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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To stress the FACT that language is primary in music . NO body can harmonize like a Bulgarian women . https://youtu.be/glPLnHKl-wQ https://youtu.be/GFtPbY4eHX0?t=1 |
Today's Listen: Ella Fitzgerald -- THE COMPLETE ELLA IN BERLIN: MACK THE KNIFE Recorded live 1960 in Berlin. The 12,000 seat hall filled to capacity, where she was was met with roaring approval. The 'notes' point out that Berlin Jazz audiences are known as the rudest in Jazz??? Seems as if the writer was booed when he emceed a Miles Davis concert in Berlin and Miles refused to do an encore number. I guess it's all about him. I tired to pick the best songs, but, they were all the best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjbkdW9YjwQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsJig4Tus1o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOAfo3eDtt0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf-FAKzt7Lw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR1__k-BxhY On the back label of the CD, "Original recording produced under the personal supervision of Norman Granz". That guy is insufferable!! Cheers Btw, just his name was in Bold type. |
I've really enjoyed this thread, and have purchased 4 albums from Amazon today based on suggestions here. Someone mentioned that anyone can play music from a written score. That reminded me of a once- in- a- lifetime experience some years ago. My son (who was eight years old at the time) was a Suzuki violin student and played in an orchestra. The Suzuki group he was in sponsored a 10 day music institute each summer in Snow Mass, Colorado, near Aspen. The institute drew kids, and teachers, from all over the world. It also coincided with the annual Aspen Jazz Festival. That particular summer, Wynton Marsalis and the Kennedy Center Jazz Band were staying at the Hotel we were at rehearsing for the Aspen Festival. The kids and parents were invited to attend their rehearsals (if we remained quiet) and Marsalis and the band members made themselves available to the kids for questions during breaks. My son and I sat in a conference center room for three hours watching and listening to those consument musicians practice and struggle with the music. They were working on a Charles Mingus piece, the name of which I can't remember, and trying to both figure it out, and play it. The band had written scores, but more importantly, tapes of Mingus performing the piece live. The written scores did not match up with the tape performance, and Marsalis and company spent hours trying to reconcile the sources. It was truly inspiring to watch and listen to musicians at that level work through a very difficult and esoteric piece. Both my son and I marveled at the shear virtuosity of the musicians, and the talent they brought to bear on the music. Marsalis sought to capture the emotion, and energy of the piece, not just play the notes. So, anyone can play a piece from sheet music, but it takes masters of their craft to play it right. |
zerobias, no surprise if the written score and Mingus' performance didn't match up. In real jazz it would never be played the same way twice. ;^) Anyway, that must have been a wonderful experience to hear Marsalis and his band live and in rehearsal. A few years ago I had the opportunity to listen in while a local big band jazz group (all professional musicians) rehearsed. For anyone who is an audio hobbyist that is a sure way to disappointment. No way our systems at home come close to the power of an 18-piece jazz band live from no more than 20' away! Also, did you mean Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra? |
Pryso, I just received that 5 record set by Miss D, and I only auditioned side A of "After Hours"; this is the quietest record I have ever not heard, and the music is spectacular, I mentioned the musicians on page 432. Dinah grew up on the South Side of Chicago where jazz is king, and this is evident by her choice of musicians; all of the very best jazz musicians available at that time. The music is so tough that the album I reviewed would be boss without her, and she knew that, but it's spectacular with her. I'm still waiting on some "Telefunken Tubes", so I won't play any more of these albums until after the tubes arrive. These are "Verve" records and they are much better than the original records (no noise); highly recommended. |
Today’s Listen: Miles Davis -- BALLADS & BLUES Notes: "The recordings collected here are taken from one of his famous "Birth of the Cool" sessions in 1950, three sessions cut for Blue Note between 1952 and 1954 and the landmark 1958 "Somethin’ Else" session, which is a Cannonball Adderley date in name only." By Alfred Lion, I think. I am only the messenger. I like him better muted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbyqjBZnEco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMPdP6-lrmc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9dRmu5SdcM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JmSb8qL8P4&list=OLAK5uy_mz6mThglC0Hw-Yk1z1d8hRG3lDRd6jfUY&index=9 Cheers |
This sounds like a "John Coltrane" album to me; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg9XA-C8N-s After Miles intro; what do you hear; the baddest tenor to ever exist, the one that made Miles albums best sellers. And look at that photograph behind Miles; that's "Round Midnight" in the city; don't need no floosey lyrics; that's Hard Bop in the big city; kind of scary, kind of mysterious, but always exciting because you never know what's going to happen in the next minute; that's the life I lived and loved. |
I tried to stay away, but they keep drawing me back in;Good, the pouting season is now officially over. This is a compilation disc. 'Notes' were minimal. All total about two large typed / spaced paragraphs. The only info is, the track list with recording date and location, the two paragraphs, and a picture of Miles, Pettiford and Gil Goggins. A fold out thingy. At the end of the notes it just says: Produced by Alfred Lion (except #4) Produced by Pete Rugolo (#4) Compilation produced by Michael Cuscuna #4 is "Moon Dreams" Welcome back. Cheers BTw, Jazz Journal International - Page 25books.google.com › books2006 - Snippet viewFOUND INSIDE – PAGE 25Something' Else comes from Miles's last appearance as a sideman, although Adderley appears to have been leader in name only. This track, written by Miles, has his stamp over the performance as well, and the next track on the original LP ...More editions |
"Modern jazz" is the musical expression of complex emotion, and some emotions are even two complex for words, that why we have music without words, which a lot of lame people can not dig; that's the way it is. "Round Midnight" is best without words, that's the way it was meant to be, and that's why Thelonious Monk plays it different, every time he plays it. As a matter of fact, lame people refer to jazz as "That music without words." This is one of the most beautiful versions of "Round Midnight" ever; it comes on like a cool Summer breeze, on a hot July night "Round Midnight", and instead of a midnight marauder on this night in the city, you could possibly run into the girl of your dreams, or in the case of Mary-jo, the guy of her dreams. This music is full of romance; some get it and some don't; that's always the way it is with jazz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1Xozvcf0FA |
This is a cool tune by "Eddie Harris", he was a most creative person. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wLSlaP8MOQ This was recorded in 69, that was a far out year; it was the one some people lost track of, but you would have had to have been there and into things that caused one to lose track of time. It's a funny thing, but I'm not in this present time, it's just going on without me. |
Eddie Harris and 1969: I was getting used to life in Europe. Glad I wasn’t here. Eddie Harris was great, with Les McCann, on "Swiss Movement". Hard to believe it’s the same player. Mo' better Harris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8YOLY4Tats Cheers |
Who made you the decider in Chief of what is and what is not good jazz? 1969 was a very good year for me and Eddie Harris; I partied from dusk till dawn on his music; I got used to that while you were in Europe, and I always brought "Cold Duck" wine to the party. Cold Duck is the name of a sparkling wine made in the United States. The wine was invented by Harold Borgman, the owner of Pontchartrain Wine Cellars in Detroit, in 1937. The Cold Duck was made at the Ponchartrain Wine Cellars by simultaneously pouring Champagne and sparkling burgundy into a hollow stem wine glass. The recipe was based on a German legend involving Prince Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony ordering the mixing of all the dregs of unfinished wine bottles with Champagne. The wine produced was given the name Kaltes Ende ("cold end" in German), until it was altered to the similar-sounding term Kalte Ente meaning "cold duck".[1] The exact recipe now varies, but the original combined one part of Mosel wine, one part Rhine wine with one part of Champagne, seasoned with lemons and balm mint. Some of my other favorites by Eddie Harris; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtahaV6DU4g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IyXo9jL7Vc&list=PLCX_SlmERpRMvUecsrv6ZqxFRarWJX1Nf He blew a beautiful horn. |
Today's Listen: Harry Edison / Eddie Davis -- IN COPENHAGEN: SWEETS & LOCKJAW Absolutely wonderful album. Outstanding playing and sound quality. Even you folks into ancient technologies will like it. The way Jazz should be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QTMd-YGk3s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BECIc86B4CY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC2rEwSvk24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvI8mCeOnBc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55C1uZhrLCc Got a problem with this music, git outta Jazz!! Cheers Btw, Who made you the decider in Chief of what is and what is not good jazz?I'm self-appointed, therefore, I cannot be fired. :) |
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I love Eddie Harris. I put Harris in the same very broad category of tenor players as Grover Washington Jr......only much better and far more interesting. No dig on Grover; I like his playing. Their playing shines on funky, groove based tunes and both have a softer edged tone concept than the Coltrane influenced approach of most post-50’s tenor players. No “Giant Steps” for either player, but Harris sounded much more credible improvising on tunes with complex harmonies as opposed to the repetitive vamps of most funk tunes. Speaking of Harris and of Miles, Harris’ best known composition was popularized by Miles: https://youtu.be/yJ11cArknek The original: https://youtu.be/kf7FB4ilX5w That unique tone which on ballads sometimes sounds to me like Paul Desmond on tenor: https://youtu.be/xU8uitaeFQw Plays standards (great rhythm section): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyHn3f7-9IULB7-S8nQbAgubB7mTkSUSG His comfort zone: https://youtu.be/CsHtO_i4qzM |
In an art form that's as abstract and varied as modern jazz, "better" is rarely an appropriate word; "different", maybe. Just say you prefer Eddie Harris over Grover. In regard to "Better", Wynton Marsalis is recognized as one of the worlds best trumpet players, but he's one of my lesser favorite jazz musicians because of his lack of imagination. He's just fine when playing someone else's music, but when given a blank musical sheet of paper, he's unable to fill it with the best jazz. I prefer to listen to Eddie Harris, or Grover Washington based on my mood and thoughts at that particular time, or which memories I want to enhance. If I want to enhance these memories, which are self explanatory, I prefer Grover Washington; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOuI4OqJfQc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPH1IuMtFGc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3mISAmKUo4 |
I listen to such a varied list of musicians, that when the one I started with comes back up, he sounds new. One of the musicians that's rarely come up here is "John Handy". He was born in Dallas Texas and he's still around. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJhp43v-yd8 One thing is for certain about John is that he's never "stereotypical" he covers an extremely wide range of music; he's never in a rut. This is for my "meditation" mood; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJSO_LfEw2g |
**** Just say you prefer Eddie Harris over Grover **** Nope. Sorry. I spelled out my criteria pretty well. The comparison to Wynton is not relevant here. Both Harris and Grover are fine instrumentalists, but Harris is the better improviser in a Jazz setting; much better command of harmony. Grover cannot play some of the material that Harris did (standards) with the same level of conviction and credibility. I like Grover, but his playing simply doesn’t have the depth that Harris’s does. His style leans much more to the Pop/Smooth Jazz side of things. In fact his album “Mister Magic” in some ways ushered in that entire genre. Jazz, especially the kind that Grover plays, is really not that abstract; hence the genre “abstract jazz” which is generally in another zone altogether as concerns abstractions. Post some Grover playing standards....if you can find any. Maybe one or two? I do like him. |
Sherlock Holmes had his Moriarty, and now I have my Frogman. "The comparison to Wynton is not relevant here." For that matter I could say that I don't even think your post is relevant here; especially since you don't even like the title of the thread. Your posts are always directed toward me in an Adversarial manner, and when I respond, you accuse me of being hostile. "Both Harris and Grover are fine instrumentalists, but Harris is the better improviser in a Jazz setting; much better command of harmony." One thing is for certain, and that is the fact that you went to a formal musical school, who thinks in terms of "Harmony", you talk music very well, something you can never wait to demonstrate. I knew a fellow who had degrees from "The Juilliard School", and he taught music, but never even considered becoming a performing musician. I also had a close friend who was a "Blue Note" musician, who mesmerized me every time I saw him perform and he never even went to any formal school. While we know how well you talk music, can you play it? Show me your discography? "Grover cannot play some of the material that Harris did (standards) with the same level of conviction and credibility." How do you know that, have you ever asked Grover to play that material? "His style leans much more to the Pop/Smooth Jazz side of things. In fact his album “Mister Magic” in some ways ushered in that entire genre. Jazz, especially the kind that Grover plays, is really not that abstract; hence the genre “abstract jazz” which is generally in another zone altogether as concerns abstractions. Post some Grover playing standards....if you can find any." Here is Grover Washington's discography; Year Album US 200 US R&B US Jazz 1972 Inner City Blues 62 8 4 All the King's Horses 111 20 1 1973 Soul Box 100 26 1 1975 Mister Magic 10 1 1 Feels So Good 10 1 1 1976 A Secret Place 31 7 1 1977 Live at The Bijou 11 4 1 1978 Reed Seed 35 7 1 1979 Paradise 24 15 2 1980 Skylarkin' 24 8 1 Winelight 5 2 1 1981 Come Morning 28 — 1 Baddest 96 40 5 Anthology 149 44 11 1982 The Best Is Yet to Come 50 8 1 1984 Inside Moves 79 21 3 1986 A House Full of Love 125 52 25 1987 Strawberry Moon 66 29 — 1988 Then and Now — — 2 1989 Time Out of Mind — 60 1 1992 Next Exit 149 26 1 1994 All My Tomorrows — — 2 1996 Soulful Strut 187 45 2 1997 Breath of Heaven: A Holiday Collection — — 7 2000 Aria — — — As sideman With Kathleen Battle So Many Stars (Sony, 1995) With Kenny Burrell Togethering (Blue Note, 1985) With Hank Crawford Help Me Make it Through the Night (Kudu, 1972) With Charles Earland Living Black! (Prestige, 1970) With Dexter Gordon American Classic (Elektra, 1982) With Urbie Green Señor Blues (CTI, 1977) With Eddie Henderson Inspiration (Milestone, 1994) Tribute to Lee Morgan (NYC Music, 1995) With Masaru Imada Seaside (1982) With Boogaloo Joe Jones No Way! (Prestige, 1970) What It Is (Prestige, 1971) With The Mark III Trio Let's Ska at the Ski Lodge (Downhill, 1964) With Idris Muhammad Power of Soul (Kudu, 1974) With Gerry Mulligan Dragonfly (Telarc, 1995) With Don Sebesky Giant Box (CTI, 1973) With Johnny "Hammond" Smith What's Going On (Prestige, 1971) Breakout (Kudu, 1971) Wild Horses Rock Steady (Kudu, 1971) With Lonnie Smith Mama Wailer (Kudu, 1971) With Melvin Sparks Spark Plug (Prestige, 1971) With Leon Spencer Sneak Preview! (Prestige, 1970) Louisiana Slim (Prestige, 1971) With Mal Waldron My Dear Family (Evidence, 1990) With Randy Weston Blue Moses (CTI, 1972) With Bill Withers Just the Two of Us (Columbia, 1981) Singles Year Singles US Pop US R&B 1971 "Inner City Blues" — 42 1972 "Mercy Mercy Me" — — "No Tears in the End" — 49 1973 "Masterpiece" — — 1975 "Mister Magic" 54 16 1976 "Knucklehead" — — 1977 "Summer Song" — 57 1978 "Do Dat" — 75 1979 "Tell Me About It Now" — — 1980 "Snake Eyes" — — "Winelight" — — 1981 "Just the Two of Us" 2 3 1982 "Be Mine (Tonight)" 92 13 "Jamming" — 65 1983 "The Best Is Yet to Come" — 14 1984 "Inside Moves" — — 1987 "Summer Nights" — 35 1989 "Jamaica" — — 1990 "Sacred Kind of Love" — 21 1992 "Love Like This" — 31 Without a doubt, I have a different perception of music than you, I suppose that since you went to a formal school, that makes yours right and mine wrong; "Moxnix" to me. |
Here is Eddie Harris's discography; Eddie Harris at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, November 22, 1980 As leader 1961: Exodus to Jazz (Vee-Jay) 1961: Mighty Like a Rose (Vee-Jay) 1961: Jazz for "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (Vee-Jay) 1962: A Study in Jazz (Vee-Jay) 1962: Eddie Harris Goes to the Movies (Vee-Jay) 1963: Bossa Nova (Vee-Jay) 1963: Half and Half (Vee-Jay) 1964: For Bird and Bags (Exodus) also released as Sculpture (Buddah) 1964: Cool Sax, Warm Heart (Columbia) 1964: Here Comes the Judge (Columbia) 1965: Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway (Columbia) 1965: The In Sound (Atlantic) 1966: Mean Greens (Atlantic) 1967: The Tender Storm (Atlantic) 1968: The Electrifying Eddie Harris (Atlantic) 1968: Plug Me In (Atlantic) 1968: Pourquoi L'Amérique (AZ) soundtrack 1968: Silver Cycles (Atlantic) 1969: High Voltage (Atlantic) 1969: Swiss Movement (Atlantic) with Les McCann 1969: Sculpture 1969: Free Speech (Atlantic) 1970: Come on Down! (Atlantic) 1970: Live at Newport (Atlantic) 1970: Smokin' (Janus, 1970) 1971: Second Movement (Atlantic) with Les McCann 1971: Instant Death (Atlantic) 1972: Eddie Harris Sings the Blues (Atlantic) 1973: Excursions (Atlantic) 1974: E.H. in the U.K. (Atlantic) 1974: Is It In (Atlantic) 1974: I Need Some Money (Atlantic) 1975: Bad Luck Is All I Have (Atlantic) 1975: That Is Why You're Overweight (Atlantic) 1975: The Reason Why I'm Talking S--t 1976 (Atlantic) 1976: How Can You Live Like That? (Atlantic) 1978: I'm Tired of Driving (RCA) 1979: Playin' with Myself (RCA) 1981: Sounds Incredible (Angeleco) 1981: Steps Up (SteepleChase) 1982: The Real Electrifying Eddie Harris (Mutt & Jeff) 1983: Exploration (Chiaroscuro) 1986: Eddie Who? (Timeless) 1987: People Get Funny (Timeless) 1989: Live in Berlin (Timeless) 1990: Live at the Moonwalker Moonwalker (Suisa) 1991: A Tale of Two Cities (Virgin Japan) 1991: There Was a Time – Echo of Harlem (Enja) 1993: For You, For Me, For Evermore (SteepleChase) 1993: Yeah You Right (Lakeside) 1993: Listen Here (Enja) 1994: Freedom Jazz Dance (Musicmasters) 1994: Vexatious Progressions (Flying Heart) 1994: The Battle of the Tenors with Wendell Harrison 1995: Dancing by a Rainbow (Enja)[6] 1996: All The Way-Live (Milestone) with Jimmy Smith recorded 1981 1997: The Last Concert 2005: Exodus: The Best of the Vee-Jay Years (Charly) 2017: Live: Las Vegas 1985 (Hi-Hat) As sideman With Buddy Montgomery Ties of Love (Landmark, 1987) With Bernard Purdie Bernard Purdie's Soul to Jazz (ACT, 1996) With Cedar Walton Beyond Mobius (RCA, 1976)[5] With Ellis Marsalis, Jr. Homecoming (Spindletop, 1985)[7] With Horace Parlan Glad I Found You (Steeplechase, 1986) With Horace Silver Spiritualizing the Senses (Silveto, 1983) There's No Need to Struggle (Silveto, 1983) With John Scofield Hand Jive (Blue Note Records, 1994) References Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira (2007). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press. p. 297. ISBN 978-0195320008. "Eddie Harris His Tenor Saxophone & Orchestra". Elusive Disc, Inc. Retrieved March 31, 2013. Unterberger, Richie. "Review of Swiss Movement". AllMusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved February 22, 2017. Tesser, Neil (1999). "Eddie Harris 1936–1996". Chicago Reader. ISSN 1096-6919. "Cedar Walton Catalog", JazzDisco.org. Ginell, Richard S., "Dancing by a Rainbow", AllMusic review. Nastos, Michael G., "Homecoming", AllMusic review. External links Eddie Harris at AllMusic Eddie Harris Illustrated Discography |
Once again, you show your true colors, O-10. There was nothing directed at you (don’t flatter yourself) until you criticized my comment. In fact, I was supporting your appreciation of Harris. I could say much more, but it would be pointless. You really don’t know what you’re talking about. Get a life. |
Water under the bridge. It’s a tense and difficult time so all is forgiven 😘. A friendly reminder that the bottle of isopropyl clearly states: “For sanitizer use. Not for human consumption!” 😊 Today is the great Fats Waller’s birthday! Innovative piano player whose “Stride” playing style would lay the foundation for all modern piano styles to follow. Amazing contribution to the music. Composer of some of the most popular tunes in Jazz and charming entertainer/vocalist to boot! https://youtu.be/-7zm8v9reDo https://youtu.be/EVDChx0HRjE https://youtu.be/dv2ktr-yc3o https://youtu.be/caR2t2H4OMg |
Thomas "Fats" Waller: I guess it's getting to be a cliche, but he truly died too young and too soon. Died in 1943 at age 39. Just think what he could have done had he made it to the post-war years. Fantastic musical output that like much music of that era, suffers from poor recorded sound. 'G' word does apply. Cheers |
Today’s Listen: Dinah Washington -- THE FATS WALLER SONGBOOK Recorded late in 1957, and released as "Dinah Wash Sings Fats Waller". I have a later reissue titled "The Fats Waller Songbook", same songs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cW6zkxz7oE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-41qGDaMp8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koAY40lT-sM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg6JfUbQ1L0 And, a must have / listen for all Waller fans: I think these folks on Broadway really capture Waller. Washington is just a little too slick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whBOZKTrE7Y&t=319s Cheers |
Acman, your submission that impressed me the most was Regina Carter "Day Dreaming On The Niger", which is a very interesting river in West Africa. I could imagine day dreaming while floating down that river. "Miners Child" from Southern Comfort was also interesting; it brought back memories of a visit to relatives in Winona Mississippi when I was preschool, and they didn't even have electricity, they used oil lamps for light, which were very spooky. At night, instead of TV or radio, someone told ghost stories for entertainment, they seemed very real to me as a child, especially with the shadows created by the flickering oil lamps. Fortunately I never had to sleep alone, I would have been too scared to sleep if I did. People were so interconnected as human beings at that time. |
Out of all of the many years that I've lived, there are only "moments" that make it all worthwhile, and I wish I could live in a cycle that would repeat those moments over and over; moments trapped in time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP6mX_HtgGI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbaGDDbpcQ4 |
At times like these, we need to recall all the precious moments we can ever remember. mine are depicted in songs, and "speak Low" is one of them; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DGY3MGwqls That version captures the perfect Summer day. |
This song is about either "instant seduction" or love at first sight; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyp1yvSBq5I&list=RDiyp1yvSBq5I&start_radio=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_Qt3Y7IxsM&list=RDiyp1yvSBq5I&index=2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC8FY-PSlZk&list=RDiyp1yvSBq5I&index=3 Moments in time too unforgettable for words, moments that one wishes could be trapped in a time capsule to be relived when desired. |