Teasing the Korean

Jazzhattan Suite by the Jazz Interactions Orchestra, composed and arranged by Oliver Nelson (Verve, stereo). My copy includes a hype sticker reading "music conducted by Joe Newman." Good thing they added that: I might not have spent the dollar on this record without knowing that Joe Newman contributed his expertise to the session.

They sell CD-quality or better downloads. If it's between spending $50 for a Japanese CD or $10.99 for a CD-quality download, the decision is easy.

I don't stream either.

Yeah, that is a favorite of mine too!

Thank you again! Frustratingly, the Bethlehem tracks by the other singers are readily available on Qobuz, but I'm not finding the Julie London tracks.

Thank you!

Thank you! Spellbound is much closer to straight ahead jazz, with occasional Eastern touches sprinkled in. Jazz Sahara, on the other hand, is much more middle eastern, and the main jazz element is Johnny Griffin. I'm eager to hear where The Music Of lands on the spectrum.

Before Julie London was with Liberty, she recorded four tracks for Bethlehem. A Foggy Day You're Blasé Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child Don't Worry About Me These were originally released on a 45 EP, as far as I know. When I first got together with Ms. TTK, she had these four tracks on a budget LP on the Guest Star label, but the LP has gone missing, or it is misfiled. Does anyone know if these four tracks have crossed over into the digital era?

We have Jazz Sahara and Spellbound on CD. On LP, we have Sound of Africa, the Music Of, and East Meets West. Don't think we have Eastern Moods at all. We will spin The Music Of later in your honor! We will be pairing it with pizza, if that is not too much of a cultural mishmash! Now spinning Spellbound, paired with a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc.

On a semi-related topic, Ms. TTK recently went to a record show where they had a bunch of dollar CDs. She brought home Time Further Out, which we'd had only on LP, and a Paul Desmond RCA CD called Polka Dots and Moonbeams, which we never had. The latter features lovely playing by both Desmond and Jim Hall. Wonderful for pairing with cocktails on a lazy Saturday or Sunday.

Now enjoying a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, paired with Jazz Sahara by Ahmed Abdul-Malik.

Agreed! I have five of his albums, but I think I have spun this one less than others, in part because I haven't had it as long as the others. I think the RCA album is still my favorite of the bunch.

I still think of them that way!

Bumpo. Now spinning Jazz Sahara.

So sorry. Pets are truly family members.

Music from early Antonioni films, L'Avventura, La Notte, l'Eclisse, and Il Deserto Rosso. Music by Giovanni Fusco and Giorgio Gaslini (Quartet Records).

Quartet Records a few years back released an excellent CD box of music from early Antonioni films, L'Avventura, La Notte, l'Eclisse, and Il Deserto Rosso. Music by Giovanni Fusco and Giorgio Gaslini.

When a younger and more innocent TTK was teaching himself about jazz, he bought this album. It was a 70s stereo reissue, in which the artwork had been significantly cropped to hype "Take Five." The tune that really knocked me out was "Strange Meadowlark." Years later, I found an original mono copy pre-dating the "Take Five" hype, with the full moderne cover art in all it's glory. The mono version has a better balance between the drums and other instruments. I haven't spun this album in ages. Aside from the hit, "Meadowlark" and "Blue Rondo," I don't remember much about it.

One of the advantages with Scott Joplin is that the music was written, so we have hi-fi options to experience this music.

I have them, and I've had them for decades. I am rarely motivated to spin this stuff. The fidelity doesn't help, but that was what they had to work with. Not knocking them, just stating my own preferences.

Exactly. We all have different entry and exit points in and out of genres, and we all have different frames of reference.

There is value in retroactively created genres or descriptors. It is easier to contextualize things in retrospect than it is while they are happening. Different listeners look for different qualities in music. If we are going back to the 1920s, I'm more likely to find what I'm seeking in 20th-century classical music than I am in jazz.

Various - Mood Mosaic Vol. 2: Barnie's Grooves.

Not very. Neil is better known in the states via Monty Python and the Rutles. But folks in the US who would post on a message board such as this would know about the Bonzos.

In retrospect, it's hard to distinguish a parody of psychedelia from the real thing! Innes was great.