Love and Love It Is

Eighty-Sixth, yes yes and yes!!

Album - Jazz 1940 Era
Featuring - Oscar Moore, guitar; Joe Comfort, bass; Carl Perkins, piano


Tracks:
Side 1
Roulette
Nearness Of You
Love for Sale
Side 2
Body and Soul
Blues in B Flat
Kenya
Kiss Me Again

When Nat "King" Cole was thrilling audience after audience with his great trio, Oscar Moore was an integral part and if money is any barometer of success he was on the top step as he was one of the highest paid sidemen in the music business.  Winner also of top awards in the Downbeat, Metronome and Esquire jazz polls Oscar was and is one of the greatest guitar players in the business.

This statement is an understatement to what I have witness with my ears and what I felt with my heart.  I stumbled across this album just today and when I saw it, I needed to have it.  I've been on a jazz kick since starting this blog and it has made me appreciate the not so famous musicians that I've discovered since then.  There is nothing like a great jazz record that can put your body and mind in a relaxing state and after listening to this, I fell in love.  In love with the sound and the feeling and just everything about this record.  It's a sign and I will never pass up the opportunity again, when I come across a record that looks interesting, yet I've never heard of the artist.

Enjoy!

Let the good times roll

To my thirtieth



Artist(s) - Flip Phillips, Neal Hefti, Chubby Jackson, Shelly Manne, Red Norvo, Bill Harris
Album - Swinging Sounds of the 40's - Out of the Herd
Released - 1965
Label - Emarcy Records
Genre - Swing/Jazz


Tracks:
Side One
The Man I Love
I Got Rhythm
Northwest Passage
Cryin' Sands
Characteristically B.H.
Mean to Me

Side Two
She's Funny That Way
"Sam's" Caravan
Head-Quarters
Everything Happens to Me
I Woke Up Dizzy
The Goof and I

There is nothing that can hide the fact that I've been picking these albums that are over twenty years old, but nothing makes me feel so good and relaxed like Jazz.  I found this album at Wall of Sound in Seattle and I just wish, oh I wished, that I could've listened to it there.  I simply posted it earlier with the intent to write a little bio later because I don't think it would be fair or authentic to just post and write about an album I haven't listened to.  So now that I'm listening to the album, I'm in a somewhat relaxed state.  I think about everything that went on around the time I bought this record and how happy I was and currently am.  I know this might sound silly, but I love to play these records and dance in my room.  Sometimes holding my dogs as I sway back and forth, other times dancing alone and they just stare.  I absolutely love instrumental music and I am a big fan of different instruments coming together to make a soft, subtle yet vibrant record.  You will enjoy this with a good glass of wine, a nice meal or even a handsome person to take you by the hand and stand you up from your chair and dance.

Enjoy!