Teasing the Korean

Thanks. The Bobby Hutcherson recording of "Blow Up," with Herbie on piano, is amazing.

Was he playing a real piano until he got to the Headhunters stuff? And did he play Blow-Up?

Agreed! 🍷

This could never get made today, except perhaps in France.

You had me excited there for a moment. I thought the Millionaire from Combustible Edison hired you! Now that would be a great gig!

The Mancini Estate just uploaded the full 1964 special Hank did for UK TV. UK

So what will you be spinning today? I listened to Wait Until Dark and The Night Visitor, both of which use two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart from each other. Also listened to a suite I curated of tracks from Touch of Evil, focusing on the Latin, jazz, and dramatic music, but omitting the teenage rock 'n' roll juke joint stuff.

It seems that the tune is typically credited to Roberts & Glenn, at least on the albums/CDs I have.

👍 So Ellington gets credit only if you are playing the orchestral piece that he arranged, but if you are playing the 32-bar tune, you can credit it to Roberts & Glenn?

This same melody is known under two titles. A number of online sources list Duke Ellington as composer of "Sultry Serenade." Presumably, this was the title when it was an instrumental. Meanwhile, Allan Roberts and Tyree Glenn are listed as the writers of "How Could You Do a Thing Like That to Me." I'm guessing that the writers are indeed Roberts and Glenn, and that the online attributions to Duke are an error?

Herbie is coming to our humble hamlet in September, and Ms. TTK and I have tix.

Celebrating the Henry Mancini Centenary, April 16, 2024. Now playing: Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (Mercury, iiiMONO!!!) This is a killer album that I don't spin nearly as often as I should.

Celebrating the Henry Mancini Centenary, April 16, 2024. Now playing: Gunn...Number One! (RCA Victor, iiiMONO!!!) Soundtrack album for the theatrical film.

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Celebrating the Henry Mancini Centenary, April 16, 2024. Now playing: The Blues and the Beat (RCA Victor, Living Stereo) The track "The Blues" is like a template for Angelo Badalamenti's work for David Lynch.

Etta Jones - So Warm (Prestige, mono) With Oliver Nelson

Eydie Swings the Blues (ABC-Paramount, mono) Eydie is seriously channeling Keely Smith here! Arrangements by Don Costa. Stylistically, this falls someplace between Ambient Jazz and Black ECM.

Etta Jones - Miss Jones to You (Muse, 1976)

Now listening to the longer version of the Lena track, which closes out the first half of the CD, Death of a Gunfighter. The tune is based on a recurring theme that plays over primarily shifting minor chords. The stanzas are somewhat melodically repetitive; the bridge is nice. It doesn't rise to the level of what say, Mancini or Legrand were doing with film themes at this time, but it is nice enough on its own terms. As for the rest of the score, if you are looking for jazz or "jazz," you won't really find either here. You get lots of strings, sometimes melodic, more often brooding and dissonant. At least one track reminded me of Morricone; another happier track reminded me of a love montage that may have played in an early-70s made-for-TV movie, with young lovers walking through the woods while gentle sunlight filters through the trees. There is more jazz content, or "jazz" content on the other score, Skullduggery, particularly with regard to the Mancini-esque passages I mentioned.

Will do! So far I listened to Skullduggery. This combines elements of Stravinsky and Les Baxter, with some very obviously Mancini touches, e.g., the reed section playing flutes in unison over a relaxed, mid-tempo swing. I will spin Death of a Gunfighter today. Listening now. There are two versions of the Lena Horne track; the first is short. It is a ballad. The first is scored primarily with strings. Lena sounds like she is channeling Babs here.

This just arrived. Looking forward to spinning after Ms. TTK's radio show is over.

Thanks. I should specify that my reaction to those four is less about the individuals than it is about the convention of including them in music documentary interview segments. It's as if they are the ultimate arbiters of taste, and that their appearing in a documentary is a cultural seal of approval, i.e., Morricone must be worthwhile if someone as great as Bruce likes him!

Please tell me that the interviewees do not include any members of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, namely Sting, Bono, Elvis C, and Bruce. Few things inspire me to change the channel as quickly as those four.

Peter Gabriel - Passion OST for The Last Temptation of Christ, which I never saw. I haven't played the album in forever, but I instantly remembered many of the tracks.

Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks. Wanna feel old? The show debuted 34 years ago this week!