Teasing the Korean

Nice to see that boring jazz musicians/writers can agree with the tea party on something. Maybe this is a new untapped jazz audience.

Cool story! I love Shorty's stuff from the period you describe. Curious, are there any specific techniques you could describe from either of those two scores that made a particular impression on you?

I wish someone would release an expanded version of "Death Wish" that includes all of the cool music in the film that did not make it to the LP.

Been snapping up the Brazilian comps on Soul Jazz. Some common stuff mixed with stuff I never heard, or at least that I didn't have on CD.

Lennie Tristano - New York Improvisations - Elektra Musician 1980s release of 1950s home recordings.

Lennie Tristano - Requiem - Atlantic Twofer reissue of Atlantic 1224 and 1357.

Bobbie Humphrey - Blacks and Blues - Blue Note

I used to post in this forum a lot, not so much in recent years. Today is a rare day when I'm home alone and spinning vinyl.

Al Cohn - Son of Drum Suite - RCA (stereo)

Arne Domnerus - Swedish Modern Jazz - RCA Camden (mono)

The Beatles were a big part of my youth, but strangely, I've never read a book on them and probably never will. How is the writing style? I will read bios/histories only if they read like a good novel. I am not into technical or clinical writers who obsess over dates and restaurant tabs yet demonstrate no storytelling skills.

Booman has an address in Teaneck, NJ. I wonder if they are part of the Springboard/Trip Records empire.

Does it have the same great cover art?

Yes, that's the one, on Booman, with African masks on the cover.

I have an LP called "A Musical Safari" on a weird label. It is a 1974 release of a 1961 performance at the Monterey Jazz Festival. It is a quintet with Lalo Schifrin and they are doing stuff that they typically did back then, like "Kush" and "Desafinado." It is a very good quality recording, better than what I was expecting. Does anyone know if this has been released on CD?

Is "Jazz Heat, Bongo Beat" getting reissued? Or Milt Raskin's "Kapu?"

If it has that nervous twilight zone sound, I'm in.

Thanks, never knew of these.

This sounds like something I would love. Where can I find a copy? Is Christiane Legrand on vocals? Is it anything like the "Jazz Cantata" on "Jazz et Jazz?"

How much André Hodeir is available on CD? Here is what I have: The Vogue Sessions Jazz et Jazz Jazz in Paris - Jazz & Cinema Kenny Clarke plays André Hodeir Le Jazz Groupe de Paris Plays André Hodeir What else?

Just got the box. Nice packaging, nice thick sleeves. I'll report back on the music after November 1, but until then, it's all Halloween music!

Johnny Richards runs hot and cold for me. I think "Cuban Fire," "West Side Story" and "Rites of Diablo" are brilliant, but other stuff, like "Wide Range" and "Spanish Spoken Here" leave me cold. Did Johnny Richards do "Adventures in Time?" That is pretty good. Pete Rugolo is the one Kenton arranger who I find generally consistent throughout his catalog. But most of the other Kenton arrangers, including Johnny Richards, are not a blind buy for TTK.

If I ever buy one, I'll let you know what it is. But I am a Mosaic virgin still.

Since this is a jazz list - and in recognition of Lou's passing - I will tell a personal story that has to do with Lou Reed and jazz: In the early 1980s, I was a freshman majoring in jazz at a university that, at the time, had a reputation for being one of the best universities for jazz in the U.S. As a part of my music scholarship, I had to work two hours a week at a desk dispensing keys to practice rooms. I chose a Saturday or Sunday morning slot, probably 10am to noon. I would typically bring my boom box with me. This was not only for listening to music, but - more importantly - to drown out the cacophony of 50 simultaneous readings of 50 different Charlie Parker Omnibook solos creeping through the cracks of 50 practice rooms. One morning only a couple of weeks into the semester, I brought a cassette with "The Velvet Underground and Nico" on one side and "White Light/White Heat" on the other. A student I knew stumbled through the front doors. He was an older student - a junior or senior - who had been assigned something of a leadership role in the freshman/sophomore ensemble in which I was enrolled. He comes to the desk to get a practice room key, and he stops and listens for a minute. He asks, "What is this shit?" I reply, "The Velvet Underground." He listens for a few more seconds, then he says, "Man, you shouldn't be listening to one-chord crap like this, you need to be listening to Wynton Kelly and Red Garland, so you can get that swing feel, not this shit! Why are you listening to this?!?" I just looked at him. This kind of got the semester off to a bad start for me, and became emblematic of everything I hated about the university jazz experience. I ended up leaving and majoring in English at a different university. It was probably four or five years before I could ever listen to a jazz record again, it was that bad. Thank you, Lou Reed.