Teasing the Korean

https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/2022/10/20/wusf-pull-plug-all-night-jazz-radio-show/

I have a friend who is both a Herrmann and TZ freak, and "Walking Distance" is one of his all-time favorite pieces of music. He is flying across the country just to see this performance!

Love how they reproduce the hype blurb from the LP, but insert "digital" where it originally read "hi-fi."

Yes, the CD has 5 bonus tracks for a total of 17. I even have a French LP reissue with all 17 tracks, but it teeters into groove-cramming territory. Luckily, because it is mono, you can hit the mono button and reduce distortion.

I completely agree with your statement, but this concert - or at least the way the concert is being promoted - is not designed for folks with hundreds of jazz albums, or who frequent message boards like this. If there is an audience willing to pay for this kind of thing, some players will line up to exploit the opportunity. It is one more example of jazz becoming a legacy genre.

Yay! I'm learning!

I'm guessing The Main Ingredient, and I didn't cheat!

You know the ancient Chinese proverb: Better to have a plum fall in your lap than an Acme anvil on your head!

My Dad has been gone for more than 30 years. We shared music in common. When a pianist or arranger used an interesting chord substitution, we would intuitively make eye contact, both thinking the same thing. One of my last musical memories was riding in the car with him listening to an early Randy Weston album on a cassette. I remember we had pulled into the garage just when "Again" started. I said, "Wait, you have to hear this." And we sat in the parked car listening to Randy Weston play "Again" without saying a word.

I did a few needle drops on this last night. I think it is likely mono mislabeled as stereo. If there is an rechanneling, it is so mild that the audio collapses to mono without any weird phasing or artifacts. Looking forward to a full spin this weekend!

Prepping for a yard sale, I'm going through stacks and stacks of never played, never cleaned LPs, and I came across this one. It seems promising, as it features strings and voices, with some tunes arranged by Neal Hefti. I suspect that this will teeter into my beloved Space-Age Bachelor Pad aesthetic. Giving it a scrub on the ol' Nitty Gritty. Will report back. EDIT: The YouTube needle drops I just did confirm my suspicions!

So more than a year after asking about this album, I am going through my massive stack of "new" acquisitions, "to be cleaned," etc. No rhyme or reason to the filing. "New" can mean it is as recent as 15 years old! And I come across a Tito Puente album I've never spun called Rhythm + Drums + Timbales + Percussion. It is on Roulette, courtesy of French Vogue. I turn it over and look at the track titles. It is a French release of Puente in Percussion, with different cover art! It looks to be in great shape. Can't wait to clean it and give it a spin! The cover says it's stereo. Was this actually recorded in stereo, or do you think is electronically reprocessed from mono? So here I was, looking high and low for an affordable copy of an album I had all along. I doubt I paid more than a dollar for it.

Whenever the topic comes of the WWII generation looking older than their counterparts today, I like to bring up the fact that Serling, during The Twilight Zone, was roughly between the ages of 36 and 40! He left us way too early. I can imagine! Nice that they recognize his contributions! Here is the score. Many Herrmann fans cite this as one of the most beautiful things he wrote.

The titles appear to be different, but they could have changed the titles, as budget labels were known to do.

My mistake. I was mixing it up with this budget album on Design: https://www.ebay.com/itm/333734596706

And it's great!

Wyncote was a budget label for Cameo/Parkway. They did some jazz, or quasi-jazz, along the way.

The Binghamton Philharmonic, in Rod Serling's hometown of Binghamton, NY, will present Bernard Herrmann's score to the Twilight Zone episode "Walking Distance" on October 22. They will first play it instrumentally as a suite, and then perform it again with actors reading the script. https://broomearts.org/classic-twilight-zone-episode-to-be-recreated-through-music-and-staged-reading/?fbclid=IwAR0wC5fd6gLhGmxPJA7ztO90KwLcHLewwf1oIoFp1qziiJMxqjBRXOOo78I

Thanks. Is it any good for what it is?

Jimmy Smith - Home Cookin' - Blue Note Original mono deep groove NY press.

Anyone know anything about this LP? The tracks are: Strange Love It's A Sin To Tell A Lie Lost In Loveliness Dancing On The Ceiling Night Winds You Go To My Head

Am I the only one who mixes up these late-'60s/early-'70s soul acts?

When I quickly read the thread title, I thought it said "Andre Previn Piece."