Teasing the Korean

Who is Wynton Kelly?

We've had numerous George Shearing threads, but I have not been able to find one devoted specifically to the quintet from this era. Has there ever been any kind of definitive CD set covering this material, and if so, how is the sound? Do you think the master tapes for this music still exist? I have the Verve double LP from the 70s, and there are some glaring omissions. I have, I think, all of the MGM LP collections through the years, on both 10" and 12". Side one of "An Evening With" was transferred at a woefully slow speed that I was able to correct digitally. I would love a box set of this stuff on CD with good sound.

OK, that's more like it. It looks like Clare Fischer's Pacific Jazz album "So Danco Samba" is part of this seies also. That is a killer album!

A "nice enough big band album???"

That made my morning. Happy weekend!

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!!!