Teasing the Korean

Concert Gershwin prepared an orchestral suite containing music from the opera after Porgy and Bess closed early on Broadway. Though it was originally titled "Suite from Porgy and Bess", Ira later renamed it Catfish Row. In 1942 Robert Russell Bennett arranged a medley (rather than a suite) for orchestra which has often been heard in the concert hall, known as Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture. It is based on Gershwin's original scoring, though for a slightly different instrumentation (the piano was removed from the orchestral texture at the request of the conductor Fritz Reiner, for whom the arrangement was made). In addition, both Morton Gould and Robert Farnon each arranged an orchestral suite, premiering in 1956 and 1966, respectively.[78][79][80] Pop music versions[edit] 1957 – Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong – Porgy and Bess (Verve, released 1958). Featuring an orchestra arranged and conducted by Russell Garcia. Recorded in August and October 1957. 1959 – Sammy Davis Jr. and Carmen McRae – Porgy and Bess (Decca, 1959). Davis appeared and sang in the 1959 Porgy and Bess film, though his vocal performances were not released on the film's Columbia Records soundtrack LP. 1959 – Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne – Porgy and Bess (RCA Victor). Featuring big band orchestral settings. 1976 – Ray Charles and Cleo Laine – Porgy & Bess (RCA Victor). Featuring an orchestra led by Frank De Vol. Jazz versions[edit] 1956 – Various Artists – The Complete Porgy and Bess (Bethlehem Records). Features Duke Ellington and his orchestra, Mel Tormé, Johnny Hartman, Frank Rosolino, and Sonny Clark. Recorded in May 1956. 1957 – Buddy Collette – Porgy & Bess (Interlude, released 1959). Performed by a sextet featuring Pete Jolly (playing accordion), Gerald Wiggins (playing organ), Jim Hall, Red Callender, and Louis Bellson. Recorded in July 1957. 1958 – Miles Davis – Porgy and Bess (Columbia Records, released 1959). Features a jazz orchestra arranged and conducted by Gil Evans. Recorded in July/August 1958. 1958 – Mundell Lowe – Porgy & Bess (RCA Camden, released in 1959). Most tracks featuring a septet, with Art Farmer, Ben Webster, Don Elliott and others. Recorded in July and October 1958. 1958 – Rex Stewart and Cootie Williams – Porgy & Bess Revisited (Warner Bros., released 1959). A big-band performance that features Stewart and Williams (who appear separately), arranged and conducted by Jim Timmens. Recorded in late 1958. 1958 – Hank Jones – Porgy and Bess (Capitol, released 1959). Featuring a jazz quartet including Kenny Burrell, Milt Hinton, and Elvin Jones. Recorded late 1958. 1959 – Bill Potts – The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess (United Artists, released 1959). A big band performance arranged and conducted by Potts, featuring Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Art Farmer, Charlie Shavers, Phil Woods, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Jimmy Cleveland, Bill Evans, and others. Recorded in January 1959.[81] 1959 – Oscar Peterson – Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess (Verve, released 1959). Performed by Peterson's trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen. Recorded in October 1959. 1965 – Modern Jazz Quartet – The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (Atlantic, 1965). Recorded in 1964 and 1965. 1971 – Eddy Louiss and Ivan Jullien – Porgy and Bess (Riviera, 1971). A big band performance of material from the opera with Louiss on Hammond organ and André Ceccarelli on drums.[citation needed] 1976 – Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass – Porgy and Bess (Pablo Records, released 1976). Duet recordings with Peterson playing clavichord. 1997 – Joe Henderson – Porgy & Bess (Verve). A collection of small-group performances featuring Tommy Flanagan, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, and guest soloists including John Scofield and Conrad Herwig. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porgy_and_Bess#Radio

Ms. TTK just brought home Kraftwerk 1 & 2 on CD. I have never heard these albums before. 1 is stylistically kind of all over the place, compared to their more familiar late-70s work. I mean "werk." Still, very good and a welcome addition to our Kraftwerk akkumulation. Now spinning 2, and the first track already has more of their trademark sound.

No debate here, as I am a gentle herbivore. I use both beans and faux meat in the chili that I have made.

As a gentle herbivore, I prefer beans in chili.

Drinking a tropical cocktail with coconut water, a little fresh lime, raspberries, blueberries, and banana. Tossed in a blender.

Have you had a chance to compare Indo-Jazz Interpolation with Indo-Jazz Suite? In comparing the timings between the two albums, two tracks have the identical timings and others are off by only a second or two. I find it hard to believe that this is a different recording, but I have not yet had a chance to compare. EDIT: Both albums are available as lossless downloads on Qobuz. Indo-Jazz Suite is on Rhino Atlantic, and Indo-Jazz Interpolation is on KPM. Interestingly, the segments captured for the one-minute samples are nearly identical. Both albums sound the same to my ears, including the music, the production, and placement of instruments in the stereo picture.

I have to revise my opinion on the Bethlehem Nina Simone reissue from the 1970s. I must have confused it with a different album. It sounds fine, although there is some sibilance in the vocals. The Salsoul pressing sounds a little better to my ears.

I might try a vegetarian take on one of these recipes, using Beyond or Impossible products.

Then again, maybe I'm overreacting.

If the author is that cursory in his coverage of Tito's RCA albums, I probably won't read it anytime soon.

I would have thought he would have placed more emphasis on this album. Puente wrote 11 of the 12 tunes. In addition, it was produced by the great Marty Gold, who recorded a number of wonderful space-age bachelor pad albums for RCA. Finally, while Puente recorded a number of tunes in the exotica mode, notably "Mambo Buda," "Lotus Land," and "Elegua Chango," this was the one full-on exotica album he recorded.

Well, everything can be heard now for free on YouTube or Spotify (for a monthly fee), so I don't know how much really better off I am. But I hear you.

There was a brief but beautiful time in the very late 1990s and very early 2000s when DJ culture and The Now Sound converged. It was symbiotic: DJ culture pushed the Now Sound reissues, and the Now Sound reissues influenced DJ culture. My brother-in-law said to me, "Buy these albums while you can; they will disappear soon." He was right, and I took his advice at the time.

Do they talk about Tito's greatest IMO album, Tambo?

Five of the ten tracks from this masterpiece appeared on excellent late 1990s compilation KPM: Setting the Scene. Here is the entire Brazilian Suite. And the KPM Brown Sleeve series features lots of tracks in my beloved Happy Housewife genre, such as this:

Villa-Lobos - Quautor and Nonetto

I had no idea he'd recorded so little. I have had the Katanga album for ages.

Yes, that happened occasionally. Les Baxter's KPM album Boogaloo in Brazil is the GNP Crescendo Africa Blue album, but some have claimed it is a different recording of the same charts. I haven't compared closely enough.

What is this "Inso-Jazz interpolation" of which you speak? Is it different from Indo-Jazz Suite or Indo-Jazz Fusion? EDIT: It appears to be Indo-Jazz Suite, based on the track timing comparisons on Qobuz.

Bumping this old thread started by a younger and more innocent TTK. The entire KPM library is now online for free streaming. Here is the link to the 1000 series: https://www.emipm.com/en/browse/labels/KPMLP Additionally, many of these albums are available for purchase as lossless downloads on Qobuz.

Ms. TTK and I watched the full run of that show back in the day. Loved it!

From a practical standpoint, a gastroenterologist, cardiologist, or oncologist might consider those persons to be real vegetarians.

Lucky!!!

Do you think it inspired "Turning Japanese" by the Vapors?

In our case, the vinyl den is as much Ms. TTK's as it is mine. She is responsible for finding many of our LPs.