Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; this is some of the most beautiful music in my collection;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNNagah14wY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLaUctgmAtU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSggeAnx6jw
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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Sunday's Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVxm7g8xbE4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5XaKmUsqoc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Zi-VbmbrI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk95fTwZrMk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juPdr8nxA6U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V07CRSGA_3w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPCux-ZgXtI Amen |
Charles Mingus was the most creative jazz musician ever born, he even made other musicians play way over their heads and make music they didn't know they had in them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpMlCDSoxkE Charles Mingus – bass Jackie McLean – alto saxophone J. R. Monterose – tenor saxophone Mal Waldron – piano Willie Jones – drums Jackie Mclean blew solos like he never blew before that expressed the first man to walk erect; hence the title. Each time I hear this, I hear deeper into the music; this tune is so complete, it's a picture of the setting when the first man stood erect. |
Donna Summer looks like love, Donna Summer moves like love, Donna Summer is love. This song reminds me of hearing and seeing glowing seas from the hotel balcony at night in Montego Bay, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUi1sqrddQU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlTCB_p3slY |
Love life through songs ~ Solo dancing, disco life Abba - Dancing Queen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s Boney M - Rivers of Babylon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta42xU2UXLA ~ You meet a guy ~ Donna Summer - I Feel Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm-ISatLDG0 ~ You are falling in love ~ Julie London - SWAY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWNJmM8GLy0 Ella Fitzgerald - Let’s Do It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXYKGL6MgKM ~ You are fallin’ deeper ~ Frank Sinatra - Love is here to stay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZKHgUkYYZY Chet Baker - You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHHJ9KJWF4E ~ Small temporary disagreements ~ Miles Davis - All Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-488UORrfJ0 ~ Larger disagreements ~ Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbyAZQ45uww ~ Understanding ~ Nina Simone - Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ckv6-yhnIY ~ Love again ~ John Coltrane - Equinox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m2HN2y0yV8 John Coltrane - A Love Supreme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll3CMgiUPuU ~ Or maybe not ~ Charles Mingus - Reincarnation of a love bird https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h3F8GLz0q0 ~ The end ~ Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkKDSFYvxKU ~ Disco again ~ Eruption - One Way Ticket https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4y_acTR0MY Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARt9HV9T0w8 ~ Higher Expectations ~ Bonnie Tyler - I need a Hero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gwPDpQGOQo And he’s gotta be larger than life! Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. |
T Bone Walker-’Very Rare’ album, 1973. Tenor Saxophone: David "Fathead" Newman Trumpet: Dizzy Gillespie Additional Flute: Herbie Mann Guitar, Vocals: T. Bone Walker https://youtu.be/UyfgIUnfB_w https://youtu.be/e7kqe269XPk writers:Otis,Leiber,Stoller ..on more jazzy side, some west coast music...listening right now Curtis Amy ’Tippin on Through’ live at the Lighthouse, 1962. https://youtu.be/FR-kVqXVzcQ https://youtu.be/r0-MFrE2BHY https://youtu.be/d9-UAckfd2M lockdown or not.. https://youtu.be/Z9EbR0ckb40 https://youtu.be/_lJqBsrShys |
Nice way to pass the time in lockdown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQmNy_y4Qrw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mTLd9dpzas&t=173s Cheers |
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It's Saturday Night: As Cannonball said, you gotta always pay your respects to the blues. we don't need no stinkin' bebop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb5QWGLZxZM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo5I_CM1Z3M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz3evR8YpEo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A8FJCzdN5g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4_nikLTVGU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyJ2AqfrTiY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9sq3ME0JHQ Cheers |
Today's Listen: Sam Jones -- THE CHANT The original album was titled 'Sam Jones plus 10'. Too many to list. His second recording on the Riverside label as leader. The notes mention that his playing (on bass) was well integrated with the group. Says it all. Should set the standard for bass players. by Charlie Parker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mGgbthQi6I by Sam Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3lhzj6VlSQ by Victor Feldman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvZjW_K_rg8 by Miles Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3B9EspTPd0 Cheers |
More beautiful music from almost forgotten female vocalists; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCtc-RfSIdo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn8EtaxGJP0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XBCXcfWKr0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22uYmda3-Jg |
Those "Disco Days" were the very best for the nightclubs and Atlanta Georgia was on fire; that's where I was. There was a place called "The Candy Store" that had a floor made out of multicolored translucent tiles that were lighted from beneath with flashing lights synchronized to the music, and even yours truly looked like John Travolta on the dance floor when the lights under me flashed to the music. |
For the purpose of dancing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyTVyCp7xrw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK2hpeqkYjA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itRFjzQICJU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz6hTuK9yBo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYnVYJDxu2Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTfYnRQgKgY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEjLoHdbVeE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GCNUeTFSbA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzALZjoIx0g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7YK_pbN-Ho If you can’t or do not know how to dance, skip it and go somewhere else. |
The Model-T was the original ford, but I prefer my late model ford Taurus if you don't mind. I've got Sam Cooke, and you know I've got lots of Nina Simone in my collection; now I'm looking forward to having these new people as well. All that, 'on demand' or 'instant' soul gets tiresome.**** Could you two guys expand on that in relation to the music posted? Especially since this is the first time I've heard either one of those people, and I bet a dollar to a donut that youse guys haven't heard them either, so how could they get tiresome? Iza's got style; that's something that some people can't recognize, and if you didn't dig the guitar licks you got a hole in yo soul, plus the violins made some beautiful music, but I know yall didn't hear that. I think you both are suffering from "virus lock-down". |
**** Some songs are best left to Sam Cooke and Nina Simone. All that, 'on demand' or 'instant' soul gets tiresome.**** Agree. Before Simone, the original version: https://youtu.be/eFcusdmFwgQ |
Memories. I never forget an album cover. This is one of the most memorable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwoP7CTZ4QU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad4HPYFzJNU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6LVTqwpDPQ Cheers |
mary_jo, is Labor Day a holiday there?Yep, today. And we celebrate it with bean as main meal. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VhgUUe5czxc https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BLlmMXL1qX0 To bean or not to bean... Today's blues... |
Today's Listen: Sam Jones -- THE SOUL SOCIETY featuring / Nat Adderley, Jimmy Heath, Bobby Timmons, Louis Hayes Jones manages to be the leader without over doing the bass solos. Perfect balance. Sam also plays cello on deep blue cello, and three other tunes. Three albums on 2 CDs. These notes and selections are from 'Soul Society'. Excellent Booklets and notes by Cannonball. Julian, never one to use one simple word when ten 'big' words will do, sent me scurrying to google several times. I did find out what 'arco' and 'pizzicato' meant. Now we all know. Save The Frogman, who always knew. "The double bass is played with a bow (arco), or by plucking the strings (pizzicato), or via a variety of extended techniques. In orchestral repertoire and tango music, both arco and pizzicato are employed. In jazz, blues, and rockabilly, pizzicato is the norm." google by Jimmy Heath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utYrrdIPE5s by Cannonball https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMIMrSIEZCA by Sam Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX4RhGL7zqA by Bobby Timmons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSdqVqskDnU Ain't got it, git it. Cheers |
I'm not much into big bands either. But one I do enjoy is Basie. However I like this even better - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4jFXwWJObs jcipale, if you are interested both o10 and I posted Crusaders and Jazz Crusaders links here recently. mary_jo, is Labor Day a holiday there? Doesn't happen until September here. |
People are mad, absolutely mad. You have probably heard of 5G network being the one to blame for the spread of virus (among other things). https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/03/broadband-engineers-threaten... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/06/at-least-20-uk-phone-masts-vandalised-over-false-... 5G operates (spectrum from 700 MHz and 3,5 GHz and 26 GHz - EUnion) within the frequencies of the visible light which we are all exposed to on daily basis (first picture on this web page) so if the visible light does not kill us nor 5G will: https://eimai.org/youth-shift-the-blog/2018/11/8/lights-frolics-and-the-skys-colors Also, even the sparrows know what is going on behind the scene of any confrontation. Fight for profit of course. Mostly. Forget the stories about the wars that started because of the beautiful women. It’s about the money. Has been and always will be. So if you know who invented the 5G (ask Gogo if you don’t know) and if you can guess who is interested to take it away (not hard to guess) you will know why all this fuss is designed for. Happy Labor day to all. I hope we will soon start working. In 5G turbo mode. |