Teasing the Korean

If we count winter songs, which have become de facto Christmas standards, you will find them everywhere. For example, Sinatra does "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" on one of his early Reprise albums. Claude Thornhill's "Snowfall" is on a zillion albums. In the 1950s, Jo Stafford did a non-Christmas album called "Ski Trails," which alternated tracks like "Baby It's Cold Outside" and "Let is Snow" with things like "Moonlight in Vermont" and "The Nearness of You."

If you have the time, you may want to consider putting some of the more desirable titles on eBay, but time is money.

I don't understand the significance of this.

What an absolutely sublime piece of music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7SUqKJb7tk

Legrand also wrote "You Must Believe in Spring." It originally had a French lyric and was part of Les Demoiselles de Rochefort;

"Watch What Happens" started out as an instrumental, as part of the score for the film "Lola." It later became a French song in "Umbrellas of Cherbourg." "I Will Wait for You" was conceived as the centerpiece song of "Umbrellas," in French, of course. English lyrics (by the Bergmans?) were added later. "What Are You Doing" was written for "The Happy Ending" (not a porn film), and I believe that the lyrics by the Bergmans were written at the same time. I do not know or remember offhand if "Pieces of Dreams" or "Once Upon a Summertime" were conceived as instrumentals and had lyrics added later, or if they began as songs.

Several by Michel Legrand, including "I Will Wait for You," "Watch What Happens," "Pieces of Dreams," "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life," and "Once Upon a Summertime."

Bumping this old thread. I finally found the Axel Stordahl version on YouTube. The whole album is here. Scroll in to about 2:40 to hear "Baubles." It is virtually the same arrangement as the Peggy Lee version above, with alternating flute/vibes and trombone in the role of Miss Lee. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDEkU7IkAP4 Incidentally, right after "Baubles," you will hear the definitive version of "Moon of Manakoora."

Actually, every record Jarrett makes is a Christmas record. He is the bleating goat in the manger.

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake.

I had to order this. The packaging is nice, it is dirt cheap, and because most of my jazz albums are on LP, it is nice to have CDs.

New York group singers circa 1958 were not "choir" singers. They could sound like a choir if that is what the job requested, but choir singers could not sing like professional New York group singers.

Ha ha! You're right!

I should expand on my opinion on vocalese lyrics. I was exaggerating in my previous post, but what is so interesting about vocalese lyrics is the the shapes and lengths of the improvised lines force the lyricist into directions that they typically would not explore if, say, writing the lyric to a standard 32-bar pop tune. The result is almost a missing link between jazz and psychedelia.

RIP.

I find vocalese lyrics in the aggregate more interesting than 95% or so of "serious" English language lyrics written in the past 100 years or so. Several of those singers were members of the Dave Lambert singers at one time or another, so Dave Lambert might have a more nuanced response to your post, were he alive to respond.

Jimmy Smith MONO Blue Note LP for a buck! In pretty decent shape too! (No scratches you can feel with your finger.)

Just curious.

No. "The Ipcress File" is one of Barry's finest themes:

You're not Peter Dunn, are you?

Any love for this one? It is basically a Lalo Schifrin album featuring Dizzy Gillespie:

Interesting observations. Thanks all for the replies. Another observation: During the vinyl purge of the 1990s, I remember trying to buy as many as I could among the jazz albums, thinking that others like me were doing likewise, and that it would all dry up in a few years. If I could have peered 20-25 years into the future and seen many of these same titles readily available for the similarly low prices, I may have been more selective.

I have a Nitty Gritty, the least automated model, which I bought new for around $300 maybe 10 years ago. It paid for itself when I sold a few rare LPs on eBay with the description "cleaned on a Nitty Gritty machine." Great customer service from the company, BTW.