Teasing the Korean

Their 1940s-60s roster was incredible: Sinatra Dino Nat Jo Stafford Pied Pipers Johnny Mercer Peggy Lee Duke Stan Kenton Cannonball Louis & Kelly Howard Roberts Nancy Wilson George Shearing Jackie Gleason Nancy Wilson June Christy Yma Sumac Thee Great Les Baxter

Feb. 7, 1942, Paramount Pictures' head of production, Buddy DeSylva, wrote a $15,000 check for Johnny Mercer and Glenn Wallichs to start Capitol. Happy 80th Birthday Capitol! You had a hell of run, at least for the first 30 years or so. Posting in the Artists section because of Capitol's unbelievable roster in the 1940s and 50s.

I wrote the question with Stan Kenton and Perez Prado in mind, but I would be interested to know if it is radically different from band to band.

Larry, I just bumped my Twilight Zone Jazz thread and included music from Ernest Gold's masterpiece, Pressure Point.

Here are the main and end titles from Ernest Gold's masterpiece Pressure Point.

Yes, but Andrew Gold was a pretty good singer-songwriter by pop/rock standards. That other guy, not so much. Also thinking about Marty Paich, whose son played with the dreaded Toto.

Well, considering that the Nazz broke up, maybe they can ask Todd to re-join. It will be long commute from Hawaii to Upper Darby, though.

Is Jerry Slosberg on the album with Dick Marx and Johnny Frigo? Imagine being Dick Marx, and then your son is Richard.

Is it annoying having a loud trumpet section blaring behind you?

Good question!

TODD IS GOD!

I just voted for him in the Playboy jazz poll.

I don't know if Stereo Jack still posts here, but IIRC they were on the verge of losing the store right when the vinyl revival happened. All those LPS that used to be in their amazing dollar bin were marked up to $10. I'm sure this will happen with CDs, at least certain titles. I can tell you that there are hundreds of CDs that I want that are impossible to find for under $20.

Not to brag, but I am willing to bet that he has sighed in response to my posts more than anyone else's. Back on topic: I can't speak for new CDs, but I think that all old objects will eventually hold some sort of value to people who want the tactile object. I love going to antique stores and looking through old photographs, postcards, Christmas cards, and LPs. It makes me sad that the relics of our digital lives - jpegs, e-mails, and mp3s - will never be in antique stores.

Are you sure? I think the content is a little different. I surmised that it was intended as an edit piece, but ultimately not used.

I don't catalog my LPs. I simply arrange them alphabetically by artist within my own idiosyncratically defined genres. I back up my CDs using XLD, and, in theory at least, they are all backed up. I file these in folders arranged by my own idiosyncratically defined genres, but I don't change the tags. So if a space-age bachelor pad record shows up as "jazz," I leave it that way.

I am obsessed with this track, which Darla sings and which she co-wrote.

Just ask Jorge Ben how he handled it when Rod Stewart plagiarized him!

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Ah, yes. I know that record well! Billy Strange is a possibility. Considering how huge those Mancini records were, I'm sure there were a lot of arrangers who could ape his sound. I had the Mancini arranging book, the one with the CD with examples. What I found curious, as I studied the examples, is that Mancini did not address the kinds of things that I really wanted to know.

I admit that I am not familiar with the name Gil Falco. When the solo came in, I immediately thought of Dick Nash, again picking up on the Mancini vibe. Compare the arrangement to this classic from Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Could be. They had been on RCA for a while, so they likely had some connections there. Do you pick up on the Mancini vibe? Especially the trombone section voicings.

It appears to be Jordanaire-free, but there is that Mancini-esque chorus. In fact, the entire arrangement sounds very 1960s Mancini. It would be interesting to hear that arrangement with a more appropriate vocalist. The tune predates this version. I have it on an early 60s Bonfa album under a Portuguese title. Not sure if there were Portuguese lyrics, or if it started as an instrumental. EDIT: I just read the wiki entry. The tune was "Moonlight in Rio." Interesting that it was paired on 45 with "A Little Less Conversation," one of the few Elvis tunes I really dig.

File under: Things you never expected to hear.

I grew up in the New York metro region. At night, we could easily pick up CKLW in Windsor, Ontario, I guess through a combination of signal strength and atmospheric conditions. Not a jazz station, but thought I'd mention it. Tangentially related to my original question: In the 60s and 70s, I remember AM easy listening stations having certain blocks dedicated to the big bands, during the "big bands are coming back" hype.