Teasing the Korean

Thank you!

One of the first jazz albums I bought as a kid was Benny Goodman's Greatest Hits, Columbia CS 9283. My question has to do with track 3, "Clarinet a la King." The liner notes indicate that this is from 1941, but the version on my copy, purchased in the mid- to late-70s, is clearly a hi-fi recording. Moreover, while the album indicates "Electronically Re-channeled for Stereo," this track sounds like it is in true stereo. Did Benny re-record this track later in true stereo? This is an Eddie Sauter arrangement. Was there an entire stereo album of Benny playing Eddie Sauter arrangements? Thanks in advance.

Thanks. The CD that I'm remembering was on Amazon or eBay years ago. It was a Japanese import, and always went for a lot of money. I'm surprised that I can't find it on Discogs, but I guess someone would have to own it and create an entry for it.

Completely agree! IF you have the luxury of working things out in advance of the gig. Not all gigs work that way, as you well know.

Thank you!

Thanks, I saw this, but that's not the one.

I seem to recall a 1990s Cuban Fire CD from Japan, played by a group other than Kenton's. I cannot find it. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

When the expanded Erroll Garner Concert by the Sea was released, we discussed the connections between jazz, pop, and "showbiz" that existed at that time. Those connections are long gone.

Since starting this thread, I picked up Jungle Fantastique. Prior to this, I had only "African Fantasy" on a Blue Note comp. The whole album is great! Side 1 is like an exotica album, and side 2 is more straight ahead Latin jazz.

The "rebels" are not playing jazz. They are playing culturally relevant music. Jazz is finished.

I can't find the thread now, but years ago I started a thread in the Musicians Forum essentially asking the question, what is the most recent jazz or pop tune that has become a standard in the way that "Stella by Starlight" or "How High the Moon" have. The scenario I presented was one in which five professional jazz musicians who had never met found themselves together on the bandstand. What tunes could any of them call that you could be 99.9% sure they would all know? For the purposes of the discussion, we discounted songs like "New York, New York," "Celebrate," and "Lady in Red" that they all would have had to have learned for wedding gigs, but probably would never dream of calling on their own gigs. I believe the consensus was that the 1960s were the last fairly safe decade for an across-the-board, known-by-all standard, and if I remember correctly, JSngry indicated that some 1970s Stevie Wonder and Chick Corea songs come close to being that universally known and played. (Correct me if I'm wrong, Jsngry.) I agree with JSngry about standards being a "marketing concept" to a degree, but the concept appears in the real world if you find yourself at a gig with new people, and you have to make music to collect a paycheck. There is a cycle that occurs in which musicians learn the tunes that others know. The proliferation of fake books - a necessary evil in some situations - has only reinforced this cycle. The bigger question is why there are no longer any new jazz or pop tunes that all jazz musicians feel compelled to learn.

Haha!

I have the suite from the Odyssey album also. The full opera on Columbia, in a box set, was actually in my hot little hands for a few seconds at a record show, until the proprietor pulled it from my paws, saying, "This is not for sale."

My point is that I'm more conscious of germs than I was pre-pandemic, and rightfully so.

After more than a year of using Lysol wipes to clean door handles, light switches, cell phones, remotes, and computer keyboards, I'm not real eager to flip through racks of LPs or CDs anytime soon.

Anyone hep to this? And for those of us with short attention spans, there is a 22-minute suite:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/arts/music/italian-library-music-sven-wunder.html

Yes, I am very much with you in this regard. I have thousands of LPs, and really enjoy the full tactile experience - the artwork, the label design, the distinctive aroma of 1950s Mercury LPs, the rituals of cleaning the LP and the stylus, uncorking the bottle of wine, watching the tone arm slowly lower onto the LP as I take my first sip. That said, there are LPs and CDs that are out of my price range, and I'm running out of space. High-quality downloads of those albums are getting more and more appealing.

Surprised you don't know about this site in 2021. Unlike iTunes or Amazon, it offers downloads in CD-quality and, in some cases, in hi-res. It includes releases that are legit, that are grey market, and others that neither you nor I will ever know are legit or not. Of course, they are at the mercy of whatever the labels provide. For example, an RCA album from the 1960s, which has long eluded me, was available from Sony Legacy, but it was a bad needle drop. Live and learn.

It's on Qobuz for $10.49.

Thank you! Is the Tico CD reissue by Fania?

This album has eluded me. How would you say it compares to the RCA Top Percussion, or at least to side 2 of Top Percussion? (Side 1 of the latter has drums and chanting.)

I have The Mod Squad view-master reels. Seeing Linc's afro in 3D is fantastic.

I'm trying to image an alternate universe in which "Linus and Lucy" and "Christmastime is Here" don't exist. But in our universe, we are missing the classics that Brubeck composed for those segments.

That is quite a list!