Teasing the Korean

No. We'll tough it out. Of course, if we lose power for weeks, we may think differently.

Andre Previn - Dead Ringer OST (WB, mono) With its combination of dissonant, 20th century symphonic composition and use of the harpsichord, this is as close as I've found to Night Gallery music.

2 pm Wednesday. It's pouring here. Still have electricity and cell service.

Les Baxter - Cry of the Banshee (Citadel, rechanneled stereo)

I bought a bunch of those Black Jazz CDs when Real Gone had a sale. The Walter Bishop albums are among my favorites, so far at least.

Thank you! Earth is a dangerous place to live, as the dinosaurs will attest!

Spinning these three, as an offering to Chango: Gene Rains - Rains in the Tropics (Decca, stereo) Gene Rains - Lotus Land (Decca, stereo) Gene Rains - Far Across the Sea (Decca, stereo)

You and I have talked about that Wayne Shorter passage in a different thread. (I'll have to find it.) I use lots of passing chords in my arrangement, so I can't write in much detail here, but this is what I play, more or less, in the last 8 bars: dm7, cm7 / bm7, E7 alt / am7 / D7 / ebm7 Ab7 / G7 / C etc. I think it is much more effective to delay the tonic chord until bar 31, but that's just me. However, in my arrangement, I don't hit the tonic chord at all in the first chorus at all. Where I would in theory hit the C on bar 31, I hit a Bbm with a major 7, so the last note (on the word "dream") becames the first note of a new chorus in Db. I then finally hit the tonic chord in bar 31 of the second chorus.

Hubler & Schwab - Vampyros Lesbos (Crippled Dick/Hot Wax)

Les Baxter - Jungle Jazz (Capitol) Les Baxter - African Jazz (Capitol) Bobby Montez - Jungle Fantastique (EMI reissue of Jubilee LP)

Buddy Morrow - Poe for Moderns (RCA, stereo) Featuring, on a couple of tracks, the Skip Jacks!

I think they are trying to get as much in as possible as early as possible. I'm sure they will make the call to change directions, possibly overnight. Latest I'm seeing is that landfall is supposed to occur Wednesday at around 2pm EST.

To allow emergency vehicles in. It is likely that they will open this up at some point for last-minute evacuees.

"Laura" has an ambiguous tonal center; some may say shifting tonal centers. Anyway, the big reveal comes at measure 27 (if my math is correct), when the tonic chord is played for the first time, on the words "kiss to you." This would be C major as the tune is written or at least frequently transcribed. In my solo piano arrangement, I play the relative minor there - am7 - and save the C major chord for bar 31. I have played it this way for years, and after listening to other versions, I think the relative minor is more effective in that passage. Curious to hear anyone's thoughts on this, and if anyone else plays it this way.

Also @Stonewall15.

Thank you! We live in an area where people evacuate to, so that's our rationale. No guarantees, but given the choice, I would rather be here than closer to the coastline.

Staying.

I couldn't find in the recent threads listing.

Well, we have another bearing down on the west coast of Florida. I learned yesterday that the west coast of Florida is most likely to experience direct hits in October, when cold fronts from the north can push the Gulf hurricanes eastward. Sending positive vibes to @Dan Gould and @Stonewall15.

Pete Rugolo - Jack the Ripper (RCA, mono)

Pete Rugolo - Thriller (Time, stereo)

That was cool! Yes, I'd forgotten! (Capitol didn't always credit the players on the back sleeves.)

This gets a lot of airplay at TTK's pad this time of year. Killer arrangement.

Same cat!

Who knew?