Teasing the Korean

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/20/entertainment/donald-sutherland-death/index.html

I have it; just tested myself. Going straight to bed.

They have had this gig on Sunday nights for nearly 30 years. Try to go next time you are in NY. Arturo strikes me as a very sweet and humble guy. He seems genuinely moved that all these people come out to see them every weekend.

On Sunday, June 16th, I saw Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra at Birdland. They played the entire Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite.

Last night, Ms. TTK and I were out having dinner with my bro and his wife. The musical selection was very good. At one point, a singer came on. My brother asked who it was. I listened. "It sounds like Rosemary Clooney," I said, noting the combination of her vocal quality, with that slight bit of rasp. So I took out the Shazam machine, but by this point, the soloists were blowing, and I couldn't get a read. Finally, Rosemary Clooney or whoever she is returned, and the Shazam machine told me the song is "Treat Me Rough" by Betty Bennett. I don't think I have ever heard of Betty Bennett. Any fans?

Thanks. I have toyed with the idea of picking up a few secondhand Mosaic CD sets. It seems that, overall, the prices have come down for many of these.

Do these sets still increase in value after they've sold out, or did that ship sail a while ago?

Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies and Other Exotic Delights - Numero Group.

They were basically working in Three Sounds/Ramsey Lewis territory, with the addition of Latin Percussion. Yet another example of secondhand Decca LPs being hard to find. I have two of their Decca albums, and one on Atlantic.

He's got the voice to do Cannonball. And I could listen to Cannonball talk non-stop, forget the sax.

We have to make a film about this and get Wendell Pierce to play Cannonball!

Also, it's from the 1980s. "From 1984 to 1986, Allen created and hosted Steve Allen's Music Room which aired on the newly formed Disney Channel.[28] This was a talk show with jazz vibraphonist Terry Gibbs leading a studio band with the top Los Angeles musicians to include Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli, Carl Fontana, Med Flory, Plas Johnson, Alan Broadbent, and drummer Frankie Capp. 27-year-old Bill Maher was the announcer and "sidekick." The show featured musicians and entertainers including Melba Moore, Joe Williams, Paul Williams, Burt Bacharach, Anthony Newley, Rosemary Clooney, Lou Rawls, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, and Henry Mancini. Allen spun off a similar show for Disney, Steve Allen's Comedy Room, this time with professional comedians talking about comedy styles." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Allen

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13519845/Iconic-1960s-French-singer-Francoise-Hardy-dies-aged-80-long-battle-cancer.html

I did not know that! I would refer to it as mechanized, geometric, and futuristic. It is like the musical equivalent of Richard Powers' paperback illustrations.

It didn't stop him from being photographed jogging in a track suit! Love that album cover, and I think that was my first Monk album!

Thanks for confirming!

So, has anyone picked this up? A one-star Amazon review reads as follows: "All of these CDs were pressed using sub subpar, highly compressed, lossy digital files that don't come close to approaching the dynamic and frequency range of CD quality. Poor bootleg quality presentation."

I used to - and occasionally, still may - place a black dot with Sharpie next to the titles of an album's money cuts on the record labels. That has proven helpful in short-notice DJ situations. That's about it.

Hope you feel better!

Back in my rock days, I always loved the first two Columbia albums, All the Young Dudes and Mott, but I did have at least two of their Atlantic LPs. On her annual Christmas show, Ms. TTK always plays "Death May Be Your Santa Claus."

Stu Phillips/Harry Revel - Music from Out of Space (MGM) Larry Elgart - Impressions of Outer Space (Brunswick)

Our late Siamese tripod Pyewacket responded to music. I'll never forget the time I played Bobby Montez's Jungle Fantastique on my Bose docking station, and she stood in front of the speakers for the entire album!

The shelves in my pic are from Home Depot. They sold them in the 1990s and early 2000s; not sure why they discontinued them. They are stackable, so over the years, we bought many of them as the LP accumulation expanded.