Teasing the Korean

I'm bummed. I've only been around for about a year, but I'll miss this. Especially the "What Vinyl are you Spinning" thread which has become an addiction...

Generally speaking, how did radio treat jazz between, say, the end of the big band/swing era and the beginnings of alternative programming on FM? Were there AM stations that featured then-current jazz? Did stations do live broadcasts of jazz artists? I'm sure someone could write a book on this (if it hasn't been done already). I'm just curious as to how jazz fit in with commercial radio during during this period.

Various - Blue Brazil, Vol. 2 - Blue Note First rate collection of 60s and 70s bossa and MPB stuff, from the vaults of Brazilian EMI-Odeon.

Jazzbo purists typically reject McFarland's more pop-leaning output. Without having heard 13, It is from the era of "Soft Samba Strings" "The In Sound," and "Scorpio and Other Signs." If Mosaic did a McFarland set, it would likely focus on his earlier jazz writing and arranging...

Herbie Mann - Impressions of the Middle East - Atlantic stereo Superb arrangements by Arif Mardin. I like far too much music to have lists of favorites, but this one would easily go on my short list of favorite groovy instrumental albums from the 60s. And I have LOTS of groovy instrumental albums from the 60s.

I wish they would issue the Gary McFarland "13" soundtrack. This one was ready to go back in '66 or '67, with cover art, a catalog number, and advertising, but it was yanked at the last minute.

Chico Buarque, Vol. 3 - RGE mono. From 1968. He looks like he's about 12 on the cover...

Milt Jackson - Jazz n Samba - Impulse (later ABC stereo pressing)

http://www.angelfire.com/ky2/cumberlandgap...HawaiiCalls.mp3 There is something very eerie about listening to old broadcasts such as this...

The Kinks - The Kink Kronikles - Reprise Excellent 2-disc overview of their classic period (1966 to 1970) This will soon be Porcy62's copy and it looks and sounds perfect!

I have heard stuff by him over the years, but I don't have anything by him and need to know more. I've liked everything I heard. I heard some big band arrangements he did for (at least) one of his albums that I especially dug. Can tell me which album (or albums) focus on his arranging?

My Dad's copy of the 45 rpm box set. Capitol purple label. Supposedly, this was the first album that utilized a full four-color process for the cover art. Theremin played by Dr. Samuel Hoffman Arrangements by The Great Les Baxter...

Herbie Mann - The Family of Mann - Atlantic (mono)

On Drums Around the Corner, I like "Lee's Tune" the best so far. It seems like the session never quite jells, though. The extra percussion almost seems superfluous on some tracks.

On a serious note, there are few moments I enjoy more in life than uncorking a bottle of wine just after the tone arm has lowered onto a great jazz LP.

I have all of these Blakey drum albums with the exception of "Skins." I especially love "The Drum Suite" for the exotica content. What do you guys think of "Drums Around the Corner?"

I saw them on that tour and "Tattoo" was by far the highlight of the show. Not surprisingly, it was the only tune of the night that was not met with an enthusiastic response by the blitzed dirt rockers in the crowd.

Just to clarify my previous posts, I do not mean to diminish the value of a solid classical background when playing jazz.

Double post.

For starters, situations where your thumb is on a black key (a no-no in classical, but one that happens for practical and/or accidental reasons when improvising). Also, in classical technique, you are told to descend on the natural minor after ascending on the melodic minor. There are few practical applications for this in jazz playing.

Are we talking strictly technique? There isn't even agreement on classical piano technique, let alone jazz technique. Different approaches work for different players. Lots of classical pianists got into trouble with all of that "lift the fingers high" and "turn the thumb under" stuff in the Hanon books, which were the main classical piano technique books for decades. As someone who plays jazz piano and has also studied classical piano, I can say that there are situations in jazz that the classical technique books don't truly prepare you for. On the other hand, if you're a jazz pianist, spending a lot of time with the classics won't hurt you.

Art Blakey - The Drum Suite - Columbia 2 eye mono

You will also need the right size stylus, to get the most music and least amount of surface noise.

This Here is Bobby Timmons - Riverside - mono.

I stay in bed and hide on Black Friday, don't worry! I did pick up a tree on Friday, though, and started to decorate it.