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

Here is a Spiritual Jazz album that I have on constant rotation:

Philip Cohran & the Artistic Heritage Ensemble - On The Beach (1968)

https://youtu.be/Q_Yfd4me6hs?si=6UzizwsZUrinjh5P

 

 

@stuartk 

I pretty much like all of his recordings.  There’s something about the way he pounds those keys and you can tell that his bass player and drummer seem to enjoy playing with him as well.

@curiousjim

There’s something about the way he pounds those keys and you can tell that his bass player and drummer seem to enjoy playing with him as well.

Probably because he so clearly enjoyed what he did. It’s as though he was immersed in a constant process of discovering new delights. With no evident (to me) technical limitations, he was free to instantly play whatever came into his head. Playing music was, for him, just that -- "play". 

@curiousjim,

I finally got around to listening to the album. The album is called, (The) Robert Glasper Experiment - Black Radio 2 and it has 16 songs with Anthony Hamilton, Brandy, Common, Dwele, Emeli Sandé, Faith Evans, Jill Scott, Lalah Hathaway, Luke James, Lupe Fiasco, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Marsha Ambrosius, Norah Jones, Patrick Stump, as well as Bilal, Eric Roberson, Jazmine Sullivan, Jean Grae and Macy Gray appeared on a deluxe version of the album. That’s a lot of guest artists to put on 1 album and it sounds like it too, in a good way.

I was very impressed with the musicianship. The young folks would consider it as Jazz as I think that is who it is targeted to. This album has a lot of ’meat on the bones’ and takes awhile to listen to with a fresh, up to date take on jazz. It’s definitely a keeper to be put in rotation. Robert Glasper Experiment · Black Radio 2

Listening to Bent Jaedig, The Free Spirit.  It’s a well recorded live album.