Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

[il vecchio]

The best ever line up in my view : Benny Golson Lee Morgan Bobby Timmons - see my choice at Paris St Germain.
Bobby Timmons gospel- tinged piano solos were my favourites.

 

[Connemara]

I've been listening to Moanin' lately. This is really just a stellar album. It is hard to imagine this being made---why were these musicians only active in a certain era? Am I wrong to say that similar jazz artists just aren't putting out this sort of material today (I am not so naive to say that similarly talented musicians don't exist)?

 

[505t]

Commercialization of music means that all genres are suffering from a lack of quality. The more complex the talent, the less accessible it is and equally the less viable it is commercially.