Teasing the Korean

It will be interesting to see if Wynton simply recorded 7 tunes with his band and had them dropped into the film by the director, or if he scored the film in a more traditional sense, i.e., writing and recording passages to go with specific scenes.

The trailer is out. I may see this and just try to ignore Wynton.

Yes, drinking while listening to music is one of my favorite things in the world. And when I can do it inexpensively, that's a plus.

Or ashes in 2008, more likely.

When you lived in Boston and had limited entertainment dollars, you could have done a lot worse than having a drink at the Copley Square Hotel and listening to McKenna play standards.

The thing is that I generally like Dave McKenna. But when I hear him doing solo stuff, I keep waiting for a change of color, a change of register, something.

Anything a pianist does with his left hand will sound monotonous if he does not mix it up. Dave McKenna doing stride sounds monotonous, because he does not vary his accompaniment. There is nothing wrong with walking bass on the piano if done tastefully.

I don't like surprises anymore. I've had enough of them. This may be part of the reason I like records more than live performances, but not the only reason.

I was specifically thinking about Dave McKenna as a player with very good technique with a monotonous left hand. I think the key to interesting solo piano is to have enough devices to vary the approach, both from tune to tune and within a single tune. Walking bass is one of many valid approaches, but any of them can get monotonous.

I have fewer issues with walking bass conceptually than I do with pianists who do the same thing throughout. For me, it's all about mixing it up. Walking bass gets monotonous, but so does every other left hand approach if not varied.

I like only tracks 3 and 4 on African Beat. I need to burn a new CD of Orgy because accidentally broke.

Mods, could we please move this thread content to "Lionel Neman Demonstrating the Penis Napkin Gag" under "Artists?"

It is fake stereo, but when you collapse it to mono, there are no phasing issues, at least on my copy.

Thanks all. The only CT I have is The Memorable Claude Thornhill on a 70s Columbia 2-fer LP. The labels stay "stereo" but I will have to check to see if it's really mono and just labeled that way. (It could also be fake stereo.) Is this a decent comp?

What are some good Claude Thornhill CDs? Everything I see on Amazon looks like a budget release with old people graphics.

Last night we watched "The Lion's Share," an excellent Netflix documentary about the South African song "Mbube," which became "Wimoweh" for the Weavers and "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" for many others, not the least of whom is Disney. A sad story, as you might imagine, but well worth watching.

OK, so today, it is raining like crazy, I am drinking a rum cocktail, and blasting Holiday for Skins and really loving it! This album is a little different I think from the other Blue Note drum albums. I like the combination of minimalist jazz and long drum grooves. Overall, this is my favorite of the Blue Note drum sessions.

Last night we watched "The Lion's Share," an excellent Netflix documentary about the South African song "Mbube," which became "Wimoweh" for the Weavers and "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" for many others, not the least of whom is Disney. A sad story, as you might imagine, but well worth watching.

I'm planning on watching the film on YouTube and see what I can find. Pretty soon, a version of the soundtrack with Coltrane, Vivaldi, and Couperin will start making the rounds. I'm not condoning this kind of behavior, but it happens. And I fully support your right as a consumer in a capitalist society to do just this! And considering my family knows that I am both jazz lover and film score fanatic, this will probably end up under the tree this Christmas. I say "under the tree" figuratively, as I do a huge HO train layout under the tree each Christmas.

In the era of stereo LPs, 35 minutes was pretty standard. Records began to lose fidelity if a side went over 18 minutes. Oh, come on, that's kid stuff. I order cocktails at the movies.

Some reasons are more valid than others, I suppose. I get that some people are just all about the music and not concerned about things such as packaging, presentation, and graphic design. And that's OK. I was similarly disappointed in the Monk soundtrack from a few years ago, but at least I already had the Art Blakey and Duke Jordan albums, which contained appropriate cover art.

Respectfully, this suggests that you may not be very familiar with film score albums or how they are assembled, and, again, that is fine. I am not being critical of you. But those of us who love both jazz and film scores may feel differently. It is not a case of either/or. It could be marketed as both. At any rate, others here have expressed disappointment in the song selection, multiple alternate takes, the running time, and the mono audio. I take issue with the packaging. It looks like several of us are disappointed for a variety of reasons.

Your comment suggests that you are not very familiar with film score albums or how they are assembled, and that is fine. No on is suggesting not crediting Coltrane on the album cover.

Thanks. I'll get by.

I'm glad that you are glad. I don't need another album or CD with a boring photo of the artist.