- Audio Cassette (17 Oct 1990)
- Format: Import
- Label: Ojc
- ASIN: B000000Y66
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Track Listings
| 1. This Here |
| 2. Moanin' |
| 3. Lush Life |
| 4. Party's Over |
| 5. Prelude to a Kiss |
| 6. Dat Dere |
| 7. My Funny Valentine |
| 8. Come Rain or Come Shine |
| 9. Joy Ride |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Recorded in 1960, This Here Is Bobby Timmons is a classic soul jazz album. The, then, young pianist Timmons was one of the first to explore funk in jazz and this album was to inspire a multitude of musicians. Included are his own compositions, "Joy Ride", "Dat Dere" and "Moanin'", which have gained fame with other jazzmen (particularly Art Blakey who made the latter almost his theme tune). Elsewhere standards such as Ellington's "Prelude To A Kiss", the Rodgers-Hart "My Funny Valentine" and Billy Strayhorn's "Lush Life" enjoy the Timmons Gospel-influenced funk. Driven by the trio of the man himself on piano, Sam Jones on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums this is music which puts the hip before the cat. If your fingers aren't clicking by the first minute of the opening number then you should get them checked by a doctor. --Phil Brett
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If you like your jazz bluesy and funky "This here is Bobby Timmons" is one cd you'll return to time and time again.
"This Here", "Dat Dere" and "Moanin" (the last famously recorded by Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers) were tunes so catchy Timmon's named them "the three elements of the plague" because audiences never tired of requesting them! They are all footstompingly good tunes, with a raw power and passion that sound as fresh and uncompromising today as they did 40 years ago. There is a selection of equally strong standards, "My Funny Valentine", "Come Rain or Come Shine", and "Lush Life" are all given Timmon's unique treatment. "Lush Life" in particular is an interpretation rich with instinctive melody, and while many Jazz soloists seem anxious to play the maximum number of notes, even if looses the listener, Timmons never plays an extraneous note. But it's not all sweat, on "Prelude to a kiss", and "My Funny Valentine" the melodies get all the space they deserve.
In short this is hard bop piano at its finest!
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Horns...who needs them?!
6 Jun 2003
Format:Audio CD
Bobby Timmons one of the prime leaders of the soul jazz era wrote some of the finest pieces in that era, such as Dat Dere, This Here, and Moanin'. Most people only know of Bobby Timmons as a sideman Most people only know of Moanin' in the setting of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Same as Dat Dere. This Here was written for Cannonball Adderley's Quintet, which Bobby was in, in San Francisco. But hey when you have a pianist like Bobby Timmons who needs those horns any way? This album demonstrates Bobby's talents to the full from standards and ballads like Lush Life to My Funny Valentine to his awesome pieces Dat Dere, Moanin', and This Here. This album truly shows Bobby, one of the finest soul jazz pianists, as a leader not a sideman and at his prime. Any one familiar with Dat Dere, Moanin', or This Here should definitely check this album out.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A fingersnapping milestone
25 Aug 2000
Format:Audio CD
That Bobby Timmons was a great composer, this album is the proof of. It contains the first versions of some of his greatest and most popular compositions: "this here", "dat dere" and "moanin'. It's one of those trio records, that swings like a whole orchestra, yet conveys such an intimate feeling of joy. This record is so contageous that your fingers will start snapping by the end of the first chord, you just wait and see. Essential soul jazz at its very best.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Stellar Release From The Bobby Timmons Trio
7 Dec 2008
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This 1960 Riverside release stands as one of the best representations of a jazz piano trio in my opinion. "This Here Is Bobby Timmons" is by far one of the finest in its field, no doubt about it. From start to finish, this is a stellar album from Timmons. Sam Jones and Jimmy Cobb round out there trio and do a fantastic job. Jazz piano trio at its finest. Highly recommended.
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