Teasing the Korean

We had two B&M stores in our area. Both carried new and used vinyl. One closed recently - It had far more CDs than vinyl. The other store remains open and I regularly score incredible stuff for short dough.

Are there alternate takes of "You Gave Me the Gate?"

My favorite Esquivel album.

And Jane Monheit does a nice version of "So Many Stars."

YES, I forgot about that one. It came directly after Fool on the Hill IIRC. That album has almost a psychedelic quality to it. Both Dave Grusin and Don Sebeskey developed this style of psychedelic string and woodwind arranging that all but disappeared. You hear it on later Brasil 66 records and early 70s CTI records.

Absolutely. Their third and fourth albums, "Look Around" and "Fool on the Hill" are both perfection, top to bottom. Love the tracks that sometimes get overlooked on the collections, such as "Like a Lover" or "So Many Stars."

At these prices, who's arguing? The rainbow covers are among the most affordable BN vinyl you can find, next to the double album retrospectives.

The Brasil '66 versions bring an air of international elegance to these songs, suggesting images of Burt and Angie drinking Martini and Rossi on their yacht on a warm summer night, or huddled close by the fire at a ski lodge drinking sherry.

Day Tripper... Norwegian Wood... And of course... The Fool on the Hill. Whenever Brasil '66 did a Beatles tune, it always BLEW AWAY the Beatles' own version. There are plenty of examples on Youtube, but I'm too lazy to post them. They are also readily available at a thrift store near you. That's it, I'm going to bed. Happy MLK weekend!

Is it true that the LP and CD releases of LD's "Lush Life" are mastered from an acetate? I read this someplace online, and if the interwebz says so, it's got to be true. Listening to the vinyl DMM version and it sounds fine to me.

Lou Donaldson - Lush Life - Blue Note (stereo) Arrangements by Duke Pearson. The perfect album for today's young couple cooking a dinner of polenta with tomato/mushroom sauce.

Kenny Dorham - Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia - Blue Note (mono)

Lonnie Smith - Finger Lickin' Good Soul Organ - Columbia (2 eye stereo) I cannot believe that this is unavailable on CD.

So does that mean that Vol. 5 was the final cinema disc (not counting the Miles soundtrack).

Have there been any additional volumes of Jazz & Cinema? I have vols. 1-5. Also, always looking for Twilight Zone jazz along the lines of Andre Hodeir's "Jazz et Jazz."

Not only was Jobim a much better pianist than guitarist, but he resented being presented as a guitarist, which was largely due to Sinatra's insistence (the TV special, the album, etc.). He felt it perpetuated the image of the "latin lover with the guitar." He played guitar only because everyone in Brasil played guitar. But piano was his true instrument (aside from the pen). Larry, you really should read Ruy Castro's "Bossa Nova" book if you haven't already.

The trombone may be Urbie Green - he was Jobim's favorite - but I'm not certain. Speaking of "certain," try to find "A Certain Mr. Jobim," also on WB, from the same period (There is a CD with both albums). I love both of these.

This seems to support my theory that it was wheeled in for the de Sade album and others played it while it was there. Just a guess on my part.

So am I. I have 5 volumes on LP. EDIT: He has been listed the whole time, since 2007.

RVG did some classical sessions early on, correct? Is it possible that he had a harpsichord the whole time? If not, my (non-academic) theory is that one was brought in for the de Sade album, and musicians playing on other sessions were tempted to make noise on it while it was there.

De Sade was recorded in April 1966 at RVG's pad. What are the dates of the two BN sessions previously cited? If they are from the same period, maybe he wanted to get some mileage out of having the harpsichord there.

I think he engineered Lalo Schifrin's "Marquis de Sade," but the harpsichord in that is very deliberate and part of the concept.

Can't tell you where RVG went thrift shopping, but the following thread I started some time ago is related:

Read some Jim Thompson. But after you have read everyone else you want to read. It'll be hard to go back to the others.

Very much agree with the last three posts. And I stand by my earlier statement that some of those early 70s CTI LPs with those great Sebeskey arrangements found a way to be commercial and very creative at the same time. Many of those albums had two long tracks per side - hardly a recipe for an instant pop smash, even by early 70s standards. As for the whether the Getz/Gilberto and similar bossa-oriented projects are "real bossa," or not, frankly, I could care less. The results are what matter; label it as you may.