Teasing the Korean

If jazz musicians in the 1970s had any sense of humor, they would have aped the graphics from the twofer reissue labels and released their new LPs as fake reissues, right down to the recording dates and academic liner notes.

If the right singer is singing the right song with the right backing and the right arrangements, I could care less whether he or she can improvise or not. I suppose that some bass players or drummers are better improvisers than others, but I prefer the ones who can groove in a group setting.

Agree 100%. I've inadvertently gotten into some arguments about "jazz vocalists" vs. "pop vocalists" on this board. I think Eydie falls into a category of "pop" singers who, given another set of circumstances, may have had very different careers, given the right material, arrangements, and instrumental backings. Eydie really kills it in that version of "I'll Take Romance."

The Eydie Gorme "Blame It On the Bossa Nova" LP is great, as long as you skip the title tune. It is conveniently located at the end of a side, so it is easy to just flip it over at that point. Hilarious SCTV spoof of Steve and Eydie:

That was amazing. Is it me or does Steve Lawrence sound kind o like Dino in that clip? I miss those days.

Hes anyone heard The Gil Evans Project by Ryan Truesdell? He has recorded previously unreleased Gil Evans arrangements. http://gilevansproject.com

Too bad all the obits focus on "Blame it on the Bossa Nova," a terrible record that is not even a bossa. I can't believe that is the tune she's remembered for: http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-eydie-gorme-20130811,0,174833.story

Ha! I'm on a Brown/Roach kick, which inspired me to post this thread. The coda of one of the tunes has Richie playing five-note major chords in fourths - the five notes of the pentatonic scale - and it indeed sounds very like the kind of thing that McCoy would do in later years. It's interesting when you consider that this kind of voicing was done frequently with strings on pop records of the 1950s, often conveying a happy, optimistic, bustling metropolis kind of sound, but when jazz pianists started using these very same voicings in a jazz combo setting, they took on a completely different vibe. Yet another reason that the five notes of the pentatonic scale are so amazing and versatile.

Well, yes, I know about that photo, but I was wondering if there were photos of them together in, say, the 1950s, when they were both working. I realize Richie's premature death combined with Bud's hospital stays probably got in the way of this.

Yes, the voicing of the chords in fourths, I've heard about that.

I know his playing only from the Clifford Brown-Max Roach albums, and don't know what (if anything) he did beyond those. What was Bud's relationship like with Richie? I don't remember ever reading anything specific about the two of them, and I'm not even sure if I've seen a photo of them together. I know this is hypothetical, but how do you think Richie may have evolved as a player had he not died so young? At times, he comes across like he's imitating his older brother, but not always.

I'm sure I'm biased, but it seems like now all the major and semi-major young(ish) actresses all have this cookie-cutter look. It's interesting that not so long ago, you could have actresses like, say, Karen Black and Barbara Steele, who had very striking features and didn't fit neatly into any generic western ideal of female perfection. RIP Karen.

I always find John Cage, Harry Partch and/or 20th Century electronic albums at library sales.

She was awesome in Burnt Offerings and Trilogy of Terror, two Dan Curtis productions. RIP.

He is the pianist and arranger on one of my fave LPs. To me, it's sad...

This drives me absolutely insane. On a few CDs, I've had to go in and manually adjust levels and burn it back onto a disc. They sound great now, but I don't think I should have to spend time finishing someone else's album.

No one?

And electronic music pioneer THEE GREAT TOM DISSEVELT is in the band!!!

Any readers of Gary Shteyngart here? I've read three of his books, I think all of them so far. Very funny, yet with very sobering underlying viewpoints. Recommended.

I remember watching this film in elementary school. I came of age at a time when all these amazing shorts, including the films by Charles and Ray Eames, were shown in school on 16mm projectors. These films greatly helped to shape my sense of aesthetics before I even realized it. Thanks for posting.

What Is Mosaic?

What does this have to do with Bullitt?

There is/was a limited edition CD of the Bullitt score that contained both the WB LP version and the actual film tracks. It fit onto a single CD. Film Score Monthly, AKA FSM, released it. Well worth picking up. The tune in question is called "Song for Cathy." The film version is better than the LP version, IMHO. Lalo also did a re-recording of this music circa 2000, and while it is good, there was too much temporal and geographical distance from the original for it to work as well as it could have. This version is on Schifrin's own Aleph label. Not as good as the FSM, but the price is right.