Teasing the Korean

So I'm listening to the two Blue Note albums I have: Something Personal and Easterly Winds. I got these years ago, not knowing anything about Jack Wilson, and I think I listened to them only once. (Sorry; I have accumulated too many albums.) As soon as I put on Something Personal, I knew instantly that this was not Rudy Van Gelder. The piano really rang, and the bass had a lot of presence. Sure enough, I checked the credits, and it was recorded in LA. It is a nice recording, despite what sounded like a little distortion in places. Then I put on Easterly Winds, and there was that Englewood Cliffs sound. Pure Blue Note, meaning I had to hit the mono switch to bring up the bass and piano a little. Very nice records, though. I wonder if the one tune about the parkway at 5 pm inspired "The World is a Ghetto."

What was his hair like? That must have been a factor also.

I have no idea who is even alive anymore, including Benny Golson. Happy 90th!

Forget it, J. It's Doodletown.

That approach is often used by the lower-end PD labels to mask the fact that they are using vinyl.

Yes, that's it. If the distortion is increasing toward the center, it's vinyl. Of course, if they were using pristine vinyl and very high end turntable, cartridge, and tone arm, you wouldn't hear this. But someone with that kind of money probably wouldn't waste their time or resources re-issuing Sauter-Finegan records from the 1950s.

Tell tale signs include a combination of minor clicks/pops during quiet passages and inner groove distortion. If tracks 6 and 12 sound more distorted than the rest, there you have it.

Oh, that sounds promising. Do you think it was mastered from vinyl?

Jack Wilson is someone whom I missed entirely when I was first discovering jazz. Several years back, I picked up a couple of Blue Note albums on CD. I need to re-spin these.

Here's another Legrand tune with Bergman lyrics, beautifully sung by Jack:

Listening now. Great stuff on here!

Of course. I am writing with my own set of prejudices and expectations, just like anyone else. My problem so far with Sauter-Finegan is that I think some of their stuff is very good - I just can't find an entire album like that (although Inside and Concert come the closest so far). I think my taste in S-F leans more closely to what Jsngry is seeking, even though we may be using slightly different terminology. For a comparison, I think of someone like Les Baxter, who did IMO top-shelf stuff (exotica) and schmaltzy stuff, but he did not mix the two styles on the same album. Regardless of your preference, it is relatively easy (though at times pricey) to just get what you want and avoid what you don't want. Again, I am looking forward to hearing about S-F's Adventure in Time album, which seems promising.

Bump. I have been listening to lots for Morton Feldman on YouTube for the past few years. The longer I listen to him, the more awestruck I am. He seems to link together many of my musical interests but in a completely singular way.

We have the Demy DVD box set and we watched that for the first time a few months back. Yes, the music is great, as is the film.

Funny, I was almost going to write, "Well, at least Legrand didn't work with Gene Lees." (Or did he ever?) Plus, all of Legrand's music is available in instrumental versions, but I realize that is not the same thing as getting a lyric you don't like out of your head.

Not sure what you mean. I was interested to get the back story regarding the alleged plagiarism, but I still like some of their tunes, including the Jack Jones tune I posted, regardless of who wrote them.

Aw, shucks, thanks. But please, for the last time, I'm not going to see Kenny G with you.

That is interesting. I never knew this. I always thought the Bergmans nicely captured the adult ennui of the so-called silent generation, those who were a little too young for WWII and a little too old for the 60s counterculture. The people who would buy a Moog album at the checkout of the A&P. Bergman lyrics remind me of a woman who wears heavy eye makeup to conceal the fact that she's been crying because her husband is having an affair with his young secretary. Here is a Legrand Bergman tune that I really like, and Jack nails it.

Thank you!

Yes, Demoiselles. Try to find that instrumental version if you can.

Great, please report back! I have apparently missed an album in the chronology, another that I don't have: The Sons of Sauter-Finegan - RCA LPM 1104. Cover art: Jim Flora. Now drinking: Passion Fruit La Croix sparkling water. (I don't drink alcohol Monday through Thursday.) This may be only marginally a Sauter-Finegan album. It is apparently members of the band blowing through head arrangements, thus making a potentially "jazzier" album than some of the others in the S-F catalog. Does anyone have this and can you describe it?

Next up: Adventure in Time - RCA Victor LPM-1240 Cover Art: Minimalist moderne scientific Now Drinking: Lemon ginger tea This album has eluded me, and judging by the cover art and track titles, I suspect that it is one of their best. There are no references to Doodletown. I have only one track, "Swingcussion," on an RCA Space-Age Pop volume. It is rapped by Joe Venuto. I can't find it on YouTube. Does anyone here have this album, and can you describe it? A1 The Jukes Family Takes A Holiday A2 E = MC² A3 Time Machine A4 World Without Time A5 The Minute A6 The Stone Age B1 Whoo Doo Voodoo B2 A Chinese Painting B3 Abstraction B4 Kinetic Energy B5 Swingcussion B6 Roulette - P.S. He Lost

I love Legrand's instrumental version of this album. In the US, it was released on a United Artists LP. It is part of the aforementioned Demy box set on CD, but I don't know if it has ever had a decent stand-alone release.

Yes, I have that! What is frustrating about the box sets is they all contain music that is not available elsewhere.

The Anthology, which I believe has 15 discs, is I believe out of print. https://www.amazon.com/Anthology-Michel-Legrand/dp/B00F570JN6/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1548634137&sr=1-1&keywords=legrand+anthology I also have the Legrand/Demy box set: https://www.amazon.fr/Intégrale-Michel-Legrand-Jacques-Coffret/dp/B00B2HQYBE/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1548634186&sr=1-2&keywords=legrand+demy and the Cinema box set, which may also be out of print, based on the price: https://www.amazon.com/Cinema-Michel-Legrand/dp/B0009F7FPY/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1548633990&sr=1-1&keywords=cinema+michel+legrand