fasstrack Posted January 19, 2016 Report Share Posted January 19, 2016 (edited) I've been listening to cop some of his stuff for my own string writing. He is so pristine and clear---and can say so much more with simple unisons (especially with strings) than other over-writing arrangers who write more notes and use more trick bags. It's like if Pres were an arranger. He touches my heart. To start out I would recommend the album Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim; and the two Jobim collaborations: Stone Flower and Wave. http://www.amazon.com/Francis-Albert-Sinatra-Antonio-Carlos/dp/B000006OBR Edited January 19, 2016 by fasstrack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted January 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F016NbHwszE Wave, entire album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dvbeo_UUPE Stone Flower, entire album Edited January 20, 2016 by fasstrack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 fasstrack, I'm not all that familiar with Ogerman -- but I agree with you that Wave and Stone Flower are both something special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted January 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 10 minutes ago, HutchFan said: fasstrack, I'm not all that familiar with Ogerman -- but I agree with you that Wave and Stone Flower are both something special. I think he's retired, but when active did great work with not only the above, but Wes Montgomery, Oscar Peterson, and many others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted January 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) 8 hours ago, fasstrack said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F016NbHwszE Wave, entire album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dvbeo_UUPE Stone Flower, entire album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tt3c4Ed5kQ Antonio Carlos Jobim: Desifinado and Meditation. Arranged and conducted by CO. The correct title of the recording is: Antonio Carlos Jobim - The Composer of Desafinado, Plays Edited January 20, 2016 by fasstrack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optatio Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) I found this LP in my shelf: CLAUS OGERMAN / MICHAEL BRECKER: CITYSCAPE. WARNER BROTHERS RECORDS WB K 57 014 [1982] Edited January 20, 2016 by optatio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted January 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 (edited) 16 hours ago, optatio said: I found this LP in my shelf: CLAUS OGERMAN / MICHAEL BRECKER: CITYSCAPE. WARNER BROTHERS RECORDS WB K 57 014 [1982] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm5rvlmEskI Just listened. Very nice. Also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJDJpkVRnCs with Danielo Perez. Edited January 21, 2016 by fasstrack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optatio Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 57 minutes ago, fasstrack said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm5rvlmEskI Just listened. Very nice. Also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJDJpkVRnCs with Danielo Perez. Danilo Pérez remembers me at Bill Evans. Filed under 'E' I find this LP in my shelf: BILL EVANS TRIO WITH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ... CONDUCTED BY CLAUS OGERMAN. VERVE/POLYDOR FRANCE 2304 525 (POL 340) [1966] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optatio Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 PS. The video with Danilo Pérez is not available in Germany: Dieses Video ist in Deutschland leider nicht verfügbar, da es Musik von UMG enthalten könnte, über deren Verwendung wir uns mit der GEMA bisher nicht einigen konnten. A picture only in this window - not more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted January 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 2 hours ago, optatio said: PS. The video with Danilo Pérez is not available in Germany: Dieses Video ist in Deutschland leider nicht verfügbar, da es Musik von UMG enthalten könnte, über deren Verwendung wir uns mit der GEMA bisher nicht einigen konnten. A picture only in this window - not more! Really? I was able to hear it. Sorry, man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optatio Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 14 hours ago, fasstrack said: Really? I was able to hear it. Sorry, man. There is a dissent because of unclarified usage rights between UMG and GEMA, the German ASCAP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bichos Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 optatio, there is an easy way to download and see the videos on youtube that are "not shown" here in germany: put in the search-bar a "ss" before "youtube". like this: "www.ssyoutube.com/...." after that you can select various download options. keep boppin´ marcel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optatio Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 2 hours ago, bichos said: optatio, there is an easy way to download and see the videos on youtube that are "not shown" here in germany: put in the search-bar a "ss" before "youtube". like this: "www.ssyoutube.com/...." after that you can select various download options. keep boppin´ marcel Wonderful, it works! Thanks a lot. Best greetings to Münster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 One of many favorites from Ogerman: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Found this excellent 2-CD anthology for $3 in a used bookstore last year... if you see it cheap somewhere, highly recommended as a good overview of Ogerman: A Man And His Music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Wait'll ya hear this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Try Bill Evans Symbiosis on MPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Didn't he orchestrate some Drifters singles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optatio Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 19 hours ago, danasgoodstuff said: Didn't he orchestrate some Drifters singles? He did: http://www.discogs.com/Drifters-Mexican-Divorce-Another-Night-With-The-Boys/release/4540489 http://www.discogs.com/Drifters-When-My-Little-Girl-Is-Smiling/release/2127812 http://www.discogs.com/Drifters-Save-The-Last-Dance-For-Me-When-My-Little-Girl-Is-Smiling/release/5269177 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted January 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) On 1/25/2016 at 11:28 AM, optatio said: He did: http://www.discogs.com/Drifters-Mexican-Divorce-Another-Night-With-The-Boys/release/4540489 http://www.discogs.com/Drifters-When-My-Little-Girl-Is-Smiling/release/2127812 http://www.discogs.com/Drifters-Save-The-Last-Dance-For-Me-When-My-Little-Girl-Is-Smiling/release/5269177 Wow! I never knew. But composers do that a lot, and arrangers also 'ghost' a lot. Bob Brookmeyer wrote some uncredited charts for Ray Charles I know. I forgot who got the byline. Billy Byers, maybe? Edited January 28, 2016 by fasstrack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 1 hour ago, fasstrack said: Wow! I never knew. But composers do that a lot, and arrangers also 'ghost' a lot. Bob Brookmeyer wrote some uncredited charts for Ray Charles I know. I forgot who got the byline. Billy Byers, maybe? Ogerman is credited on Drifters singles (reissues on Atlantic) in my collection, that's how I knew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optatio Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 3 hours ago, fasstrack said: Bob Brookmeyer wrote some uncredited charts for Ray Charles I know. I forgot who got the byline. Billy Byers, maybe? Very interesting! Background details here: http://www.jazzwax.com/2009/06/interview-bob-brookmeyer-part-3.html Compare with the results: http://www.discogs.com/Ray-Charles-The-Genius-Of-Ray-Charles/release/3454564 http://www.discogs.com/Ray-Charles-The-Genius-Hits-The-Road/release/689827 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 Well, Ralph Burns ain't no Quincy Jones...is he?!?!?!%=& Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 Ogerman has died in March - seems the rumour was out among friends and musician colleagues, but it only just got public. http://www.jazzwax.com/2016/10/claus-ogerman.html I have to confess it took me quite a while to develop an appreciation for his art - when I got into jazz my rigorously opinionated teenage-self would not hold much interest in singers and would snarl at "with strings" albums (Clifford Brown's album was an early exception), when I wanted Wes Montgomery I went for Riverside, not Verve etc. But I did somehow always like Diana Krall. She was there and I knew her when I started getting into jazz, so I kept buying her CDs for a few years - and when she made that diva album with Ogerman arranging, I kinda slowly started figuring out that some of it was pretty good and the arrangements really didn't get in the way ... eventually, Ogerman kept popping up on all kinds of albums I bought, so there's that. Not love, I guess, at least no all the time, but truckloads of respect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtSalt Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 Interesting that they kept his death under wraps, likely some complex, or potential litigation issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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