Edward Lopez

My opinion is shared by almost anyone who can whistle and who enjoys music, jazz and otherwise, that is melodious, harmonic, and rhythmic. As an example of a great whistling jazz tune, try "Little Girl" by the Chet Baker Sextet. Or "Too Marvelous For Words" by Phil Urso - Bob Burgess Quintet. There are many tunes that are enjoyable and whistable. My favorite from Pacific Jazz JWC-507 - West Coast Jazz - Vol. 3 - Various Artists [1956] is "Old Croix" - Art Pepper Quartet. And on and on with Henry Mancini's "music from PETER GUNN" being a solid album to whistle. Whistler's and toe-tapper's paradise: There Will Never Be Another You - Gerry Mulligan Sextet Mr. Smith Goes To Town - Chico Hamilton Quintet Polka Dots and Moonbeams - Bud Shank Quartet Old Croix - Art Pepper Quartet Little Girl - Chet Baker Sextet Love Nest - Russ Freeman - Chet Baker Quartet Sweet Georgia Brown - Bud Shank - Bob Cooper Quintet Things Ain't What They Used To Be - Jim Hall Trio Too Marvelous For Words - Phil Urso - Bob Burgess Quintet Brother Can You Spare A Dime - Russ Freeman - Bill Perkins Quintet On the other hand, when you listen to performers such as Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders, Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Max Roach, to me these people produce noise: discordancy and it's just not what I want to hear. They're extremely adept at playing their respective instruments but for some reason they have no desire to produce enjoyable "music." My 2 cents.

You are right, Man, I need this urgently! What a double treat! Meg Myles for the visual and Mundell Lowe for the aural. As you can see on the list below, Mundell, as usual, used some of the top names in West Coast Jazz and such a grouping was just aural heaven. I saw Clark Terry live in NYC; In 1973 my wife and I stumped the band and Doc made salacious remarks about Lin's generous chest, we have it on videotape!; also we worked at NBC as temps and I met Doc and Ed Shaughnessy, one of my favorite drummers. Unfortunately, I went to Amazon.com to check the soundtrack CD price and, while available at $12.98 + s&h, I was able to sample the 10 tracks and the music is sort-of enjoyable but using my buying criteria (am I going to listen to this stuff more than once) I opted on not buying it. But thanks for bringing it to my attention especially Meg Myles which everyone can enjoy on the photo below. Jazzpizzi-Cat http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/record.php?record_id=3564 Satan In High Heels / Blues For A Stripper Mundell Lowe Featuring: Mundell Lowe (g), Clark Terry, Joe Newman, Doc Severinsen (tp), James Buffington (fh), Urbie Green, George Buster Cooper (tb), Walter Levinsky, Ray Beckenstein (as), Al Klink, Al Cohn (ts), Sol Schlinger (bs), Eddie Costa (p,vb), George Duvivier (b), Ed S "The producer of "Satan", Leonard Burton, decided for the most part that he wanted a jazz score. Some of the pieces are jazz pieces, but I tried to be very careful in the arrangements because there is one thing that automatically kills jazz: the moment the music written is tense, jazz "will not happen." Jazz ideas are like good conversation, the moment a conversation becomes tense, talk is difficult. However, there has to be a certain intensity to create excitement. I hope I've accomplished this." - Mundell Lowe Tracklisting: 1. Satan in High Heels (Lowe) - 3:24 2. Montage (Lowe) - 2:11 3. The Lost and the Lonely (Lowe) - 3:38 4. East Side Drive (Lowe) - 2:48 5. Coffee, Coffee (Lowe) - 3:27 6. Lake in the Woods (Lowe) - 3:30 7. From Mundy On (Lowe) - 3:27 8. The Long Knife (Lowe) - 2:22 9. Blues for a Stripper (Lowe) - 3:27 10. Pattern of Evil (Lowe) - 2:26 Recorded in NYC, November-December 1961. Tracks #1-5: Mundell Lowe (g), Clark Terry, Joe Newman, Doc Severinsen (tp), James Buffington (fh), Urbie Green, George Buster Cooper (tb), Walter Levinsky, Ray Beckenstein (as), Al Klink, Al Cohn (ts), Sol Schlinger (bs), Eddie Costa (p,vb), George Duvivier (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d) Tracks #6-10: Mundell Lowe (g), Clark Terry, Bernie Glow, Doc Severinsen, Ernie Royal (tp), Jimmy Cleveland, George Buster Cooper (tb), Walter Levinsky (as,fl), Oliver Nelson, Al Cohn (ts), gene Allen (bs), Barry Galbraith (g), Eddie Costa (p,vb), George Duvivier (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d) Review: "Mundell Lowe's score for the exploitation flick Satan in High Heels is an immensely enjoyable collection of exaggeratedly cinematic jazz. Lowe runs through all sorts of styles, from swinging big band to cool jazz, from laid-back hard-bop to driving bop. He pulls it off because his big band is comprised of musicians as skilled as Oliver Nelson, Al Cohn, Phil Woods, Urbie Green, Joe Newman and Clark Terry. They help give the music the extra kick it needs, and Satan in High Heels winds up as a terrific set of humorous and sleazy, but well-played, mainstream jazz." — Stephen Thomas Erlewine (All Music Guide)

What constitutes Jazz is in the ear of the listener. West Coast Jazz, my favorite, may not necessarily be considered jazz by the purists because WCJ is melodic and harmonious, whereas purists prefer progressive jazz or some other form of non-harmonious/melodic playing. WCJ can be enjoyed on many levels and it can be hummed, whistled, and invites toe tapping while "official" jazz is stiff while the musicians blow their guts out creating discordant "music." I equal this kind of jazz to those modern instrumentalists that fall under rock 'n' roll but they also don't play harmonious/melodic music, they abuse their instruments. But be that as it may, here are some CDs titles for those who enjoy melodious/harmonic music, some of it "real" jazz and some instrumentals that sound no different than the "real" jazz. 1-"the music from PETER GUNN" composed and conducted by Henry Mancini from the NBC television series PETER GUNN. 2-"more music from PETER GUNN" 3-"MUSIC FOR BANG, BAA-ROOM AND HARP" - DICK SCHORY 4-"COMPLETE TV ACTION JAZZ" - MUNDELL LOWE AND HIS ALL-STARS 5-"WHAT IS THERE TO SAY?" - THE GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET Enjoy!

You could have read the rules (see rule #6) before posting your request. I have admitted my failure to have read the rules. The removal of my post with a notice from the forum administrator learned me good! Trust me I won't violate the rules again.

Thanks for the suggestion. I know of one music blog that includes hundreds of other blogs that include out-of-print LPs from early 1900s to the '70s that include many jazz albums but no one has included any of the Pacific Jazz series. I'll continue looking.

People: There's no need to get on each other's case because of my request. The suggestions made to acquire the 10 (really 6 out of the 10) tunes on Vol. 3 don't make sense, financially or otherwise. To do so your way would leave me with empty pockets and a possibly 10 CDs whose contents I may not enjoy 100%. Ethics can be criticized but not challenged since we all have a right to our opinion. It will always be up to the individual to make the decision to copy music for others or not, if it's done privately. My asking for a CD-r of Vol. 3 on this forum was done out of ignorance of the forum's rules, not because of ethics. If you want to call me unethical, it's your right. The music industry is not going to collapse if a few dubs are made. Some bootlegs are being released officially. Some CD companies allow one copy to be made before the equipment's anti-copying software kicks in, etc. Live and let live. Jazzpizzi-Cat

Thanks for passing on that important bit of info, I appreciate it. However, it's too bad that you "...don't approve these kind of things" for in this case the only way for one to acquire this great music compilation is to buy the vinyl from such places as eBay, or GEMM, or any of the vinyl-selling websites. And if I didn't want to buy the vinyl because chances are it's not going to be a sealed or a mint copy, and if it was it would cost approximately $50 as I've seen, just to dub the material into a different format and then you have an expensive collectible that you might not be able to pass on to someone else to get your money back... The only recourse is to, then, request from someone who has the vinyl or, as you say, the CD box set. It isn't as if I'm ripping off the record company or the musicians since the LP is over 50 years (!) and the only CDs available were made in Japan. I would agree with you 100% if it was newer material which had been released on CD or reissued on vinyl then I would never have made my request for I would buy the newer format. All I want is to enjoy that great music again in better fidelity than my cassette. Nothing unethical in my request. At least I don't mean it to be. Jazzpizzi-Cat

Hi jazz aficionados: Back in the early 1960s I owned the LP listed below. It's a compilation of the nicest West Coast Jazz music one could wish for. I dubbed a few numbers to cassette but my recorder was basic so the copy leaves a lot to be desired (no Dolby!) although the saving grace is that the LP was new when I bought it so there were no scratches, pops, etc. I do play the cassette once in a while always wishing it had been released on CD or I could find it in a thrift store for a buck so that I could make a new cassette with Dolby C or ask my nephew to dub it to CD since he has a computer that can do it; I don't. Maybe for Christmas it will appear under the tree! Pacific Jazz JWC-507 - West Coast Jazz - Vol. 3 - Various Artists [1956] There Will Never Be Another You - Gerry Mulligan Sextet/Mr. Smith Goes To Town - Chico Hamilton Quintet/Polka Dots and Moonbeams - Bud Shank Quartet/Old Croix - Art Pepper Quartet/Little Girl - Chet Baker Sextet/Love Nest - Russ Freeman - Chet Baker Quartet/Sweet Georgia Brown - Bud Shank - Bob Cooper Quintet/Things Ain't What They Used To Be - Jim Hall Trio/Too Marvelous For Words - Phil Urso - Bob Burgess Quintet/Brother Can You Spare A Dime - Russ Freeman - Bill Perkins Quintet