Teasing the Korean

Lots of Jim Flora art could be categorized as cartoon surrealism. Too many to post here, so here is a link: http://jimflora.com Richard Powers provided the cover art for many sic-fi paperbacks during the postwar era, and while he apparently didn't like his art to be labeled as surrealist, it certainly fits the category by most yardsticks. He didn't do many album covers, but this one is a gem. The music is by Dominic Frontiere, famous for composing music for The Outer Limits, and it is very much in a Les Baxter bag.

Agreed. I'm no art expert, but I was thinking that some of the above are more abstractionist than surrealist. Fun gallery, at any rate. I would say that most of what has been posted so far would qualify as "surrealist." Of course, the lines between genres are never firm. I count only three images that may be described as "abstractionist." Everything else is representational.

I find that while most or all of the characters are unlikeable to varying degrees, that all of them - even the most despicable ones - have been cast in a sympathetic light at one point or another over the course of the series.

Can anyone recommend a decent pair of speakers that aren't huge but have good bass sound? These will be a second pair placed in a second room, mostly low- to mid-level listening, mostly acoustic music (jazz, classical, etc.) Looking to not spend more than $500. Any ideas?

Thank you both. "Evidence" is indeed the quartet version on my CD copy of "Misterioso" (Columbia). I will check my LP copy also. Thanks for the discography and sessionography links. I will review those and see if I can post a list here of everything on Misterioso, where it came from, and what else from those sessions has been released. EDIT: "Evidence" on my copy of the LP is also the quartet version.

When I figured out where the notes were "supposed" to land mathematically, I played it on piano, guitar in the right hand, bass in the left. But I played it a little more behind the beat, less perfunctorily than George (or Paul?), and just kept playing it over and over, Then I played the record, and there it was. A lot of work to go through for a record I've owned since 1969, but it was worth it.

It is hard to find information on this LP via Google. First, if you search for "Monk" and "Misterioso," you get a zillion references to the song. If you search for the LP, you get zillions of hits for the 1958 Riverside LP of the same title. The Monk Columbia Discography page on Wikipedia omits this album. And Windows Media Player thinks it is the 1958 album when you pop in the CD. So who can answer some questions for me. I have heard - possibly here, buried in a forgotten thread - that some of these tracks are studio tracks with fake crowd sounds. Is this true? It appears that the Tokyo version of "Evidence" is the same recording as the one on the two-disc Tokyo Concert. Is this correct? Is the Newport track ("Light Blue") from the same Newport concert as the Monk and Miles at Newport LP? Have any of the LP's other tracks subsequently shown up on CD or LP with previously unreleased tracks from the concerts from which they were drawn? Thanks in advance.

Here is a live clip, and the guitar comes in on the and of 4, like the rock band video. It's crazy, now that I can feel it, it's like it always sounded that way.

I GOT IT! I GOT IT! 45 years later!

Thanks, Jsngry, for the detailed response. From day one, I have always felt the rhythm as you describe it in your second post (#3 in the thread). But I checked one more source, the version on the Beatles Rockband video game, which uses actual studio chatter and countoffs from the sessions. Just as I suspected, Paul kicks off the tune in 4, and that first guitar eighth note comes in on the and of four, making the intro 2 full measures of four (plus the guitar pickup beat). I can count along with it, but I'm still not feeling it. The bass notes play 3-and-4-and, and the drum fill is on beats 3 and 4 of the second measure. It doesn't help that George (or Paul?) rushes the guitar line slightly about halfway through. Incidentally, the animation is horrible. I'll take the 60s cartoon any day.

My listening is based on what I encounter. This is where I am today. Surely you 'encountered' reports of these recordings, they aren't exactly obscure. I have not, so I though it would be appropriate to inquire about them on a jazz-focused message board of which I am a member. I have a room full of LPs and CDs, and I can't know everything. Thanks for understanding. Carry on encountering... I shall, and likewise!

The first guitar note falls on the and of four. It adds up mathematically, but I can't feel it to save my life. I got "Yesterday and Today" for Christmas in 1969, in mono. I guess I will always hear it like I did when I was 5. Maybe that's not a bad thing.

On an Ellington kick this weekend. Spinning a bunch of mono 6-eye Columbia LPs, including: Jazz Party Ellington Indigos Such Sweet Thunder Festival Session Newport Bal Masque Suites (Peer Gynt and Suite Thursday)

Anyone who likes "The October Suite" may want to check out Gary's soundtrack for "Eye of the Devil," aka "13." It is not written for a jazz soloist and ensemble, but it shares some of the same thematic and textural aspects. It was slated for an LP release concurrent with the film's release, but was pulled, presumably because of the post-production issues that plagued the film's release. It's a tad pricey, but it's a limited edition that will go out of print at some point in the near future. http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/8950/EYE-OF-THE-DEVIL/ http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/cds/detail.cfm/CDID/395/Eye-of-the-Devil/

No, this is the Mosaic CD set. I'll pass.

Then I'll skip the Mosaic. I don't need yet another copy of that Vogue album.

If I can buy the Mosaic set for cheap, is this the way to go?

My listening is based on what I encounter. This is where I am today. Surely you 'encountered' reports of these recordings, they aren't exactly obscure. I have not, so I though it would be appropriate to inquire about them on a jazz-focused message board of which I am a member. I have a room full of LPs and CDs, and I can't know everything. Thanks for understanding.

My listening is based on what I encounter. This is where I am today.

How are these, and in the grand scheme of things, how "important" are they? There were two albums, one solo and one group, correct? Are these the last things he ever did? I am not a Monk completist, but I have probably 90% of his commercially released output. Just curious. Thanks in advance.

Will you ask about his film and TV scores, and in particular, can you ask if the tapes to any of his scores for "The Six Million Dollar Man" exist?

My Dad loved the Hi-Los. I guess everyone's Dad loved the Hi-Los.