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Yes, done. If it had been any easier, I would have paid somebody!

1978? 79? Late winter/early spring, iirc. Doing the math now, most likely late 78/early 79. That's about as specific as I can get it.

Not The Monkees, but then again, neither are they.

Ok, done, or at least attempted. We'll see tomorrow.

Yeah, not too crazy about the liners either, but, you know, they're optional reading. And I've heard about the importance/influence of early Frankie Laine more than I've explored it. Is there a good compilation of his pre-Mercury recordings? If there is. I can't find it.

Season's Greetings!

Major bummer...apparently Tune In has force-fed an app update to my Roku, which means that some of the older, but still active stuff I had stored as favorites is gone...including WBGO2...now they only have WBGO1..this is not progress?

Wow, the newer Roku, the one with the interface we don't like as much, out in the den on the TV we don't watch as much, does indeed have the Trailer function on its Netflix app. So now I've seen the trifecta of offerings around this project. Time well spent, all of it. And actually, I like this one better than the longer one, it's more aboput the work behing "the work", and that kind of thing always fascinates me. Every time I see something like this, it's a reminder that a movie, the thing itself, never mind the art that does or doesn't go into it, is a hard thing to make. Factor in the epic recovery missions that went into making this one, including getting the sound and voices up to standard, and surely thiss project deserves some kind of broader recognition than just a Netflix documentary. I wondered how much attention they were going to give to the score, and sure enough, they have Legrand talking about hos it was his concept to have music playing non-stop throughout the film, just like you would have had at a party of this nature, and then somebody else saying that the continuos music was essential to the "glue" or something like that.. a-HA! Glad I wasn't just imagining that. But what they don't talk about is the addition of other non-Legrand music. There are two Jaki Byard solo tracks in this thing (confirmed on closing credits) and a Blue Cheer song used in the movie-with-in-the-movie, and,,,just read the closing credits. It's a damn good score, just what Legrand wrote for it, but...there's more! So...whose job would it have been to have gotten all that additional music added/sequenced/inserted? Legrand himself, wouldn't have gone that, would he? The next time I watch the film, what credit should I be looking for? Whoever it was did a helluva GREAT job. Too bad the days of the OST album are gone (they are, aren't they?). This would make for a really good one.

Those here who ordered through Tommy already have it. I did, and I do, and I am loving it. Very much "swing to bop"-ish, a pleasure in every way. A surging Lucky Thompson ALL over the place (what a shame that him & Byas never(?) took on each other during this time frame) , a palpable sense of NOW remains in the spirit of the playing, and I very much like how they're left the broadcasts intact. Those announcers are always a trip, and cutting them out is never a good thing, imo, you lose the natural flow of the performance as it was occurring. But...Frankie Laine "blues singer of the year"??????????? And are we really hearing the introduction of Frankie Laine to Atlas records, right there on mike? No matter, this is an excellent "historical release".

wow, the older Roku Netflix app doesn't have the trailer function. Let's see if the newer one does. I like to watch in bed, which is the room with the old one. But the interface on the newer one is kinda wonky, tries to do a lot of your thinking for you, and I don't like that. So it's out in the den. Let's see. Oddly enough, the Prime Video app has all that stuff, and more.

Ok, I'll dig around on Roku some more. I don't like watching anything of any duration on a computer, so if I can get it on my TV, that'll work. I didn't recall seeing the trailer options on by Roku Netfilx, but on the computer here, I do. The quest continues!

Would love to hear the story, and hope to live for a while longer. Bird w/Lambert Singers (and Gil Evans): Off the top of my head, these are the only tow tunes, but there are multiple takes. https://news.allaboutjazz.com/charlie-parker-old-folks.php Oh yeah, one more:

Hell yeah, Hawk.

Quite impressive indeed! Real time skills, I'm a fan!! What was the song that Duke did? And were they perchance on the Lambert Singers date with Bird?

OMG, this label has the strobe-disc around the outer edges, it's a Music Minus One project!

Wow, did Burt Reynolds pay in advance to get that face once it was no longer attached to its original owner?

If The American Bandstand Paradigm is applied, NWA has a good beat and I can dance to it. Jethro Tull does not. But careful with that, you be given to and taken from in all The Usual Dick Clark Ways. See the tree, how big it's grown?

I have heard of Don Cornell (from somewhere...), definitely heard of Sammy Kaye, Mr. Swing & Sway with Sammy Kaye. I have also heard of Laura Lee, and Lisa Leslie, Don Meredith & Cornell Dupree, Sammy Spear & Danny Kaye, but putting them altogether, not Laura Leslie. Until now, that is!

Afraid I'm going to have to ask who is Laura Leslie?

I like how they made the opening riff into an almost cowboy song.

One of those things that just knowing it exists is good enough, don't ask me to like it too!