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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Alex, sorry I missed your questions . I do Stream about 50% of the time. It opens my collection up farther than I could ever afford. Still personally like Vinyl best, but digital has come a long way, and I buy Vinyl based on digital. Also, I listen to a local college jazz station, out of Denton Texas, and they play a lot of great new players I never heard of ,so as I hear something good, I take a picture of the names on the radio screen while driving and search when I have time. Hopefully I don’t kill anyone.
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You are more purist than some jazz musician going back to Africa to study drum tradition and trying to understand when ANY music "roll" or not... i dont remember his name... A music "roll" when his tempo is not external to the melody but emerge and "roll" inside it not with it or beside it... Then "non sense" is not the right qualitative word for my remark and my post... Anyway it is not "pure" jazz... Happy Easter
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Jazz at the peak! Astonishing trio.... One of the best i ever listen to... I own 17 albums... Try this concert live... By the way the recording are more than very good generally... In my acoustic room the sound is around me and i am on the stage with the musicians! Thanks to acoustic applied in my audio room... This pianist someone recommend me here is pure gold...I apologize because i dont remember who recommend it to me...If he manifest himself i will thank him... He is original,creative, improvised but it is balanced by melodic fly difficult to resist... Life is too short to miss a so much interesting Jazz pianist and very good drummer and bassist... The piano is so well recored in the album: E.S.T. Live He is in my room beside me...
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Wow! i like hammond organ very much... Very good selection i listen to it for some time now.. Thanks this make my day....
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Hello all JFA people Been a while and I am happy to see frog, rok, acman, pryso, mahgister, alek and all my old JFA people still posting. I have been posting here for 5 years and I cannot recall anyone posting about Hugh Masekela. Anyway I like the late Masekela who passed in 2018. Hugh lived through all of that BS in South Africa and still managed to put out some serious jazz. Did I mention he is also a really great trumpet player. |
Thanks for Sun Ra.... He is one of the more interesting and marginalized figure in Jazz... After all who is able to transform himself in a living "myth" and educated so much musicians around him ? Very few.... Miles Davis and Chet Baker.... Few others like Louis Armstrong are mythical figures...Sun Ra is one... And his output is huge...Probably very few people know him completely....Too much albums to listen to ....😁😊 This one is for me one of the great album of jazz...And Dickerson is a musical genius vastly underestimated...
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I hope orpheus10 is ok. Baby Face Willette does not have a large output of recorded music but I like all of his albums and Eight Ball maybe his best.
But then again I am partial to Hammond B3 players. Who else would check all of the NYC Jazz venues to see when the late Dr, Lonnie Smith was coming to town? I'm gonna miss the Doctor 😥 From his last recording session and a must - own (for me) (28) Dr. Lonnie Smith - Why Can't We Live Together (Feat. Iggy Pop) - YouTube |
I had the privilege of seeing Dr. Lonnie Smith live a dozen times at various NYC Jazz venues. A couple of times with Lou Donaldson as Lou and Lonnie collaborated on a few album recording sessions. I also would check the NYC Jazz venues for Donaldson residences and would still be going to see Lou if he did not retire a few years ago. Lou is 95 years young!! Dr, Lonnie Smith was named the year’s best organist by the Jazz Journalists Association nine times. Here is a really good Downbeat Magazine article published the day after the Doctor passed away In Memoriam: Dr. Lonnie Smith, 1942–2021 (downbeat.com) @Mahgister I can recommend some Lou Donaldson and Dr. Lonnie Smith recordings if you are interested. Here is one they collaborated on and its a really funky fun jam session featuring the great George Benson on guitar.
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