delta in everything, save Classical. However, the question about the chords should come under "Questions to The Frogman". Love that Miller / Hargrove CD. Cheers |
Ledisi LEDISI SINGS NINA Featuring: The Metropole Orkest The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Guests: Lizz Wright, Alice Smith, Lisa Fischer BMG 2021 Great backing. A thoroughly enjoyable album. Only seven tracks, but no duds. My Baby Just Cares for Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiwF4E5HT9Y Work Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVeHc2HcyAQ Four Women https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUl6tU0j0cg Ne Me Quitte Pas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV1Woy2l-MY Cheers |
@schubert Today is the 100th birthday / anniversary of your boys. Formed on 13 Sept 1921 at Ft Bliss, Texas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States) Cheers |
Oscar Brown Jr. SIN & SOUL Columbia / Sony 1960 / 1996 Notes: Rarely does an artist's debut album deliver as fully formed, well-defined an original as the Oscar Brown Jr. of Sin and Soul. Somebody Buy Me a Drink https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAkTXKhqJSw Dat Dere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o_8Ek9Hzu0 Rags and Old Iron https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZexCpTTWHc Work Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfXByKfexZs Afro-Blue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G748lKUVaJs Cheers |
Ray Brown Trio THE SAX PLAYERS Ray Brown(bass), Benny Green(piano), Gregory Hutchinson(drums) Telarc 1996 Stanley Turrentine - Port Of Rico https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWxZ0ZKwh_A Joshua Redman - Polka Dots and Moonbeams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=543suDE5Sdk Benny Carter - Fly Me To The Moon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD5ANgC6bgo Cheers |
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman JOHN COLTRANE AND JOHNNY HARTMAN Impulse 1963 / 1995 They Say It's Wonderful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUnm-lxHn2A Dedicated to You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP_NqRR2Nzo Lush Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXXSmmZI3DU Cheers |
I thought that your suggestion was that there were reasons why both disciplines coincided. I was curious what those might be. Black Americans is the answer. As their employment / career opportunities increased across the society, the number of them wanting to Box or be Jazz musicians decreased. There have probably been many potentially as good as Ali, Louis and Marciano etc ... they are just working in cooperate America. Or maybe in the NBA, NFL or MLB. All a lot easier than boxing or trying to earn a living in Jazz. Other groups, Irish, Jews, Italians etc... traveled the same journey. Cheers |
Roy Eldridge: I recently purchased box sets by my two favorite trumpet players, Roy Eldridge and Harry "Sweets" Edison. I thought for a moment I had the same Eldridge set as you have, but mine is The Verve Collection 1957-1962. 4CD Box Have not opened either. Waiting for the perfect mood. Nice post Cheers |