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

I don't have as many of Grover's albums as I thought I had, but these are the one's that I have;"Inner City Blues";


      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1_tkTYAHhE


"A Secret Place"


      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmap1RBNhAs


"Winelight"


          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPH1IuMtFGc


Plus a few more; all of this music sounds good to me; especially "Just the Two Of Us"

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOuI4OqJfQc
'New', previously unissued live album of Grant Green

Slick! (Live at Oil Can Harry's)

https://youtu.be/XLYJR4TSCGo

https://youtu.be/S1VnT5hwK44

More about that edition and the label, including live interview with Green

https://grantgreen.bandcamp.com/album/slick-live-at-oil-can-harrys

Believe it or not Alex, I'm not quite sure I ever heard Grant play this intense.

Rok, I think you have this spectacular CD by Dinah Washington; it's "Dinah Jams"

I've told this story so many times that you would think that I actually saw Dinah perform, but I was a teenager and too young to go to nightclubs at that time; never the less, just being in the vicinity of "The Queen" is something worth recalling, especially now.

I was walking down Cottage Grove on the South Side one afternoon, when I saw a crowd of people around an automobile. This was in 56, and no one had ever seen this particular model of automobile. It just happened to be Dinah Washington's car, but even if it had been my car, people would have still been crowded around it, the car was just that out of sight; a new Lincoln Continental Mark with the built in spare on the trunk; it was the most expensive US automobile made at that time.

The car was parked in front of the Pershing Lounge, where Ahmad Jamal led the house band, and she probably just stopped in with friends for a cocktail, or maybe was conducting business with the management, who knows? When you add all of those things together, you can see just how fantastic that moment was, and well worth recalling now that I'm listening to a new record by Dinah.

It's so unfortunate that she died from a pill reaction, not a pill overdose, when her chaotic life had finally settled down to perfection; she was with her last husband who was also her perfect mate when death struck.

As Fats Waller said, "One never knows, do one?
My introduction to Dinah Washington was through the records she made with Brooke Benton.   I love to hear her say, "one more time Brooke". :)

Found her again later when I got into Jazz.  Very good singer who is blessed with a unique voice.   Instant recognition..

Cheers

Dakota Staton was really hot in St. Louis when she was performing. I don't know but I would hope she was that hot in other places too.

With George Shearing;


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpY_d7_mUaQ


   
I can remember when the Delmark Label meant the Blues. :(

My brother bought that Shearing / Staton LP when it came out, back in the day.  I never got pass staring at the album cover.   Some images never leave the brain.

Cheers
I was thinking more along these lines.   Didn't they have a record store online, in Chicago I think.   Have a ton of blues CDs from them.

https://delmark.com/blues-artists/

Cheers

I do have The Roscoe Mitchell Sextet on Delmark.  The title of the CD is 'SOUND'. :)   Includes Lester Bowie.   Which reminds me, I need to hear 'I only have eyes for you' tonight.

I would like to change the groove dramatically on this Holiday Weekend Sunday to a more pensive and introspective groove, and Lonnie Liston is the first artist I’ve selected.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Liston_Smith


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dmX2uhQrZs&list=PLQ1szRkkynoufd6ybqGV1l9ildh4DDIUS


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_M9NvaNxoI&list=PLQ1szRkkynoufd6ybqGV1l9ildh4DDIUS&index=1



I noticed that lonnie played with all the artists that we have featured numerous times on this thread; that’s a good recommendation. I will include some of those artists on this post; Leon Thomas is one of those artists.


I knew Leon Thomas, I also knew his father. Leon sang this at a club after his father's funeral; it brought tears to my eyes because the song was so appropriate in regard to his father.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh7aZ_Q6ibw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61LYJm-fnLs



I’ll conclude with Pharoah Sanders Thembi;



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyirrcT5a6Q


Still haven't had enough bass clarinet?  Try this -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v998aAyrFo&feature=youtu.be

Then this -

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/jazz-for-aficionados?page=435

A friend forwarded it today without knowing about our recent discussions here.  For my taste Landrus slips into what I call "noodling" a bit too much, something many clarinet players tend to do.  I like the tonality of the clarinet and bass clarinet but I am particular about the style in which it is played.
Good to see you back, pjw.
As someone here said recently, how could I have missed this one? Fabulous clip and an album to get. Funny how some of the greats slip by sometimes. Thanks!

Right back at you:

https://youtu.be/MTQoH_lVdL0

https://youtu.be/S1fPrT8M4jc

https://youtu.be/Bsdelj43ED0



Today's Listen:

Oscar Peterson  --  EXCLUSIVELY FOR MY FRIENDS
4 CD set.  Includes 6 complete albums.

Excellent booklet and notes:   "All songs are recorded in the private studio of Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, Villingen, Germany.  Unfortunately the exact dates of the recording sessions are unknown."

Like a handful of other players, Gene Harris comes to mind, Oscar is never boring or tedious.

from volume 1:

ray brown (b), ed thigpen (d)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k6RYYjhodk  

sam jones (b), bobby durham (d)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZn4kPR01HE    

sam jones (b), Louis Hayes (d)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAbt3RdYMh0  

sam jones (b), bobby durham (d)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_2gxpB6GoM   

Cheers
Drummer Jimmy Cobb, the  last surviving musician who played on Miles' "Kind Of Blue" ,passed away.  He had a very long career and still recorded and played live in thd last decade. R.I.P.

Walking around for the rest of her life with the questions on the top of her head was heavy burden for her. Then she realized, maybe precisely the questions were the answers. Uncertainty was new way of living. Almost like dancing in the street with somebody she didn’t know…:--)

Fun

Martha & The Vandellas "Dancing in the Streets"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdvITn5cAVc

Support

Hold On, I’m Coming, Sam & Dave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JElrEbAcwY

"Now, don’t you ever be sad
Lean on me, when the times are bad
When the day comes and you’re down, baby
In a river of trouble and about to drown
Just hold on, I’m comin’
Hold on, I’m comin’
Just hold on
(Don’t you worry)"

What?

Peter Gunn Theme by Henry Mancini

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIKSQT-oXfc


Wish you nice day guys...


The great Jimmy Cobb.  RIP.

Discography:

As leader
  • So Nobody Else Can Hear (Contempo Vibrato, 1983)
  • Encounter (Philology, 1994)
  • Only for the Pure of Heart (Fable/Lightyear, 1998)
  • Four Generations of Miles: A Live Tribute to Miles (Chesky, 2002)
  • Cobb's Groove (Milestone, 2003)
  • Yesterdays (RteesanCobb Music, 2003)
  • Tribute to Wynton Kelly & Paul Chambers (Sound Hills, 2004)
  • Cobb Is Back in Italy! (Azzurra, 2005)
  • Marsalis Music Honors Series: Jimmy Cobb (Marsalis/Rounder, 2006))
  • Taking a Chance on Love (Azzurra, 2006)
  • New York Time (Chesky, 2006)
  • Cobb's Corner (Chesky, 2007)
  • Jazz in the Key of Blue (Chesky, 2009)
  • Live at Smalls (Smallslive, 2010)
  • Remembering Miles `Tribute to Miles Davis` (Sony Music, 2011)
  • The Original Mob (Smoke Sessions, 2014)
  • You'll See (SteepleChase, 2016)
As sideman[edit]

With Pepper Adams-Donald Byrd Quintet

With Cannonball Adderley

With Nat Adderley

With Toshiko Akiyoshi

With Lorez Alexandria

With Geri Allen

With Dorothy Ashby

With Kenny Barron and John Hicks

With Walter Benton

With Walter Bishop, Jr.

With Nick Brignola

With Paul Chambers

  • Go (Vee-Jay, 1959)

With Al Cohn

With John Coltrane

With Miles Davis

With Joey DeFrancesco

With Kenny Dorham

With Kenny Drew

With Ricky Ford

With Curtis Fuller

With Benny Golson

With Paul Gonsalves

With Bunky Green

With Bill Hardman

With Joe Henderson

With John Hendricks

With John Hicks and Elise Wood

With Wynton Kelly

With Hubert Laws

With Johnny Lytle

With Harold Mabern

With Pat Martino

With Ronnie Mathews

With Billy Mitchell

With Wes Montgomery

With Frank Morgan

With David "Fathead" Newman

With Art Pepper

With Jimmy Raney

With Sonny Red

With Shirley Scott

With Wayne Shorter

With Don Sleet

  • All Members (Jazzland, 1961)

With Sonny Stitt

With Teri Thornton

With Bobby Timmons

With Norris Turney

With Phil Upchurch

With Sarah Vaughan

With Cedar Walton

With Dinah Washington

With C. I. Williams






Alex,  an elder friend , who was a big American football fan, once wrote a book called the 4 quarters of life. It was about life for a man and the things he tries to obtain between  0-20, 20-40,40-60,60-80. 

I looked  him in the eye and said " You must be in sudden death overtime."  He hasn't spoken to me since.
Acman,guess he has no your sense of humor...

https://youtu.be/amqhPsYRx_c

Beeing able to spit into death's eye is a unique and respectful quality that requires sharp brain and strong character. Both my parents had 'overtime'
but their response to it was very different.
Needless to say, I consider 'prettier gender' to be stronger as well.

 https://youtu.be/JrdEMERq8MA
Today's Listen:

Art Blakey / Jazz Messengers  --  MOSAIC
with addition of Curtis Fuller(tb), first time Messengers were a Sextet.
Recorded 1961.

Classic Blue Note cover art.

composed by cedar walton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzfURZdmkx8   

by curtis fuller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqI7KG1ERyQ   

by freddie hubbard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS9wQqFgR68   

Cheers