phillyspecial,
Starting your Jazz journey with "Chet" is a great jumping off point.
Happy Listening!
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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"The Grateful Dead coined the phrase "the music plays the band" to refer to this phenomena and it seems as good as any. Once experienced, it’s unmistakable and when musicians access this state, there’s no way the audience won’t be swept along." As a veteran of nearly 100 Dead shows, I can attest that it was more than just the audience being "swept along." Members of the Dead have acknowledged many times that it was a two way street and that they fed off the energy of the audience, without which the music would not have been the same. Of course, the Dead may have been somewhat unique in that regard. I've attended countless shows by other bands and performers from various genres, and similar experiences have been rare, at least from my perspective as an audience member. The Allman Brothers had something like that going on with their audiences, but I can't think of any others. |
Wow -- lucky you! I grew up in the lower Hudson Valley (Middletown) but was too young to drive at that point.
I don’t think this comes easily for anyone.
I’d suggest this requirement is not limited to Jazz.
I heartily concur.
I don’t view a tendency to reserve one’s deepest admiration for the class of artists you describe as purely an expression of romanticism, but it’s possible I’m a romantic, too, and as such simply don’t recognize the associated bias in my own perceptions. There have been, of course, many excellent artists in all genres who’ve hewed to tradition -- both in terms of aesthetics, conception and ways of working. Who’s to say that "renegades" are objectively superior to "academic" artists? Well, I do. . . so it would seem we’re in the same camp! ;o)
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Fair enough. I’m not a deadhead and don’t pretend to understand that world or the "ragged but right" aesthetic/ethos. I value more mainstream conceptions of musicianship -- playing in time, in tune, etc. More to the point, you’d be mistaken if you’re assuming I’m not aware that audiences can and do significantly contribute to such "elevated" interludes during live musical performances! |
Tamba Trio - Tempo - 1964 - Full Album On the Tamba Trio - Tempo 1964 - Full Album I could not find separate songs of this particular album on YouTube, only a full rip, so anyway, please enjoy!
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Not a chance. If, by “resurgence” you mean the level of popularity that Jazz was enjoying when that pic was taken. Jazz had already started to wane in popularity by then. During the decades preceding the date of that pic, Jazz was THE Pop music of the time. R&R and related Pop genres changed everything. The culture changed, the music changed. Having said all that, the “demise” of Jazz has been exaggerated in more recent times. Jazz has been alive and well, but as a (much?) smaller percentage of the total music consumption by the general public and certainly different in many cases. |
Jazz is no more just American. It is a world wide phenomenon. It does not disapeared , it metamorphosed itself because it is a deep language able to be spoken on many levels.. Jazz was a caterpillar in the beginning so beautiful it was. it became a butterfly... Now no musicians on earth can ignore jazz...None... The fact that consumers dont buy jazz a lot is like lamenting that most readers dont read Dante or Rabelais or Dostoievsky... They need an education... Who buy choral works from the Franco Flemish school ? It is so deeply genius words fail... But without education no one will discover it...
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I would see these guys at Mcdonalds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfE5wDUKWhc |
Or maybe something lighter on touch but not musicality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zelyz_5b19g |
Thanks for the Booker Little recommendation. New to me but then so is most everything in this genre. FWIW - the Out Front recording is on Tidal. It's remastered and sound quality is excellent. Listening now. Enjoying his compositions and playing of the quintet. Did jump ahead to "Man of Words". That one carries a load of emotion. Thanks again. |
Bought it. Gosh, what tone (those sustained notes in the opening phrases of Man of Words). I was pleased to find Eric Dolphy in the quintet. I wonder how much he influenced the melodic but slightly dissonant themes in various of the compositions. Some odd-ball chords for sure ;-). Really enjoying the drumming (and I have a soft spot for trombone).
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My deepest respect and dont hesitate to communicate to us if you discover a choral music album that please you a lot... I apologize to speak of choral music on a jazz thread ...
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No apologies needed... It's this kind of cross pollination that leads to new types of music and enjoyment. FWIW, in March I'm going to see/listen to Stile Antico. |
I discovered Byrd Tallis and Purcell when i was 20... Engraved in my soul as hot iron which never cooled since ... Stile Antico as few others groups are like bread and wine ...
When i listen jazz very often for sure i felt great pleasure and surprize...It make me feel more dynamical... The sound texture is enebriating... But choral music convey pure love and goes way deeper in the soul till we reach sometimes pure contemplative spirit as a boat on a calm sea lulled by voices from everywhere and nowwhere in a space with no dimensions but only meanings. |
Hi - nice to hear you are getting into Booker Little. Booker and Eric Dolphy recorded a lot together. The most known are probably the 5 Spot sessions in 1961, which some feel contributed to heralding in the early "new thing" among other musician extending at the time. However I strongly disagree. That was not their intent. Booker spoke extensively about this, as did Dolphy. They do stretch. Booker is a central part of Dolphy's "Far Cry" session as well. Another earlier Booker Little session I love is self titled on the Time label. Super melodic focusing on his tone within a more structured ensemble. Also, Craft also just reissued "Booker Little 4 and Max Roach". He was also on many of the early Max Roach + 4 sessions, as well as Africa Brass with Coltrane, Anyway, I gush. Thanks for the tip on Tidal. Have not really stretched out to the streamer/DAC arena, Love to though (I think :) That's for another thread eh?
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Thanks for those further Booker L. recommendations. I'll have to check them out. Really know nothing of his discography (other than, now, this Out Front). Other work with Eric Dolphy definitely intrigues me. I admire ED greatly though I struggle with his well known "solo" albums. Enjoy him most as side man. I'll see what the ED albums w/BL hold. Re DAC/Streamers...a service like Tidal is a great way to find and sample new music. But if the recording is a keeper, then I'll buy the physical medium...mainly CDs these days but some vinyl too. If the 'net goes down, I won't be stranded. |
@msbel , interesting comments. Not sure I understand your disagreement with “……some feel contributed to heralding in the early "new thing" among other musician extending at the time”. I’m not familiar with what Booker had to say about this notion. What was the disagreement or objection to others feeling that his music was, in fact, heralding in a new thing? Intended or not, in many ways that was precisely what his recordings from that period were doing. |
Thanks for sharing. I understand what you mean for sure. Your last sentence is spot on no doubt. Booker wrote about this subject. You may find some of it here in his quotes that sort of approach the subject gently. https://jazzprofiles.blogspot.com/2013/09/booker-little-1938-1961.html#:~:text=“I%20can't%20think%20in,must%2C%20how%20to%20resolve%20them. This is such a rich topic to explore overall., I wish we could sit down and have strong coffee and rap. I love it. To kick off (and of course this is obvious) ... Louis Armstrong Hot Fives and Sevens - one of, if not the first time, true improvisation was documented and extended in that limited time of a jazz 78. He went off, and thus, his legendary bandmates were encouraged to do the same. Bewildering and revelatory (even if Jellyroll Morton was doing the same.) The days of King Oliver's strict arrangements and tyrannical control over his bands was over. It was the King or the highway (as Louis found out for himself!) Personally, I believe this manifested itself later in Lester Young's solos on the Kansas City Seven sides, where he would lay down lines that were basically all improvised within the melody. Hypnotizing. Of course that leads to Bird's Dial sides to Monk's early BN's, and on. Sorry for stating the obvious here. In the end you are totally correct. It is generational when the "new thing" appears. Where shall we have coffee :)
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WEATHER REPORT LIVE 1972 - Zawinul Shorter Vitous Gravatt Romao Joe Zawinul fender rhodes, piano & effects Wayne Shorter tenor & soprano sax Miroslav Vitous double bass & fender electric bass Eric Gravatt drums Dom Um Romao percussions & berimbau Live concert at Molde Jazz Festival, august 1972 venue Molde Kino, Norway
And for years, I thought Dom Um Romao was from either north or south India! Imagine my surprise when I found out he was from Brazil! |
Amazonas (Keep Talking) · Som Três Som Três Show ℗ 1968 EMI Records Brasil Ltda Released on: 1968-01-05 Producer: Milton Miranda Associated Performer, Piano: Cesar Camargo Mariano Associated Performer, Bass: Saba Associated Performer, Drums: Toninho Pinheiro Composer Lyricist: João Donato Composer Lyricist: Lysias Ênio |
Milton Banana Trio - Milton Banana Trio (1969, Album) ’Album from the Odeon phase of the Milton Banana Trio. Excellent work by one of the best samba jazz groups in Brazil.’ Translated from Portuguese. Yep, even with the rough scratching sound of the stylus on the album... |
