Teasing the Korean

Stan doesn't need any moldy figs in his club.

The Velvet Underground and Nico.

Oh, clearly there's no improvisation in it, luckily for us.

Teasing the Korean is a card-carrying member of THE CREATIVE WORLD OF STAN KENTON. Stan feels confident that his new organization, bolstered by TTK's participation, will do much toward furthering the success and growth of modern American music.

Stan Kenton - West Side Story - Capitol (rainbow, mono). Arrangements by THEE GREAT JOHNNY RICHARDS.

Now I have an interesting take on this because, if you read my posts in the "What Vinyl are you Spinning" thread, I have a higher tolerance for schlock than 95% of the regulars around here. I also love many, many subgenres of jazz. That said, most of Shearing's records don't thrill me that much, because, if I'm looking for jazz, they generally don't deliver, and when I want so-called "easy listening," most of his albums don't have that X-factor that I find in other artists. as a result, most of those Capitol albums leave me cold. Love that MGM stuff though! Too bad "An Evening with George Shearing" was mastered at a drastically wrong speed - at least all the copies I've picked up. I will add that Chuck Wayne's stunning "In a Chinese Garden" is one of the most gorgeous slices of chamber jazz exotica I've ever heard, and I regularly include it in my exotica sets. God bless George Shearing. As I said previously, that piano-vibes-guitar block chord sound was like my childhood vision of adulthood, with the vibes in the role of the ice cubes.

Wow, and I used to laugh at "Gigantes de Pop!"

Phil Spector's records start out with 90% of the band playing double forte and end with all of the musicians playing triple forte. Considering that at least one, if not two, generations of soundmen have lost their hearing from mixing overly loud rock shows, the wall of sound would be one of the EASIEST sounds to reproduce live, given the right hall and budget for the right musicians (a big "if" in this economy, granted). Brian Wilson took Phil Spector's ideas and went light years beyond anything Phil could do, using a much greater range of dynamics and instrumental textures. His band of recent decades has reproduced that sound perfectly (e.g. Pet Sounds, Smile), a much greater accomplishment in my not-so-humble opinion.

I think that I will have to buy this. Incidentally, SCTV did a hilarious spoof of this called Vic Arpeggio, Private Investigator: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4UBtetOiJY

Last night: John Lennon 70th Birthday Tribute in MONO, featuring choice cuts from mono Capitol rainbow label LPs Rubber Soul, Yesterday and Today, Revolver, Beatles VI, Meet the Beatles and The Beatles' Second Album, plus the mono Paperback Writer/Rain single. NP: The Piano Scene of Ahmad Jamal - Epic (mono). Early piano/guitar/bass trio sides.

Why hasn't the Third Wave's album been reissued? I realize that the MPS catalog was divided between at last two labels - not sure who has this one.

Yes, Shearing's long string of pop stuff, primarily for the Capitol label, easily clouds people's perceptions. From a technical and harmonic standpoint, he is an excellent, excellent pianist who simply did not use his skills as some of us would have preferred. That said, he became very well known, still enjoys a great career, and probably sleeps well at night. Anyone doubting his abilities should pick up any of his solo piano albums released during his career. I have at least five of these, Lord knows how many he did for labels like Laserlight (that I generally avoid). Considering how bebop was (allegedly) perceived by the general public, I was always fascinated by Shearing's ability to achieve mainstream pop success in the early quintet days largely appropriating beboppish lines. My Dad's MGM 10-inch of "You're Hearing Shearing" was an early entry point into jazz for me. That piano/vibes/guitar block chord sound was EVERYWHRE when I was a kid, TV commercials, movie scores, etc. It represented an idealized vision of adulthood - I thought the vibes were ice cubes being dropped into a glass! I'm still waiting for that idealized adulthood to kick in. EDIT for LARRY: "The Shearing Spell" is, to my knowledge, his first Capitol LP and his only studio album on the label of its sort. The rest were more schmaltzy easy listening LPs, with either strings, woodinds, etc. The other good Capitol LPs are the solo album, the live albums and the Latin ones. The bossa LP, with arrangements by Clare Fischer, is an overlooked gem.

I have classical LPs with 30 minutes per side, but they tend to be a bit noisier (because the signal is not as loud) and they tend to distort toward the inner groove.

When I saw the thread title, I was expecting some Mancini.

Ennio Morricone - The Burglars OST - Bell

Telly Savalas - S/T - Audio Fidelity 1975 follow-up to his his 1974 MCA album "Telly," which I prefer.

Mystic Moods - Extensions -Philips with Paul Beaver on the Moog!

ONLY TWO MORE EPISODES LEFT! IT FEELS LIKE THE SEASON HAS JUST STARTED!

NP: Dennis Farnon - Caution! Men Swinging - RCA Living Stereo

Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself - Verve (stereo) A fascinating record on many levels, but I have never been able to get past my personal prejudice against sessions with more than one piano. It's my issue, I'll admit. Still, I keep trying.

Recently: Azteca - S/T - Columbia Gary McFarland/Clark Terry - Tijuana Jazz - EMI (UK stereo) Clark Terry/Chico O'Farrill - Spanish Rice - Impulse! (mono) Today: Nelson Riddle - What a Way to Go! OST - 20th Century Fox (black and gold label, mono)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16127413

"Sweet Smell of Success" is brilliant. Also love him with Roger Moore in "The Persuaders." RIP.

Yonda lies da castle of my fadda.

Fifty million Teasing the Korean fans can't be wrong. Tomorrow, TTK will be BACK on Latino 54, WMNF 88.5, Tampa, www.wmnf.org Latino 54 airs from 9 am to 10 am EST. It is then archived for one magical week before it disappears forever into the ether, becoming nothing but an ephemeral memory in our collective cultural consciousness. I will spin Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, and a heavy dose of decadent delirious 1970s Latin/Brazilian/soul/funk. At least that's what I think - I only have an hour. Plus, there will be a special shout out to the great BUDDY COLETTE, and we'll play a track from THE GREATEST ALBUM EVER MADE, featuring Mr. BC on flute.