Teasing the Korean

How about the Fajardo album with the giant tiki on the cover?

Or just go on a diet! Says Oddjob!

Yes, my brother has the LP version.

There doesn't seem to be a thread about this recent-ish box set, consisting of five classic Cuban jam session albums recorded for the Panart label.

Late to the party. I have listened to this a few times today - the one-disc, 47-minute version. I have most or all of the classic Coltrane Quartet albums, and this seems like a very solid, if not exactly earth-shattering, addition to the catalog. The 11-minute blues doesn't do much for me. Was this a warm-up? If you get rid of it, you end up with a 35- or 36-minute album, with two 18-minute sides, ideal for LP length. Very worthwhile.

I assume you guys mean "contemporary" classical and not "modern" classical.

It would be a four-way, if you included the guitar.

The Dells had one of the longest stable lineups of any group ever. Four of the five were there from the early 1950s until 2012. The new guy joined around 1960. Love the Dells.

So many sad things that I didn't know about. Her son Terry Melcher said that the nicest thing his dad ever did for Doris was dying in 1968.

Ha ha! I hope you didn't get any body fluids on your guitar.

OK, I did not realize this. I can't see the images you posted. Was this released on an LP and never reissued on CD?

To my knowledge, the Gil Melle scores that have been released are The Andromeda Strain, The Organization, and Borderline. I'll keep my ears open for Waterbirds.

I'm talking about the Disney True Life Adventures films, with scores by Thee Great Paul Smith. I would love a CD set with all of these scores, but Disney is a bitch when it comes to licensing.

Disney is very problematic.

The movie may be better than the score, for all I know. I've watched the film, but have not had the luxury of listening to the score on its own. I'll let you know when I receive my copy.

There is no direct correlation between the quality of the film and the quality of the score! That said, the movie ain't bad for what it is - Halloween exploitation fun!

There may be, but if you snag one for $5 in two years, it may be worth it!

It will probably be available from Screen Archives Entertainment and Dusty Groove. The prices will likely be similar, but the shipping may vary by a few dollars. If this is a slow seller, you may be able to buy it in a year or two for $10 or even $5 if they are trying create shelf space. On the other hand, it could sell out quickly, and then you're stuck with second-hand copies for $100. It's like playing the stock market. Just thought folks here would want to know, either way.

La-La Land Records and Universal Studios proudly present the fourth title in the acclaimed Universal Pictures Film Music Heritage Collection -- the world premiere official release of the original motion picture score to the big-screen 1977 horror chiller, THE SENTINEL, starring Chris Sarandon, Cristina Raines, Ava Gardner, Burgess Meredith and Martin Balsam, and directed by Michael Winner. Never before officially available in any format, renowned composer Gil Mellé’s chilling music is an expertly experimental mix of large orchestra and electronics that has earned its place as one of the great ’70s genre scores. Unnerving and horrific, tragic, yet somehow beautiful, Mellé’s work deepens the film with astounding dimensionality. Produced, mixed and mastered by Mike Matessino from multi-track studio vault elements, this special release is limited to 3000 units, includes bonus source and musical effects cues, and features exclusive, in-depth liner notes by writers Jeff Bond and James Phillips, with sharp art design by Dan Goldwasser. https://lalalandrecords.com/sentinel-the-limited-edition/

I had forgotten that her son Terry Melcher died several years back. Love Doris's Duets album. That Latin album has eluded me.

My point is that world does not exist anymore, regardless of how much we want it to, and regardless of who is playing jazz now. I was acknowledging that Chris had some connection to that vanished world. That is not a criticism of contemporary jazz artists. It is simply a fact.

I love this! She also scats on a track called "June Christy," which is impossible to find on Youtube, because every track with Stan Kenton and June Christy surfaces.

And, sadly, these are the people with a true connection to jazz. People under a certain age will not have this connection, even if they want to.

An organization and philosophy, kind of the like the Muzak Corporation with its Stimulus Progression philosophy. (The comparison is structural and not stylistic.)

Thanks for all that, JSngry. I have that bossa record but haven't spun it in a while. I sometimes feel like Stan Kenton, beyond his own accomplishments, is like this mysterious glue in the mid-century space-time continuum, like dark matter, forming a fabric that connects Stravinsky, Duke Ellington, Sun Ra, and Les Baxter - seldom, if ever, reaching the heights of any of those four, but somehow linking them all. Maybe he is responsible for all four of them in the fourth dimension, but we can't grasp that because we experience time sequentially.