https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lzJ4ZTi7yoY
Very, very good straight ahead jazz.
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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Great stuff, Alex. What a nice feel that Trio had! For me, there’s always two things that set Roy Haynes apart from a lot of drummers. He had the ability to solo in such a way that one could always “feel/ hear” the pulse of the music; as if the bass player were still playing behind his solo.. His solos always fit the composition. Many drummers solo and one very quickly gets the feeling that they are going into a different musical zone away from that of the tune. Roy Haynes also had the amazing ability to play in a variety of styles very convincingly. In Alex’s great clip he shows his Swing background and with that great feel. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kVRzddQFvRgfEQvoNfBxbn1xN_RUpCJf8&si=Wcb2klEcxruglfIk Chick Corea - piano Miroslav Vitous - bass Roy Haynes - drums |
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I went digging thru my cd's, remembered afterwards that I could consult kind people from google. Anyway, Roy Haynes recorded two more albums with Phineas Newborn jr.(that I have) but with different bass player (John Simmons instead of Paul Chambers) 'Piano portraits' https://youtu.be/L2FxHFaCmfo?feature=shared 'I love a piano' |
Thanks @alexatpos for the Phineas Newborn JR. I definitely enjoy most all of his work. |
@curiousjim , no need to thank me, glad to post something that you like. His playing is very 'intense', but he has some 'melodic' albums as well. Troubled man, I read, but great player. Here is one album where he plays as sideman, the album was posted here already, but perhaps that fact was not mentioned- 'Maggie's back in town', by Howard Mcghee. Like that album very much https://youtu.be/PCvgV0Mmj04?feature=shared
While I am writing, here is another obscure pianist and couple of his albums that I like Dodo Marmarosa 'Dodo's back' https://youtu.be/Fi2a4oi3UAU?feature=shared Gene Ammons and Dodo Marmarosa Jug and Dodo https://youtu.be/B8nl87cm-ls?feature=shared
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For a manic jazz collector, this is a maddening task. So much has been listed here it's beyond. Maybe this already has, so apologies in advance. If I had to run out of the house right now - Booker Little "Out Front", original Candid LP pressing - I mean, really. If this incredible talent had not died from uremia at 23, who knows what would have happened. As stated by Miles ... 'In his autobiography, Miles Davis made reference to “the great young trumpet player Booker Little,” and wrote of this Manassas cohort, “I wonder what they were doing down there when all them guys came through that one school?”' I urge you to listen to this track and ask yourself as you are weeping for reasons you don't know, how? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX0p0AzMgAk&list=OLAK5uy_lafLQnhqcHAOtyTNribo2aVrB_rjIYfHM&index=5 This cut was dedicated to Nat Hentoff, (largely responsible for bringing Little to awareness), who broke down when he heard it and never got over the death of Booker. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/booker-little-out-front/
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Wow! I listened just a few chords and i will go for it immediately, thanks ...
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The last time i was flabbergasted was the discovery of Pat Martino here Thanks to frogman ... Booker Little was not a young player when he died but a mature genius at 22 ... It is already one of my favorite album... "out front"..
I look for the best english word to describe his speaking singing trumpet : haunting as poetry could be compared to the best prose... |
Wow! I just finish the Booker little album... And frogman recommend me a trumpet player i never listened to ... And i am enthralled after one minute... I am lucky this evening and jazz ignorant ... 2 geniuses the same day.... Thanks frogman I will chase all albums of Booker little and Thad Jones it seems ...
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Nice work @mahgister Happy Thanksgiving to you all -- "Got Butter On It" - well, that's the main question we get here today. Jabbo Smith - cornet! 1929 |
Was down visiting my Mother and she sent me home with her collection of CD's Great collection of Harry James and I ripped them to my Zenith. She said that she would sit and listen for hours with my Father, he passed 11 years ago and Noel and I are following in this tradition of sorts. Harry James and His Orchestra Band Stand Memories. 1938-1948 |
@mahgister Here is one Thad Jones album that you may like, if you do not have it already. The line up is stellar. 'After Hours' from 1957. with Burell, Waldron, Chambers,Frank Wess and Taylor |
Wow! Thanks i will go for it... I discovered 10 albums of Booker Little and 25 of Thad Jones, i will see how to get them...
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