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July 20 Carlos Santana - 1947

Here's a suite of the score Schifrin wrote for the Exorcist, that was turned down by Friedkin. Lalo called it a setup by Friedkin, because the studio told Friedkin that the score and the scenes in the trailer were too much for audiences. It was scaring the hell out of them, and they told Friedkin to tell Schifrin to tone the score down a lot. But Friedkin, being the weirdo that he was, refused to tell Schifrin that the score was too bombastic, and at the final studio recording, he led Schifrin into a trap where the executives heard the same music from the trailer. Friedkin walked out of the recording studio after a few music sequences, and told Schifrin to meet him privately in the head of the Warner Bros. Music Dept. Schifrin was hearing plenty of horror stories about what was going on- Friedkin's temper tantrums, dismissing friendly advice, firing his collaborators, etc... "He started to scream, foam was coming out of his mouth. "Where are the two orchestras of strings? This is not what we talked about! This music is not going to be in my film!!" he told Schifrin. Lalo could see that WF was out of control, and there was no reasoning with him, so he remained quiet to avoid a physical confrontation. Larry Marks, who was the head of the Music Dept., told LS that WF had already had a group in mind, Tubular Bells- and the help of a composer, Jack Nitzsche. William Blatty cake to LS' defense and made public declarations to the press, and the fired ex-film editor confirmed Blatty's comments about the setup. All Friedkin could respond with was that LS had written a score with "Mexican Maracas"! From LS' Autobiography.

Well, they had people like George Barrow, Charlie Fowlkes in the band, and I forget the rhythm section, but the conductor/pianist knew what he wanted, and told them how to play her show.

I'm listening to these guys for the first time in a LONG time. I forgot how great their song are. On one hand they're LA Punk 80s-90s, but on the other they're talented musicians with extremely well rehearsed vocal harmonies. On top of that, their singer, Greg Gaffin has a (copied from Wikipedia): "BA Biology, BS Geology and master's in Geology at UCLA. In 2003 he went on to earn his PhD in Zoology from Cornell University" Now playing:

Amen!

Plus they actually COULD play R&B?

Well, the joke was supposed to be that "Is he gonna be playing that old shit" was meant to answer with WHICH old shit? But it turns out that the actual answer is ALL of them! And that's how it should be, he's self-validating ALL of it, so hell yeah, although I do wish he would revisit "I Thought It Was You" in some fashion.

I agree with you, never saw the set in person and never had a chance at it.

RIP, Connie. She brought her own guitarist when she toured, so I was out of work when she was appearing at the theater in NY, where I was in the house band, for the first few nights that she sang there. Then, when she was attacked at the Holiday Inn, right near the theater, they replaced her with Melba Moore, who didn't carry her own guitarist with her. I was really young when I had that gig,still in my teens, so when they asked me if I could play R&B, I said "sure", not even knowing what the hell that meant. I was completely about jazz when I had that gig, and didn't give a crap about any 'commercial' music. The guys in the house band kind of gave me a hard time, because I was getting paid a full week's salary for only working half the week (about seven bills, which was pretty good money back in the 70s), and they were getting the same amount for working a full week of shows.

Würde es Ihnen etwas ausmachen, mir ein Balogna-Sandwich zu machen?

If you haven't seen him in forever, it doesn't matter if it's the same setlist. Enjoy, Holy Ghost!

Herbie’s been mostly playing the same 6-7 tunes… mostly for nearly the last decade! Song stats (scroll down just a bit) for everything in setlist.fm for Herbie (all years)… https://www.setlist.fm/stats/herbie-hancock-3d6b557.html And here’s year-by-year stats (again, scroll down slightly) for each of the nearly last 10 years… https://www.setlist.fm/stats/covered/herbie-hancock-3d6b557.html?year=2025 https://www.setlist.fm/stats/herbie-hancock-3d6b557.html?year=2024 https://www.setlist.fm/stats/herbie-hancock-3d6b557.html?year=2023 https://www.setlist.fm/stats/herbie-hancock-3d6b557.html?year=2022 (skipping the two pandemic years) https://www.setlist.fm/stats/herbie-hancock-3d6b557.html?year=2019 https://www.setlist.fm/stats/herbie-hancock-3d6b557.html?year=2018 https://www.setlist.fm/stats/herbie-hancock-3d6b557.html?year=2017

Not sure. I bought it new back when it first came out.

Is he gonna be playing that old shit?

Before I go on to the 1970's Fantasy albums, a last remark on the Verve period: While Universal never did reissue all of Tjader's 16 Verve albums as CDs - 9 were in the US, 1 only in Japan, 2 more by a UK label, 1 was on Tico 3 never made it to CD - there were plenty of compilations. It already started in the LP era: This was released in 1967 an so could not cover the last three LPs. This 1969 twofer combined the first LP, In A Latin Bag, with Several Shades of Jade and Breeze From The East, omitting one track. This 1973 twofer covered the whole Verve period. Another 1974 twofer with a different selection. The CD era brought us half a dozen compilations in the various series Universal thought up: At least they show that all the master tapes were still in existence. Eddie Palmieri, suprisingly, is the only compiler covering the album with Ogerman's strings - well, he also arranged a few tracks for el sonido nuevo. There is surprisingly little overlap. For details look at my discography or the discogs entries

Back to Baden Powell: O Som De Baden Powell (Elenco Brazil, 1968)

Jerome Sabbagh: Vintage

Ich bin beruhigt .....

I agree. Jacknife is the worst new cover in the Tone Poet series by far. Also, it’s the first TP I’ve had with issues. Loud pops in multiple spots. I need to reach out to BN customer service. One of my favourite sessions though.

$14.00 or so? Wow, that's not a bad price at all. Wasn't this set going for insane prices a year or two ago?

Mistake, that's not LA; dude was in Miami in that hi-fli Vette, wow. Grew up in Florida, I can verfify those are Florida palm trees 😎

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