Teasing the Korean

I figured that it was an obscure detail, but thanks anyway!

Yes, it was certainly in that space-age hi-fi bag, but it is not a gimmicky record. Bill, what are some of your favorites? I like the first 2 RCA albums - self-titled and "Cool and Crazy" - "The Wild One," "Afro-Cuban Influence," and at the holidays, "The Swingin' Nutcracker." And the album I'm discussing here.

Kern's widow similarly had a heart attack when she heard the Platters' "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes." I wonder if she minded cashing the checks.

Thank you.

Thanks. I will listen to them tomorrow, and then post an instructional video so that you and other aging white male celibates can recognize Afro-Cuban rhythms, in the interest of teaching you something. You're welcome! So, can anyone other than jsngry tell me of there is any Afro-Cuban content in this music? Again, I am unable to listen now. A simple "yes"or "no" will suffice. Thanks in advance.

Why don't we just shut down the message board then?

Great. So in the spirit of helping aging white male celibates understand jazz, I will post an instructional thread to help you recognize Afro-Cuban jazz when you hear it. You're welcome!

JSngry, if you are unable to answer my question, I will listen tomorrow when things are more quiet, and I will also start an instructional thread specifically for you, to help you recognize Afro-Cuban jazz when you hear it. It's not that difficult, and you should be able to catch on quickly. You're welcome!

This is a discussion board, and I am on my cell phone in a noisy environment. Is it too difficult for you to simply type "yes" or "no?"

Anythin Afro-Cuban about it?

Any Afro Cuban content on these recrods? Congas, bongos, Afro Cuban rhythms, bass hitting anything other than the one?

Thanks! What about Frigo's bass playing? He played with pianist Dick Marx. I realize that some of the guys I listed go back to the 1950s and that they may have been working before your time. Thanks again! Did Nordine talk to you through a telephone like he did on Word Jazz?

Rhythms? Grooves? Bass hitting anything other than the one?

This incredible 1962 album is often overlooked in discussions of Shorty Rogers. It is a minor masterpiece of space-age bachelor pad arranging. It is scored for a large ensemble including rhythm, brass, reeds, and strings. The reeds sometimes double on flutes, and vibes are prominently featured within the large rhythm section. Artists include Buddy Collette, Bud Shank, Paul Horn, Emil Richards, and Shelly Manne. It is often a sign of a lazy arranger when soloists are allowed to blow for too long. Here, the focus is on ensemble writing, and improvised solos are mercifully restricted to only 8 or 16 bars at a time. So do yourself a favor, go to your local Goodwill, and see of you can find a clean copy of this LP for 50 cents or a dollar.

Completely forgot I started this thread!

Considering the involvement of both Johnny Richards and Diz, is there any Afro-Cuban jazz content on this?

Do you happen to remember how far apart from each other the Union Pacific spaced their telegraph poles at that time? I know that this varied based on a number of factors. Some railroads spaced them 100 per mile - one every 52.8 feet - so that miles could be calculated by counting the poles.

Maintenance of Way!!! At that time, did they still refer to the guys who laid track as gandy dancers? My first train set as a kid was an HO Pennsylvania RR maintenance train. This was a Tyco set dating from the era when Mantua owned Tyco. These were heavier cars with metal bases and metal trucks, not the cheap plastic cars that defined Tyco in the 70s and beyond. There are a lot of great railroad industrial films on the intertubes. My favorite is the Southern Pacific film, in glorious saturated color, with some beautiful footage of trains against scenic backdrops. Also great footage of trains operating in snow storms.

Is that the Katy Trail State Park? The MKT lasted pretty long, until 1989. It was absorbed by the Union Pacific.

What is a "recrod?" It sounds like it might hurt.

Slogans on some of my boxcars and livestock cars: The Katy Serves the Southwest The Peoria Gateway The Silver Meteor All the Way on the Santa Fe Ship It on the Frisco The Route of Phoebe Snow The 400 Line - Route of the Streamliners Everywhere West! The Way of the Zephyrs! The railroad enthusiast will note that I run trains dating from the postwar steam-to-diesel transition era.

Any of the E or F units are fine with me. They are among my favorite locomotives. I never warmed up to the ALCO PA units.

My copy of "Havana, 3 a.m." by Perez Prado (RCA Victor LPM 1257) has this stamped on the back: "From the Record Collection of William J. McKnight." Anyone know him? I think I picked this up in Boston, but it could have been one of those record shows in Valley Forge, PA.

I see myself much as I look in my profile pic, an obese gentleman in a suit with a bowler hat, riding in a mid-century Budd aluminum streamlined passenger train, EMD E7 A&B units dragging my massive girth from Manhattan to Chicago, while I drink one old fashioned after another. Life is good.