Teasing the Korean

The Hit (1984), directed by Stephen Frears, starring John Hurt, Terence Stamp, Laura del Sol and Tim Roth.

This is an amazing album. Lonnie Liston Smith-like grooves with instructions delivered in a lascivious manner. I have never passed up a copy of this LP. This is the only track I could find on the InterTubes.

What is an "expert level" jazz audience?

Now drinking a virgin cocktail of coconut water, lime, a banana, and blueberries.

But DJs form a subset of the jazz audience, so their tastes are as relevant as anyone else's. And lots of those DJs like other genres of jazz also,

Well, that is certainly true about the big names, such as those referenced in the article. But look at the other subgenres that have gone in and out of vogue - organ groove, West Coast, "rare groove," etc. And I am not knocking the generational biases - I think they provide a worthwhile snapshot of a time.

To clarify, I was using film as an example of a form in which there are major generational biases, not as an example of a form with a tiny audience (such as jazz's audience).

But the other side of that coin is that culture is continually re-evaluated and re-contextualized, yet each generation has its own biases. I certainly see this in film conversations with people who came of age in the 1970s.

Haha! I hope they at least used the mono mixes! I once knew a woman who went to a fairly exclusive prep school. While she was serving her sentence, she went on a double date. She had never met the other girl before; she was introduced only as "Leslie." The four climb into a car and take off. They have the AM radio on and a Leslie Gore song comes on. My friend says, "Would someone change the station? I can't stand that whiny bitch." The girl named Leslie whom she had just met was Leslie Gore.

Was it his earlier Mercury stuff?

It is Syd Barrett with a competent backing band.

Between LPs and CDs, I must have around 40 Quincy Jones albums, including his jazz albums, film scores, and Now Sound records.

Long before I knew his name, I first became aware of Q's arranging as a very young kid, through my Dad's copy of the Double Six of Paris's US debut on Capitol. In Europe, the album was titled Sing Quincy Jones, but this was omitted from the US release. All of the vocal arrangements were based on Q's big band charts. As a teen teaching myself about jazz, I was surprised to learn that the famous guy who did The Dude and Michael Jackson's Off the Wall had been a jazz guy. When I eventually stumbled onto Q's big band stuff, I heard his original arrangements of tracks I had known since childhood - "For Lena and Lennie," "Rat Race," "Doodlin'," and "Meet Bennie Bailey." Q had been a part of my musical DNA all this time, and I didn't even know it.

Well, at least on his TV show, he sought out a copy of Syd Barrett's masterpiece The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

I'm waiting for Marc Maron's list.

Does he list his criteria for assessing or quantifying "genius?"

I would classify them as exotica, but there is enough jazz and Afro-Cuban content there to satisfy those interests also. Jazz Espagnole is probably my next favorite of the bunch.

I would agree, but the person not wearing a mask receives a different signal. At least around these parts.

So I've been listening quite a bit to Sorcery (Columbia) and Safari with Sabu (RCA Vik subsidiary). These are my two favorite Sabu albums. Both albums date from 1958, and both are very complementary albums in terms of group and approach. They must have been recorded around the same time with similar personnel. Safari lists the players, but Sorcery does not. Both albums omit a chordal instrument such as piano, thus opening up a lot of space. There is lots of percussion, bass, and, alternately, singing or melodic improvisations played on either flute, oboe, or sax. Sometimes the bass lays out and you hear percussion with flute or oboe. Safari has more singing/chanting than Sorcery. Both albums create very hypnotic grooves. These albums have been combined onto CD, although they had to drop a track to make them fit.

The mere act of wearing a mask is culture-signaling, sadly.

Well, we have an Art Deco bedroom set, and a Bauhaus Wassily chair, but much of what we have is 40s-60s designs, or newer designs in those styles. A space-age bachelor pad classic! Love this album!

Nor do I, but we don't have to look at the label while we're drinking.

If I am mixing them, yes, though I may be inclined to drink wine with this music, based on your description.

Whichever has the unbelievably awful rendition of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." It has a light blue cover and he's carrying a bag of presents.