Teasing the Korean Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 13 hours ago, mjzee said: Levant's 1945 recording of Rhapsody in Blue remained one of Columbia Records' best-selling albums for decades." I have the Columbia LP where it is paired with An American in Paris. At the time, I bought it for the cover art, and only discovered later that it is considered to be one of the definitive versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 I'm not sure how "all in" I'd go on Levant as a pianist, but as part of a total picture (which has to include a good dose of his film/tv/radio spots) of a unique figure in mid-century American culture, yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 I always liked that Levant's autobiography was entitled "Memoirs of an Amnesiac"-- a title he stole from Erik Satie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 Getting back to the new Concert By The Sea package, I'm thinking the cover model was Photoshopped in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 I think the best outcome of this reissue was the unreleased studio session that came after it. That was more or less splendid. I wonder will there be some more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 On 30.11.2018 at 11:22 PM, JSngry said: I think the best outcome of this reissue was the unreleased studio session that came after it. That was more or less splendid. I wonder will there be some more? "Ready Take One" was compiled from several sessions, do you mean that one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 yeah, that one. i relly enjoyed it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed S Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 Just bought Concert by the Sea for $5.39 on Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 On 09.12.2018 at 4:40 PM, JSngry said: yeah, that one. i relly enjoyed it! Okay, got to revisit it ... wasn't that enthralled upon first listen I'm afraid (enjoyed the recent "Nightconcert" more). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 On 6/16/2015 at 4:08 PM, Ted O'Reilly said: Interesting... This is not the original cover pic (nor the CD version). The original LP version had a white woman, and so did the different CD offer yet another white woman. I wonder who this model is? Might it be (aptly) Geri Allen? (A Toronto sidebar: the next gig the Garner trio did after the Carmel concert was here, at the Colonial Tavern the next week. I wonder if they drove across the country to get here? Air travel was still a great luxury in 1955.) I just discovered (In the new photo book about the Great Day in Harlem photo) that the original photo was by Art Kane and the model was his wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted O'Reilly Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 Neat! (I am waiting rather impatiently for the arrival of that book...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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