Teasing the Korean

Based on many musician interviews I've read over the decades, I assume that musicians listen to, or are at least exposed to, a wide range of ideas and influences, rather than pigeonholing them based on genre or demographics.

Well, we don't know who listened to what - or who subliminally heard what - but I prefer to err on the side musicians' awareness. We know that Sun Ra loved Les Baxter and Martin Denny - he is a true link between exotica and spiritual jazz. And the Baxter/Revel/Hoffman Music Out of the Moon apparently had a sizable African American audience in Los Angeles at the time. So who knows...

Gary McFarland - Point of Departure (impulse!, stereo)

So, this track from Volume 1 would fit seamlessly into an exotica set, especially when the vibes solo kicks in at around 3.13. And the bridge would fit well in a Donna Summer set. 😺 This tune features a devise that Les Baxter often used, playing a diminished chord on the root, with extended harmonies, before resolving to the major key. Another that would fit seamlessly into an Exotica set. And this was has an Yma Sumac-esque soprano and a chord sequence reminiscent of Cal Tajder's "Black Orchid," which was covered by Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman.

Ms. TTK is doing a tribute to Anouk in the Cocktail Mix segment of her show today. It will include Nino Rota's music from La Dolce Vita & 8 1/2; Francis Lai's music from A Man & a Woman; Michel Legrand's music from Lola; and Piero Piccioni's music from La Fuga and L'Imprevisto.

Sure. I just got these two comps, and they were spinning while I was working. I will need to go back to find examples of what I'm talking about.

I'm hearing, in varying ratios from tune to tune, similarities in instrumentation, modes, harmonies, arrangement devices, etc. There have a been a couple of tracks which would seamlessly fit into an Exotica DJ set or playlist.

It's a broad, retroactively named genre. I'm talking about many of the selections on the first two volumes of this series.

Capitol-E Exotica, as opposed to the generic lower-case descriptor, which I apparently used above.

Spinning volume 2. Possibly even more exotica content on here than on volume 1.

Enjoying some Looney Tunes with coffee this Saturday morning, and I'm reminded how amazing Carl Stalling was. Back in the day, I bought both of the Carl Stalling collections compiled by Hal Wilner. We watched the baseball episode, one of the many rabbit/duck variations, and the one with the opera singer, who lives in a beautiful moderne home, incidentally.

Yes, that one. I have volume 2 also.

Listening now to vol. 1 of a series of at least two CDs called Spiritual Jazz, and some of this stuff is very close to old-school exotica.

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All of us hear different things, and have different experiences, different ears, and different levels of musical training. I'm sure I pick up on some things that others may not, and vice versa, but we can all drive ourselves crazy wondering what others do or don't hear. So if, at the end of the day, a tone-deaf person gets some sort of enjoyment or fulfillment listening to jazz, what of it?

Various - Killer Jazz Funk from the Mainstream Vault.

Various - Killer Jazz Funk from the Groove Merchant Vault.

👍 Totally digging this track, which would sound great on my Formula 1/Grand Prix compilation: And this tune has lots of Todd chords!

Thank you! I don't think the Strata-East is among the four that I have.

I just learned that I have four albums by Weldon Irvine, and I know nothing about him. The four albums date between 1972 and '76 Now spinning the 1972 album and digging it.

Finishing up my Stevie Wonder binge with: Hugo Montenegro - Hugo in Wonder-Land (RCA Victor, Dynaflex) Lots of Moog on this one!

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Jack Jones - Write Me a Love Song, Charlie (RCA Victor) In which our hero sings the songs of Charles Aznevour.

Gene Krupa/Lionel Hampton/Teddy Wilson - Playing Some of the Selections they Played in Most of the Film that May Have Been Called The Benny Goodman Movie. Or Not. - (Clef, mono)

Thanks, will check them out! NP: Benny Carter - Swingin' the 20s (Contemporary, OJC reissue, stereo)