I see something flying but it does not look like donkey. Maybe if I take one more glass of wine... :--))
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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Julian "Cannonball" Adderley PHENIX Cannonball(soprano and alto), Nat(cornet), George Duke(keyboards & synthesizers), Mike Wolff(keyboards), Sam Jones(acoustic bass), Walter Booker(acoustic & electric bass), Louis Hayes(drums), Roy McCurdy(drums), Airto Moreira(percussion, conga drums) Fantasy Records April 1975 / 1999 Julian "Cannonball" Adderley died in August 1975 Almost like a greatest hits issue, but this is not a reissue of previously released performances, all of these versions were recorded in 1975. Four moths before his death. As you can see, the lineup is very different. An overview. Better? country preacher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU-bhxY3xQ4 stars fell on alabama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsRMAQrVsZc 74 miles away https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG7LBGfDumQ walk tall, mercy mercy mercy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9-A3qvd7v0 jive samba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hqSekMMxls Concludes my survey. Cheers |
You people are bored. Something different. You don't expect this from me, I guess. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFclpoxI_-M&list=FLHAEL8Iwz684WaGFx1rQchA&index=14&ab_ch... |
Nat Adderley WORK SONG Nat(cornet), Wes Montgomery(guitar), Bobby Timmons(piano), Sam Jones or Ketter Betts(cello or bass), Percy Heath(bass), Louis Hayes(drums) Riverside / Original Jazz Classics 1960 / 1989 Notes: "This is an album with a sound you are guaranteed not to have heard before, featuring a distinctive and fascinating front-line blend in which the melody instruments --- the three "horns", you could say---are cornet, guitar and cello! Admittedly, the search for 'new sounds' in modern Jazz has sometimes led to little more than arbitrary and contrived novelty effects. But on the other hand, when all the ingredients are right the result can be just such a musically valid and excitingly different 'new sound' as Nat Adderley has come up with here.-- Orrin Keepnews work song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqUd7gXxqmc my heart stood still https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyhGSG33xfs mean to me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KyJ2mSlzbU I've got a crush on you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIYfFHmslNg sack of woe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg3DBpFjGJQ Cheers |
Perhaps not Jazz in the usual way.... But i like all the " books of angels" John Zorn comnposition of 300 songs.... Here a concert extract of volume 1 with Jamie Saft trio.... Very enligtening and illuminating original music.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK9KJCkxFhw |
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Gene Ammons BOSS TENOR Gene Ammons(tenor sax), Tommy Flanagan(piano), Doug Watkins(bass), Art Taylor(drums), Ray Barretto(conga) Prestige / Original Jazz Classics 1960 / 1987 hittin' the jug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S69l_bkb9AU canadian sunset https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uljur-ALJOU blue ammons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvpHkXweRck savoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ8HqiP5t8w Cheers |
Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt BOSS TENORS Gene Ammons(tenor), Sonny Stitt(tenor and alto), John Houston(piano), Buster Williams(bass), George Brown(drums) Polygram 1961 Blues Up and Down https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npqfOk7XN_0 The One Before This https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1EtZaiKhjo There Is No Greater Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-c38JJGegw Autumn Leaves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsIip-TUkT8 Cheers |
Louis Armstrong AMBASSADOR SATCH Louis Armstrong(trumpet & vocal), Trummy Young(trombone), Edmond Hall(clarinet), Billy Kyle(piano), Arvell Shaw(bass), Barrett Deems(drums) Sony / Columbia 1955 / 2000 Playable on SACD players only Notes: "This is a souvenir -- recorded on the spot -- of Louis Armstrong's concert tour of western Europe in the fall of 1955." "In Louis Armstrong, America never had a more widely beloved ambassador because "Satchmo the Great" was, and to a great extent still is, the essence of Jazz. It was Armstrong (1901-1971) who, more than any other improviser placed the spotlight on the soloist; he also invented virtually single-handedly, the very notion of "Jazz singing," and was the warmest of all show business personalities." Royal Garden Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6cgW0ws9Gg&list=OLAK5uy_nhfnaHFgLGir8Pt1yYhr8a1fyx17LM5WI&i... West End Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzUaog29WYQ&list=OLAK5uy_nhfnaHFgLGir8Pt1yYhr8a1fyx17LM5WI&i... Tiger Rag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgiCp1DfStM&list=OLAK5uy_nhfnaHFgLGir8Pt1yYhr8a1fyx17LM5WI&i... Tin Roof Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBPhpBw3x5M&list=OLAK5uy_nhfnaHFgLGir8Pt1yYhr8a1fyx17LM5WI&i... Cheers |
Louis Armstrong LET’S DO IT (best of the verve years) with / Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Buddy Rich Verve 2CD set Excellent Booklet! "We speak of the sound of Jazz. We might as well say the sound of Louis Armstrong. But Louis was more than that. He was the sound of humanity and hope." -- Norman Granz Stomping at the Savoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J-77UaVDxk Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJmpWvFJMy8 Let’s fall in love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWnVXeKvM9Y I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2XYEbemb_Q Stormy Weather https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9UThxSx9Kw Stars fell on Alabama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCACY15IsbQ Cheers |
Louis Armstrong LOUIS ARMSTRONG PLAYS W.C. HANDY Louis Armstrong(trumpet, vocal), Trummy Young(trombone), Barney Bigard(clarinet), Billy Kyle(piano), Arvell Shaw(bass), Barrett Deems(drums), Velma Middleton(vocals) Columbia / Sony 1954-1956 / 1997 St. Louis Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeS29FJmLTw Yellow Dog Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdZUSL_-GUE Hesitating Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eXGHKZ28Hc Loveless Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUDyhNf6uRs&t=38s Maybe the best tracks of all: The Rehearsal Sequences Loveless Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmL5i07shTo Long Gone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkibQw6hk0k Hesitating Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJfTPJKiY9Q Cheers |
Louis Armstrong LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND THE GOOD BOOK Louis Armstrong (trumpet, vocals), Trummy Young(tb), Dave McRae(cl), Billy Kyle(p), Nick Tragg(org), George Barnes(g), Mort Hebert(b), Barrett Deems(d), Plus Choir. Orchestra Conducted by Sy Oliver 1958 CD consists of two albums, 'Louis and the Good Book' and 'Louis and the Angels'. These tracks are from 'The Good Book'. The tempos are perfect. Rock My Soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Oq9dnk02U Ezekiel saw the wheel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDJwQqAiH2o Didn't It Rain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohV-5xhylNM Go Down Moses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXFz-4w1YhA Shadrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPu0VEyeoRE Nobody knows The Trouble I've Seen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmngSBpBtoU Cheers |
As I just posted on another thread; the whole Sound Liaison collection is now on BandCamp in 24/96. Except for the Visual Sound Sampler, that’s in 24/192. The price is right too; a ten-spot per album. https://soundliaison.bandcamp.com/ |
Louis Armstrong SATCH PLAYS FATS Armstrong(trumpet, vocal), Velma Middleton(vocal), Trummy Young(trombone), Barney Bigard(clarinet), Billy Kyle(piano), Arvell Shaw(bass), Barrett Deems(drums) Sony 1955 / 2000 playable on SACD players only ain't misbehavin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d27tE0HVA3w honeysuckle rose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIXEh9gKfXQ squeeze me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoJA951jDYc all that meat and no potatoes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjvdCeAUX0s keepin' out of mischief now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbWyF43XuE0 Cheers |
FYI, The Lee Morgan 8-CD Box "Complete at the Lighthouse" can be pre-ordered on Amazon. LP Box also. 12-LPs I think. This is the real Blue Note recording. Will be released on 30 July 2021.Hey rok I am excited about this release. I have the original 3 CD set and it is Lee Morgan at his best after he stopped using heroin but sadly just 18 months later he was gone. He did record 1 more studio album before he was murdered. Blue Note released the album 3 months after his death and gave it a fitting title - THE LAST SESSION. I have it and it is a really good album. I know you like Lee and if you don't have THE LAST SESSION you may want to add it to your collection along with this DVD Amazon.com: I Called Him Morgan: Lee Morgan, Helen Morgan, Wayne Shorter: Movies & TV From THE LAST SESSION (5) Capra Black - YouTube |
Louis Armstrong LOUIS ARMSTRONG - VOL 6: ST. LOUIS BLUES Columbia / Sony 1930 / 1991 Notes: "To quote Arvell Shaw, long-serving bassist with Armstrong, "Before Louis, the musicians would play the melody and heavily syncopate it. What Louis started doing was improvising on the chord structure. By himself, he made Jazz into a soloist's art." No wonder that, by 1930, Louis Armstrong was publicized as "The World's greatest Trumpet Player." --- Brian Peerless Check the instruments on the front cover. A lot of horns, but only one Trumpet and Trombone. With Louis and Higginbotham, all you need is one! St. Louis Blues (Non Vocal B) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Jt4H35x2E Blue, Turning Grey Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCdhm2izARA Dinah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oCq_QUVe4U Tiger Rag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV_MvSCwkdw Dear Old Southland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6UL8PAoPaU Cheers |
Questions to The Frogman On one of the Cannonball postings, I noticed that one tune was listed as (Take 12). What should we make of that? That they kept playing it until they got it ’right’? Does that mean the higher the ’take’ number, the better the performance? Does the ’take’ number become part of the name of the tune? In other words, if that performance was used later on another disc, would it still be listed as (take 12). also Is the order in which the tunes appear on the CD / LP of any significance? Thanks Cheers |
Louis Armstrong THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION Excellent Booklet with pictures and recording data on each song. Not a lot of Jazz, but a compilation of many of his most popular 'hits'. Hip-o / Verve 2006 Cabaret https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJra5gYKJDk&list=OLAK5uy_mwbtuQ7xoTuRdT4Ie3Ktxy4I5EYI-jzmU&i... Hello Dolly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7a8L5JyHKo&list=OLAK5uy_mwbtuQ7xoTuRdT4Ie3Ktxy4I5EYI-jzmU&i... When The Saints Go Marching In https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlwGamclHGM&list=OLAK5uy_mwbtuQ7xoTuRdT4Ie3Ktxy4I5EYI-jzmU&i... Our Love Is Here To Stay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2cnMbi_27A&list=OLAK5uy_mwbtuQ7xoTuRdT4Ie3Ktxy4I5EYI-jzmU&i... I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlux3sbz3b8&list=OLAK5uy_mwbtuQ7xoTuRdT4Ie3Ktxy4I5EYI-jzmU&i... Cheers |
Louis Armstrong LOUIS ARMSTRONG - THE HOT FIVES VOLUME 1 Armstrong(cornet, vocals), Kid Ory(trombone), Johnny Dodds(clarinet, alto), Lil Armstrong(piano), Johnny St. Cyr(banjo), OKeh / CBS 1925-1926 / 1988 come back sweet papa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exT3OJ6X2mc cornet chop suey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX6llYLb_p0 heebies jeebies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYI9dPyZ7lw muskrat ramble https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbjkN6ZB-os don't forget to mess around https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arQjYnW3x8Y They made do without bass or drums. Cheers |
**** That they kept playing it until they got it ’right’? **** Yup. Or, at least until they had a take that they liked. Some producers want options to choose from later. **** Does that mean the higher the ’take’ number, the better the performance? **** Not necessarily. This concerns the first question as well. Sometimes, the producer or leader isn’t exactly sure what he wants, so he may want a version that’s a little faster or maybe a little slower. Or, one take may have a great alto solo, but not so great piano solo. Or, they’ll have a great take 11 and Nat farts during Cannonball’s solo (it happens) and they can’t edit it out. **** Does the ’take’ number become part of the name of the tune? In other words, if that performance was used later on another disc, would it still be listed as (take 12).**** Not necessarily. More times than not an alternate take is used and nothing is printed about it unless two or more takes of the same time are included on the same record. Or, is a different take than the one on the original record and appearing on a later release. **** Is the order in which the tunes appear on the CD / LP of any significance?**** Definitely. They strive for a certain logic or flow in the order. You don’t want two or more ballads back to back, or all the fast tunes back to back for example. Kind of like movements of a symphony. |
Louis Armstrong & The All Stars SATCHMO PLAYS KING OLIVER Fuel 2000 Label 2006 No notes at all, just track list. St. James Infirmary (Gambler's Blues) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_UK_7mLj7c I Ain't Got Nobody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdKMirlLZJM Jelly Roll Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkaQjnUaEhA Chimes Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbPiZAbbIJY Frankie and Johnny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS43rZlUKfE Cheers |
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington THE COMPLETE LOUIS ARMSTRONG & DUKE ELLINGTON SESSIONS Louis Armstrong(trumpet, vocal), Duke Ellington(piano), Barney Bigard(clarinet), Trummy Young(trombone), Mort Herbert(bass), Danny Barcelona(drums) Roulette / Capitol 1961 / 1990 Notes: "...Forsaking his own famous big band, Ellington would take the place of pianist Billy Kyle with Louis Armstrong’s All Stars. Repaying the compliment, Armstrong would play a program consisting entirely of Ellington compositions. It was a case of noblesse oblige, the obligations being accepted with a generosity as refreshing to witness as it was rewarding in musical results." -- Stanley Dance Duke’s Place https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcnYD3e7-h8 I’m Just A Lucky So And So https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZg_NHA-ewY Just Squeeze Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulURFfZuiSA Don’t Get Around Much Anymore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR6zoNDT-q4 Mood Indigo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl-0UZ1ysfU All 17 tracks are awesome! Cheers |
They didn't mention anything by Stravinsky. Hmmmmmmmmm. https://news.sky.com/story/mozart-effect-listening-to-composers-piece-can-have-anti-epileptic-effect... Cheers |
Louis Armstrong / Oscar Peterson LOUIS ARMSTRONG MEETS OSCAR PETERSON Louis Armstrong(trumpet, vocal), Oscar Peterson(piano), Herb Ellis(guitar), Ray Brown(bass), Louie Bellson(drums) Verve 1957 / 1997 "It is difficult....for some people, who only know Armstrong’s singing from his latter-day pop hits, to realize that he was one of the most influential vocalists of the twentieth century....His unique phrasing and masterly vocal readjustments of a song’s rhythms influenced countless singers..." -- John Chilton Let’s Fall In Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6Y0wORPzI8 Blues In The Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzlrftoLIgY How Long Has This Been Going On? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI2lbKu0LeI Makin’ Whoopee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CUXRiebq78 Willow Weep For Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPtvwf6yRhM Cheers |
**** They didn’t mention anything by Stravinsky. Hmmmmmmmmm. **** Who knew? https://www.openculture.com/2016/10/the-night-when-charlie-parker-played-for-igor-stravinsky-1951.ht... |
Some vibraphone for late night.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNjkSWvzwU0&ab_channel=MikeMainieri-TopicMikeMainieri-Topic Mike Mainieri - Northern Lights w/Nils Petter Molvaer, Lars Danielsson (and a horde of Nords). |
Louis Arnstrong THE COMPLETE RCA VICTOR RECORDINGS RCA 1997 4CD Set Notes: "Dear Friends Fans and Public As a lover of "Hot Music" as well as a player, I have been asked hundreds of times if I thought "Hot Music" would die out. I said NO INDEED. I should say: "Hot Music" will last forever. There'll probably be new names for it, that's all. There has been several names since I can remember way back to the good ol' days in New Orleans, Louisiana, when Hot Music was called *Rag Time Music*, *Jazz Music*, *Gut Bucket Music*, *swing Music* and now *Hot Music*. So you see instead of dying out, it only gets new names." -- Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong 1934 Medley of Armstrong Hits - Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dm3_7_47s4 That's My Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DaBtLqkD6o Hustlin' and Bustlin' for Baby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAhp6ZDX6bM ***Snafu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwoRLb7hBgg Jack Armstrong Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnkeZt1ANao A Cabin in the Pines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIp_W64Uh44 ****and they say Pops was stuck in the past. Cheers |
Billy Bang Sextet THE FIRE WITHIN Billy Bang(violin), Ahmed Abdullah(trumpet), Oscar Sandees(guitar), William Parker(bass), John Betsch(drums, cowbells), Charles Bobo Shaw(cowbells) Soul Note 1984 The New Seers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0di8NbrwjrA The Nagual Julian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dC4gJiqLO4 Cheers |
Billy Bang PRAYER FOR PEACE Billy Bang(violin), James Zollar(trumpet and flugelhorn), Andrew Bemkey(piano), Todd Nicholson(bass), Newman Taylor-Baker(drums) TUM Records Recorded 2005 Excellent booklet with great pictures. Chan Chan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVJMOpIHBgc Jupiter's Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad0tTXFKhQM Cheers |