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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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Fabulous! Thanks. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m_RwTZa4ecVVxpmErTS_paEmDaiKxRW60 Dave McKenna, George Tucker, Danny Richmond. 1960 |
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Its 4am in the Balkans now. Good morning alec and mary_jo have a great Sunday! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJgCHZbtnSU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y8cJVFZgpU |
I did find some great Jack DeJohnette clips while searching for songs off of the "Made In Chicago" album mentioned in my last post. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUHAp1vAr8U&list=RDsUHAp1vAr8U&start_radio=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3CZHr5uiNM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VluEgxOY0as |
There is a live album recorded at the Chicago Jazz Festival in 2013 from Jack DeJohnette and co. Made in Chicago is a live album by drummer and composer Jack DeJohnette with fellow Chicagoan musicians pianist Muhal Richard Abrams, bassist Larry Gray and saxophonists Roscoe Mitchell and Henry Threadgill recorded at the 35th Chicago Jazz Festival in 2013 and released on the ECM label.[1] The album documents the reunion of DeJohnette with colleagues from Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. I could not find any songs from it on You Tube but I found this interesting 8 minute video of the band members talking about it. Sadly, Pianist Muhal Richard Abrams passed away in 2017. He is not talked about much but he was, IMHO, a very talented musician. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edLWmyTegvk Muhal Richard Abrams (born Richard Lewis Abrams; September 19, 1930 – October 29, 2017) was an American educator, administrator, composer, arranger, clarinetist, cellist, and jazz pianist in the free jazz medium.[1] He recorded and toured the United States, Canada and Europe with his orchestra, sextet, quartet, duo and as a solo pianist. His musical affiliations constitute a "who's who" of the jazz world, including Max Roach, Dexter Gordon, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Art Farmer, Sonny Stitt, Anthony Braxton, and The Art Ensemble of Chicago. Anyway here is the album. https://www.amazon.com/Made-Chicago-Jack-DeJohnette/dp/B00PX8DGC8/ref=sr_1_16?crid=OR1VB7K71ACE&dchild=1&keywords=jack+dejohnette&qid=1600562755&s=music&sprefix=jack+dejohnette%2Cpopular%2C153&sr=1-16 |
3 great clips in a row acman. I have all 3 of those CD's in my collection Tony Williams was (r.i.p.) one of the greatest drummers to ever sit behind the kit. And Jack DeJohnette is no slouch as well and last I heard he is still with us. And you can't go wrong with Allan Holdsworth (r.i.p.) or John McLaughlin who I can easily put in the same category as Jimi Hendrix (r.i.p.) or Jeff Beck when it comes to technical virtuosity. For those interested is purchasing either of these 3 colossal albums here they are in the order that acman posted them. 1. Jack DeJohnette "Trio Beyond": https://www.amazon.com/Saudades-Trio-Beyond/dp/B000FA58KC/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=jack+dejohnette+trio+beyond&qid=1600561759&sr=8-2 2.Tony Williams "Turn It Over" https://www.amazon.com/Turn-Over-Tony-Williams-Lifetime/dp/B004LTB5DC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1E3GD4VKYLQOB&dchild=1&keywords=tony+williams+turn+it+over&qid=1600561879&s=music&sprefix=tony+williams+turn%2Caps%2C176&sr=1-1 3. Tony Williams "Believe It" https://www.amazon.com/Believe-Tony-Williams/dp/B0001O2BY8/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2DZSMI1G6N9N8&dchild=1&keywords=tony+williams+believe+it&qid=1600562014&sprefix=tony+williams+bel%2Caps%2C161&sr=8-1 Thanks acman for posting some of the greatest jazz/rock fusion played by some of the greatest musicians of all time. |
Jack Dejohnette put this group together to honor Tony Williams Lifetime. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5LWxdX7VA0 |
Hi guys! Just dropped by to say hello. I missed you, hugs and kisses to ALL of you.Hi mary_jo! Its been a while hope all is well. Here is one for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXNpG0w_rks |
Glad you liked them, pjw.I agree that was a great exchange at 2:00 in. Milestones and another album called 58 Miles (also released as 58 sessions) were preludes to KOB. All 3 featured Coltrane on tenor and Cannonball on alto. The rythm sections changed around but all of the players featured in the various rythm sections were the cream of the crop during that era. |
Hi guys! Just dropped by to say hello. I missed you, hugs and kisses to ALL of you. F**k the social distance@ Moderators, this is biology class. And now music: Ivo Robic Stranci u noci (Strangers in the night) https://youtu.be/gVripEBwoWU Song from our Croatian singer Ivo Robic https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangers_in_the_Night But Sinatra made it famous. Sinatra - Strangers in the night https://youtu.be/ZwAERaRUsp0 Ivo Robic https://youtu.be/iUdPra9NGwo |
Glad you liked them, pjw. Probably my favorite Cannonball solo with him as a sideman. Beautifully melodic. Also, notice how Miles picks up where Cannonball leaves off. He starts his solo with the same lick that Cannonball ends with and builds on that. Great stuff. https://youtu.be/k94zDsJ-JMU |
Guess what time it is, boys and girl(s)? It’s Birthday time!!! https://youtu.be/DvXGss0b-IQ https://youtu.be/ddcWxY-K9vk https://youtu.be/kHQrQtIW60k https://youtu.be/REU9Mmk6SXw https://youtu.be/fObuMp5I4c8 As reflected in his playing, the man had a sense of humor: https://youtu.be/IZy3rzNaflk |
I hope it's OK to speak on another subject if it doesn't offend anyone. When I was in the 4th grade, I recall seeing a picture of a tree in a geography book that was so big there was a roadway running through it. I vowed to see those trees one day. I haven't seen them and now I believe they're burning down as a result of "climate change"; hence another post on Chicago in 56. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D3CD1mQ2AM |
I've posted my memories of the Summer of 56 that I spent on the South side of Chicago with my jazz loving cousin many times, highlighting various aspects of that visit. I would like to post another aspect of that visit. I liked to go for a swim in Lake Michigan every day, but someday's it was way too cool; one dip in the water and you got chill bumps. My cousin liked to entertain in the evening, and he didn't have AC; he just opened a window and everything was fine. I don't even recall any noisy window fans. When I strolled Cottage Grove in the evenings, I needed a sport coat or a sweater. Sometime in the 80's, many people in Chicago died from heat stroke because they did not have AC. No one had AC in 56 because they didn't need it. Climate change has been happening for a long time, but no one called it that. |
Mingus is the most unique jazz artist ever that sounded good; all of those tunes were like no one else. I bought his album "Ah Um Mingus" in 60 just for the art work on the cover when I didn't even know who Mingus was at that time; funny thing, I've been listening to that album every since; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7hoX7golZI&list=PLiN-7mukU_REK9zBMvZoNERNvhovxnsE5 |
Today’s Listen: Duke Ellington -- MONEY JUNGLE with / Duke Ellington(piano), Charlie Mingus(bass), Max Roach(drums) Notes: " Ellington! Mingus! Roach! A Triumvirate, not a trio... To hear this album is to believe fully in the validity and lasting qualities of Jazz. " -- George Wein Says it all. All tunes by Ellington. a little max https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hv1nRXK02w rem blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnbZUFQqnEY wig wise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6s0iDoXpdY switch blade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5D8k5I8LkA caravan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPnB56fQJNQ solitude https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_wT4xRpPoU As you hear the music, just think of who is playing each instrument. Good to ’hear’ these guys play. Cheers |
in the fifth grade: "when, mulishly trying to make sense of opening chapter of "The Brothers Karamazov", I twigged that Alexei and Alyosha were the same guy, ditto Dmitry and Mitya ---ditto maxima, Parker and Bird". as a music teacher: my students had "followed me through Armstrong and Swing, and never blinked when we got to Ornette Coleman and Cecil Taylor, but the volatile 1945 Savoy record of "Koko" unnerved them. Unnerved them?? The only folks that should be unnerved by Bird are the guys on the bandstand with him. --- Rok "But where’s the pedagogical fun in that" -- speaking of messing with his students. I continued to start the class with "Koko" without preface, enjoying the general alarm, ’wtw’ His style of writing was influenced by his reading Satrtre’s "Prisoner of Venice". "By the 1980s, I had read Johnson, Boswell, Strachey, and Sartre’s longer ’Saint Genet’, and I knew what I wanted to do, if not how to do it." Rok’s Take: The ravings of a person full of himself. This is an example of the type of people teaching young people about Jazz. And this is just the Prelude, to a book about a Jazz player. Stay tuned. Cheers |
Not a complaint, just an observation. I have just started on the book. After just reading the prelude to the revised edition, dated 2013, and getting as far as page 7 in the main text, I can see that this guy is more into showing off his use of the English language, than he is in Bird. More later. Cheers |
Nice Joshua Redman clips. Excellent player. Hadn’t heard that one. Some of the best playing by him that I’ve heard. Thanks. **** it is obvious this book was not written for Jazz fans, **** Well.....only a particular type of Jazz fan; the kind that thinks that a mildly in-depth look at the music = mumbo jumbo. Lots of great pics ‘though; those should be easy enough to understand 😊 Diva? Seems too nice a person to qualify for the full meaning of the word, but great singer: https://youtu.be/naA6DSSxIPU https://youtu.be/O5UiuPMbprs https://youtu.be/XGqVyxRfKFI |
This evening I'm also kicking it with "Eddie Harris"; he was born in Chicago and was grooving on the "South side" during the times I've written about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsHtO_i4qzM This man has a most incredible discography; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDrH5urtCbQ "Theme In Search of a Movie" is the most beautiful; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HLA5adVGTI |
Currently, I'm in a "jazz lock-down" which is my normal state of being, not a "Covid lock-down". Right now, "Gene Harris" is keeping me company. He had an extensive run with "The Three Sounds" before recording on his own. Their album "Moods", recorded in 1960 was my favorite; it had such a beautiful cover. Here is "On Green Dolphin Street"; Gene hits the just right keys for this tune, it sets the mood for a perfect evening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GEgrFyCNYw "Tammy's Breeze" is my favorite on this album, I inhale the scintillating fragrance of Tammy when I hear it; sweet memories.make a good "lock-down" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v--G29uMrY&list=PL0q2VleZJVEmd4mbQJ9LgMkPTS_RV-67T&index=7 |