Teasing the Korean

Brasil 66's version of "Fool on the Hill" blows away the Beatles' version. Lani Hall was a great singer.

Never heard of him/her. What era?

Next: Metti una Bassa a Cena - Schema label comp of 60s/70s Italian bossa stuff. Italian bossa is like if Vogue did a spread on Brazil.

Devo, Talking Heads, the Specials and Tom Waits all made an impression on me. This was pre-MTV, and before you heard much of this stuff on the radio in the US, so it was like a window into another world.

First album from the shopping spree: Brazilian Octopus (1970). Lives up to its reputation. The first track sounds like Les Baxter in Rio during his funky "Que Mango" period. I can only hope that the whole album is this good...

I'm talking about 5 an 6 year olds who don't know how to go outside and play or for that matter communicate. They are obsessed with technology. This is (happily) not my problem, but it is a REAL problem with friends of mine.

A second vote for Sonho 70.

I hear what you're saying, but some of my friends who have kids would strongly disagree with your assessment.

Anonymous - bongo/flute hipster beatnik jazz on side 2 of Wyncote W9028. If anyone knows who the artist is (clearly not the artist on side one) please let us know.

Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade - Steinberg/Pittsburgh Symphony (Capitol FDS mono).

Bill Evans - You're Gonna Hear from Me - Milestone Live album recorded in Copenhagen, 1969. (pre-leisure suit).

Agree with the high school dork assessment. Also, many young hipsters are put off by middle age white guys who wear stupid hats and can't play 4 bars without going into their faux Coltranisms. That said, young people are exposed to jazz (to varying degrees) via sampling - for better or worse.

Latin Jazz All Stars - Jazz Heat, Bongo Beat (Crown stereo). Crown was one of the worst record labels ever. How they managed to record and release the greatest album ever made is mind boggling.

Vera Brasil - Tema do Boneco de Palha - (Farroupilha, mono)

Bill Evans - Since We Met - Fantasy Took me a while to get beyond the beard and leisure suit, but I'm glad I did.

When you dance you're charming and you're gentle.

I am obsessed with this album.

I am obsessed with this album.

Why is it that Miles's Columbia LPs show up everywhere, but the US Columbia issues of this one rarely show up?

starsailor.

He had a killer set of pipes.

Enric Madriguera - Sambas - Capitol (turquoise mono)

If Phil Bodner, the versatile woodwind / saxophonist who passed away on Sunday, Feb. 24, had only been a session musician, he still would have secured a space for himself in the jazz text books. One of the busiest reed men in the 1950s-'70s, he recorded with the top names in the music business. Sinatra, Ella, Torme, among many others. He was part of Enoch Light's Cammand label, where he recorded with such musicians as Dick Hyman, Doc Severinson and Urbie Green. And he recorded for film music sessions as well. But likely his greatest notoriety came from his work as conductor, musician and arranger for a '60s instrumental pop group inspired by another musician. Herb Alpert's "Tijuana Brass" had rose to the top ten on the Billboard charts very consistently by the mid 1960s. His twin trumpet sound featuring trombones and marimba created a sensation and scored more than a dozen gold albums. Bodner began recording as the head of his own instrumentalists group, "The Brass Ring". He higlighted a twin saxophone sound, punctuated by brass and a hip rhythm section. Two equally prolific New Jersey born musicians were featured prominently in this band: saxophonist Stan Webb and guitarist Tony Mottola. While the band didn't quite achieve the major success Alpert did, "The Brass Ring" did have a few chart hits of its' own. The "Love Theme from 'The Flight of The Phoenix" in 1965 was followed by what was arguably the group's most memorable hit: a song called "The Dis-Advantages of You". Written by 'Man of La Mancha' composer Mitch Leigh, the track, featuring the twin saxes and a wordless womens chorus, became nationally known after it was used as the background theme for a series of 'Benson and Hedges' cigarette TV commercials in the late '60s. "The Brass Ring" covered many diverse hits of the day, such as "Al-Di-La", "Samba De Orfeau" and Quincy Jones' theme from the movie "For Love of Ivy". Because of the popularity of the 'easy listening' format on FM radio stations of those days, "The Brass Ring" enjoyed much exposure throghout the late '60s and '70s. Bodner, a composer as well as musician, wrote a number of compositions for the group, as did Mottola. After the group disbanded in the early '70s, Bodner continued to keep active as a studio musician, in demand not only as a saxophonist but on numerous woodwind instruments. He also worked in New York clubs, forming a jazz combo with bassist George Duvivier and drummer Mel Lewis in the early '80s. Phil Bodner remained spradically active even into his 80s. He is survived by his wife, four children and eight grandchildren.

The Jazz Combo from "I Want to Live" - Gerry Mulligan (UA mono) Great companion volume.

The Great Johnny Mandel - I Want to Live! (ost) - UA (mono original) Every time I spin this, I think that there has never been a better jazz score than this.