Trent, now I remember what it was like as a kid on Christmas Day having opened numerous presents and trying to decide which one to try out first. Great work!
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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https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.5Bakc8Z... "If you try all different styles that are in vogue, I think you con yourself. Me, I just stick by my guns; I don't want to play out of another man's bag." - Ben Webster |
With a young Dexter. Nice pic. https://youtu.be/6xQyaeqh2jQ https://youtu.be/QhDVqkYRsaA https://youtu.be/pKVOFWXXw2I |
Tough read on a new book about Pops. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/dec/17/not-a-wonderful-world-louis-armstrong-was-hated-by-so-... |
The article was / is garbage. All the folks who call him 'uncle tom', were just cowardly, envious, armchair revolutionaries / freedom fighters, who thought saying something was the same as doing something. Thank God a WOMAN, Mrs Rosa Parks, finally showed them what guts were. Some advice: (1) Never believe ANYTHING written about black people by white people. (2) Never believe ANYTHING written about black people by black people. Follow this advice and you will never go wrong. Pops was just too successful. He had everything they lusted after, but would never have, and they hated him for it. There is a name for them, but Miss Tammy would exile me to Siberia if I used it. Cheers |
Trent, thanks for a wonderful evening of jazz performances. I had forgotten how much Horace Silver's "Sister Sadie" really cooks. And it reminded me of this Coryell/Scofield/Beck performance of "Song for my Father" and "Sister Sadie" I bought and treasured 40 years ago. From "Tributaries." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a31NsIqWhPU |
You're quite welcome! It made for a very nice evening last night, for me. I guess I *will* post YT links every now and then. ;) "Sister Sadie" was hot. I really enjoyed that Ike Quebec & Grant Green track, too. (I've forgotten the name because I'm terrible with song names, and of course the forum software doesn't show previous posts when you're writing one, so.) Larry Coryell has (had?) some serious chops. |
Today’s Listen: Count Basie -- KANSAS CITY SHOUT with / Joe Turner and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson. If you can’t sing, shout. just a dream on my mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EplnmoOtVFY blues for joe turner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-sOrRxii8E everyday I have the blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05KOyeaMtSE my jug and I (one of the greatest lines in blues) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHValUTz1EM cherry red* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV1zpgM9Y9k * the notes writer, Norman Granz, says that "Cleanhead" sounded more like Bird than anyone else. Cheers |
O-10, everything all right? Everybody here misses you. Guys can’t say that ’cause they might be missinterpreted. I believe this is the song you like and just it happened to be that i like it too. :--) Georgia on my mind https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o22iAM77sbs |
This evening...well, it's evening here so it has to be everywhere, I am reading little bit about Chetty... https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/chet-baker-life-legacy/amp/ My Funny Valentine https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkCbIa1hmg |
Mary_jo, I'm on an indefinite "hiatus", that I just broke in order to respond to your inquiry; however, this is only temporary for a VIP. When someone says "Georgia", to me, that means Atlanta. I hope that city is still as nice as I remember it, that's a city I gave serious consideration to making home. Once you leave that little patch of skyscrapers downtown, you get into the Georgia Pines and that sweet smell on a moonlit summer night. My musical offering to you is from an album I consider to be in the top ten; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u37RF5xKNq8 |
Count Basie & Joe Williams / Count Basie Swings - Joe Williams Sings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L31pDORVifQ |
Heh. That whole record kicks like hell. Joe Williams was probably the first living jazz vocalist I had any awareness of. Male vocalist, at least. Johnny Carson used to have him on the show semi-regularly. Looking back, I think he may have been the fill-in guest. Anyway, it seemed like every single time he was on, he sang "Here's To Life." |
And now I see rok2id posted a link to the same tune, earlier. It was a different version, though, so I guess the repetition doesn't matter. Here's another track from that album, though, just to make up for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7saQmjDWIA |
You're welcome. I knew nothing about jazz and had never heard of Joe Williams, so I really had no reason to remember him. But he looked and sounded so incredibly sad, he made an impression. I can still see/hear those performances in my head, 40 years later. Music is weird. Herbie Hancock (ft. Mr. Freddie Hubbard) / "Cantaloupe Island" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B1oIXGX0Io |
Today’s Listen: Branford Marsalis -- RANDOM ABSTRACT Don’t let the title or album cover art scare you. This is great stuff. Even the Ornette Coleman tune. Sort of a tribute album in a sense. Notes by Delfeayo Marsalis, which should be required reading for all ’aficionados’. What I like best about the Marsalis family, no stuttering or tap dancing, just plain spoken English. lonely woman -- tribute to ornette coleman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62pdhdvIEMA cresent city -- tribute to john coltrane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zxJi5XrJfo yes and no -- tribute to wayne shorter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSq0ilq-cwk crepuscule with nellie -- tribute to, hmmmmm, I wonder who it could be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc8HWCLAHKA Cheers |
Ok, Chettyphiles, it’s his birthday today! How could you not know this? 🥳 Not the most inspired playing I’ve heard from Chetty (sorry); but, hey, ‘tis the Season: https://youtu.be/IGu9s01jMJk https://youtu.be/VtTyLJsng2k |
This CD is always in my car. Another "You do not know what love is". This time with Chetty. (kind of cute is the noise that this record produce. It seems like strange but familiar instrument) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~☆ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MDsaQhxvXS4 |
I thought you said the VW you brought back from Germany had a record player in it? Liner notes are easier to read, but don’t read while driving 😊 https://youtu.be/imBn68dcfAQ |
Please try this .be patient and listen to the whole album it was put together in 2017 from the Jazz Scene in London around that time. They have definitely have expanded from the Jazz Standard. At least it shows you the current ever evolving jazz scene, and even if you do not care for it , I do think that you WILL find it interesting. I have it on Vinyl . it is a great recording. I like to play it a little loud...... It has killer deep bass with definition. O10. It has one of your new favorite groups . It is the last song Album is : We Out Here--- -A Jazz Compilation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VNymgRJtrI |
Two that are in my top 10 This first one is so cool. I love that 1970s guitar sound. Herbie Hancock is on here too . Someone said this is some early Jazz fusion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up9yWDl0jBc My 2nd one is also from 1974. Herbie Hancock is the producer & Composer. You can put both of these albums on crank it up a bit , relax and go on a Journey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvYLTaRMpDQ&list=PL0RNmJPHxmg8DVTQarYDk0u8M59AE3d6H I have an original 1974 release of this Album...still has the shrink wrap on it. It has never been opened. Enjoy |
grey9hound, thanks for your links. Perhaps you already have this, but if you like that early 70’s early Fusion sound, this is the album by Herbie that most point to as his most influential from that era. Personally, I feel it is a masterpiece; if one likes that particular musical aesthetic. One could argue that some of the synth patches sound a little “dated”, but conceptually and for just plain funkiness it is fantastic. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m789U0dt-J4aLVd7p-dXJxSfDliep-NT0 |
Today's Listen: Oscar Peterson -- AN OSCAR PETERSON CHRISTMAS what child is this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_g_-Qn79yE have yourself a merry little Christmas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQewXQvTJbM Wynton Marsalis -- CRESCENT CITY CHRISTMAS CARD little drummer boy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcEBZ87Cb5A we three kings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcLLPL7tDZY silent night with Kathleen Battle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPEcbgxSp54 A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS do you hear what I hear (whitney houston) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRlv6tSiqh0 silent night (stevie nicks) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDgZHnuiuXs santa claus is coming to town (pointer sisters) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUdyDS-Rioc Cheers |
https://scontent.fzag1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/132538460_3787987937931810_4694183808142606750_n.jpg... "I like to play in the deep register. I was never a high-note specialist. My range goes from the bottom of the horn up to around C or D. High D is about it for me ... about two-and-a-half octaves, I think. But in these two-and-a-half octaves, I can say everything I have to say." - Chet Baker |
@frogman Thank You for the link....Yes, I have the 200g Re-issue of that Album. It is Great, but IMO It doesn’t quite have that UNIQUENESS. There is a little too much Synth going on there. The Miles Davis Jack Johnson and the Herbie "Deathwish" , just have that unique Quality about them that sounds so "Out There " or Raw or On The Edge, when it comes to Style.......They do NOT sound like anything else |
grey9hound, I don’t disagree with you. Although I may have been unclear with my wording, my post/ comment was not intended to be any kind of comparison or judgment of one being superior to the other. First, different band leaders and different musical aesthetics entirely for each project. However, they are both part of the rise of Fusion in the early 70s. That was my only point and a reaction to your mention of Hancock. To me, Jack Johnson is, more than anything, a Rock record. That is not a criticism or slight in the least. The music has a Rock attitude with Jazz players bringing their level of improvisatory skill and depth to the table. Some of the music was entirely improvised. I forget which, but one cut resulted from Miles walking into the studio while McLoughlin was warming up and the tape was rolling. Great record that, FOR ME, puts more emphasis on the Rock half of JazzRock. It is a direct offshoot of the groundbreaking “Bitches Brew”; talk about uniqueness! Headhunters is a more structured record compositionally. Headhunters does not have a Rock attitude at all and brings a Funk attitude to the table. I don’t mind the sound of synths when they serve the music. I find the playing on it (weird synth sounds aside) amazing. Glad you have the record. Both great records. Merry Christmas. |
I understand what you mean Frogman, but did you know that Herbie Hancock played on the Entire Jack Johnson record. As a matter of fact I let my good buddy borrow the jack Johnson record, as he sets up my cartridges on my TT for me . When I came back in a couple of weeks to pick up the TT. I asked him what he thought about Miles Davis Jack Johnson . He said , man I thought that you gave me the wrong record at firstg, becuase it sounded so different What about Miles Davis , Big Fun. It is "Out There " also Take Care Merry Christmas |
Guys, I am living wild life. I wanted to make few peaceful scenes of my city by night and was quite surprised when I went to town square to find out that teens are having huge party there. Drinks, singing, hanging around, lot’s of pyrotechnic, protests against lockdown. Closer to midnight things went completely out of control, police came, lot of smoke was there and since I have recorded all, I had to run away from the police, together with teens. Kids were cute, they thought I was working for the newspaper. I could not tell them that I just came to record big, shiny Santa on the town’s square. :---) Merry Christmas guys! Chetty for you https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=10CN37COKpM #mj #resistance #wildlife #youonlyliveonce #freedomisexpensive #daretobelieveinsanta |