Teasing the Korean

I just read that O'Farrill arranged an LP by the Barry Sisters on ABC Paramount!

About 15 or 20 years ago, I digitized 3 of the tracks for a comp I was curating. These included "Ghetto," "Good Sense Humor Man," and "First Thing in the Morning." These three have more or less funk grooves. IIRC, the tunes I did not digitize were more swinging and straight ahead. Because I have mostly listened to the other three on the comp, I know those well, but I'm less familiar with the others. It sounds like this album was designed to appeal to multiple audiences, maybe not unusual for a jazz album of this era by someone of Moody's generation.

I'm saying that there are certain sounds that I can take only in small doses. Whistling is one.

Looks like he had 4 albums total. Yeah, he would probably work better in a various artists playlist.

Here is "Summertime."

This weekend's viewing: Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970, Frank Perry) Barbarian (2022, Zach Cregger) In Fabric (2018, Peter Strickland)

Yeah, harmonica is far from my favorite instrument, but I LOVE Toots's contributions to those early-70s Q albums. The Shearing Quintet sides with harmonica, not so much...

Just having fun...

Anything to get him off of the harmonica is welcome. 😹

There was at least one real "jazz whistler." I remember seeing him on Johnny Carson. He was good, or so my younger self thought. Of course, he didn't have much competition. I can't remember his name. Anyone? Ask and ye shall receive! https://www.discogs.com/artist/1440626-Ron-McCroby

Liberated from the Stereo Jack's jazz dollar bin in the 1990s. I was very surprised that it included Keith Mansfield's "Powerhouse Pop," albeit under a different title.

Various - The Compositions of Benny Golson (Riverside, mono)

Maynard Ferguson - MF Horn (Columbia) With the fantastic "Chala Nata." Ms. TTK and I are alternating vinyl choices today. She picked this one.

Do you have his early/mid-70s album with "The World is a Ghetto?"

Herbie Mann - The Wailing Dervishes (Atlantic, stereo) A companion album to Impressions of the Middle East from the same period.

Roy Ayers - Ubiquity (Polydor, reissue) This is a great pressing. Usually, contemporary vinyl I've come across has very harsh treble. This is nicely rounded. I like that you can sing certain lines from "The Raven" to lines in "Pretty Brown Skin:" Ah, distinctly I remember/It was in the bleak December... EDIT: This album also has a very nice version of one of my least favorite Bacharach tunes, "Raindrops."

Downtown Blaine Gets Festive for Fall - WITH PIC! https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/downtown-blaine-gets-festive-for-fall,34434

Agreed. Neither JALC nor contemporary jazz critics factor into my listening choices, so I may be underestimating their impact or influence.

Yes, and JALC is hardly the first stupid thing that a philanthropist has thrown his/her money at. People will be free to contextualize and recontextualize music however they please, with or without the extraneous noise.

That has gone on since Day One, and these examples are hardly cash cows. Contemporary listeners are just as capable of having visceral reactions to music as OG audiences.

Who is making money on false jazz narratives?

Based on sales, this doesn't seem to be working in the market's favor.

I agree about the importance of contemporaneous accounts, but they may not necessarily affect how future audiences receive the music.

I am able to write what I hear in my head, but if you put a strange piece of music in front of me, I may struggle with it.

That's a given, for jazz or any other cultural product. And that is precisely what gives a piece of art longevity - the fact that it can be recontextualized by future audiences.