Teasing the Korean

Mulatu of Ethiopia - Worthy (stereo)

Ethiopian Quintet - Afro Latin Soul - Worthy (mono reissue)

So Ghost, have you explored more of Axelrod's music since this thread was started? I LOVE Axelrod's Capitol albums - They are a tripped-out, cinematic montage of everything that was weird and wonderful about the early 70s. And they have that green Capitol label with the purple logo that always looks so badass spinning on the turntable - especially if there is flokati rug in the room.

I got the 4-disc set for Xmas and have been working my way through. Of the CTI LPs that I care about (pre-disco, no Bob James arrangements), I think I have all of them on vinyl, so it's nice to have stuff on CD. I like disc 2 (the groovy disc) and disc 3 (the Brazilian disc) the best. Discs 1 and 4 are a mixed bag. I have long been obsessed with Hubert Laws's version of "Fire and Rain" from Afro Classic. Really nice to have that one on CD.

Like night and day. Totally its own thing. It's like J&R completely shed everything they were about and reinvented themselves for one record. Five long tracks, all originals. Lots of wordless vocals, modal grooves, some free blowing, biting Wurlitzer electric piano. In a blindfold test, you would never guess this was J&R, except for perhaps the one tune with lyrics that Jackie sings. Records like this shake up the stereotype about CTI. Unfortunately, they get left off the compilations too. This has to be one of my favorite oddball albums from the 1970s. And that is saying something, believe me.

The recent threads about CTI made me think of this hard-to-find Jackie and Roy album on CTI. Does anyone know this record? As I wrote in my (anonymous) Amazon review, imagine if the Carpenters or Brasil '66 were hired to write prog music for a European industrial film in the mid 70s, and it might sound like this. It is unlike anything I've heard by them. It is unrepresented on any of the CTI CD comps I've accumulated over the years. The album itself is available only on pricey non-US releases. Curious to hear any thoughts.

Bird's solos are sometimes better on the alternate takes. I can only assume that some of the master takes were chosen because the group overall performed better. I have all this stuff on LP, and as much as I love it, it drives me nuts when four takes of something are heard in a row. (I understand the logic, though). I need to upgrade to CD so I can program more effective sets.

The good CTI records - those from the pre-disco era that lacked Bob James involvement - have their own aesthetic that is separate from jazz. When I want to hear a jazz record, I don't reach for a CTI album. And vice versa. Curiously, the more straight-ahead jazz sessions on CTI are the least satisfying. The Fender Rhodes piano and thuddy, close-miked drums don't work in straight ahead jazz, for me at least. However, that production works for the more introspective, delirious, psych funk stuff. The stuff from the Kudu label doesn't interest me much. It is blatantly commercial. But for a while at least, the best early 70s CTI albums found a way of being accessible and adventurous at the same time.

In addition to the Candido LP mentioned previously, I also have a book he wrote on jazz piano that was a good read during my formative playing years.

Thanks for posting. I take it that the A&M era CTI masters are still owned by A&M. Es verdad?

I dig his Prestige album with Candido. RIP.

Allen, why don't you pass the time by playing a little solitaire?

http://www.amazon.com/Cti-Records-Birth-Groove-Deodato/dp/B000002AH0/ref=sr_1_11?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1293598760&sr=1-11

About 10 CDs and 8 or 9 LPs.

Welcome back, Clementine. We missed you.

How long did this label design last? I'm talking the about the Blue Note label that looks like a World Pacific or Liberty late-60s LP.

It also doesn't reproduce anything from the single-disc Legacy comp, so with that, it's a five-disc set. The cover art was still a missed opportunity.

They're good for today's young couple smoking dope and screwing in front of the subwoofer. Damn right. Preferably on a flokati rug. Music on a reel-to-reel so they don't have to break the mood every 18 minutes.

Johnny Mathis, IIRC, made a number of records with Percy Faith. Because the topic of JM's sexuality was brought up, this is interesting: He came out in an interview in the early 1980s and never referenced it again. A few years ago, he was asked in another interview why he never brought it up. JM replied that he received death threats after coming out and preferred to remain silent on the subject. Sad.

I have not read through the whole thread (yet), but as someone who neither particularly likes nor dislikes Elvis, the arguments on both sides are a fun read. Not to derail the thread, but a question: Has Elvis's esteem fallen in recent decades? He seemed so huge once. Now, it seems that random samples of listeners will still gush over the Beatles and Sinatra, but Elvis's following seems to be confined to a subculture of diehards. Just curious.

k thnx bai.

We're all laughing, but in truth, we wish that WE were engaged to Hef!

Listening to this now. The Brazilian and Groovy discs are perfect for today's young couple cooking dinner. Not sure about the straight ahead disc.

I brought up this album in thread awhile back titled "Jazz albums by pop singers" or something similar, and compared this to a Julie London album. This is one of my two favorite JM albums. along with with his eponymous jazz album.

I brought up this album in thread awhile back titled "Jazz albums by pop singers" or something similar, and compared this to a Julie London album. This is one of my two favorite JM albums. along with with his eponymous jazz album.