Teasing the Korean

What's this like? Excellent! Really enjoyed listening to that one. Very nice session with a lot of flutes but also plenty of solo space for Wilder, Rehak, Wess on tenor on a couple of tunes, Mann also on one! This does not seem to have been reissued (checked the list of reissues on the recent Savoy/Denon thread). Strangely, the LP also includes one number (Woolafunt's Lament) which was recorded at the 'Jazz For Playboys' album but did not make it there! Any alto flute? I love alto flute. What's the rhythm section like? Any bongos? Latin percussion goes well with flute.

Vinicius/Toquinho - self titled Philips LP with clasped hands on the cover.

I love The Pink Floyd. I am completely indifferent to Pink Floyd.

What's this like?

What's to be guilty about? MG Nothing. I was being ironic.

Agreed. I was simply defining "functionality" in the way you mean "mood music." This may be so, but who's to say the music isn't affecting the person subliminally in a positive way? I truly believe that there is a certain appreciation of jazz on particular levels among people who may not even realize it. I've never understood this. We're all guilty of playing background music.

There is a school of thought among many film composers that the most effective film scoring goes unnoticed. I understand the logic but don't entirely agree, because some people inherently have a greater ability or desire to pay attention to the music, regardless of the composer's intention.

It's ironic that listeners (assuming they listen) are so vocals/word oriented, considering the *generally* low standards of pop lyrics since the days of people like Cole Porter. Aside from the better rap lyrics, that is.

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As someone who has worked professionally as a jazz musician with a room full of jazz LPs and CDs, I would be lying if I said I never used jazz functionally - ie as background music while doing the dishes, as background music if friends were over for a drink. Of course, only certain types of jazz work in this context. And I hate smooth jazz, if that's what you're thinking. I simply don't have the luxury of devoting lots of time to serious, extended and focused listening that I did when I was younger. That's adulthood, I guess...

I understand your point, but don't you think there are people out there who "use" jazz functionally, for better or worse?

What album or CD are these tracks released on?

The 3% figure for US sales is fairly generous. I've heard it was less than that.

Ya gotta hear "Voodoo Suite" (if you haven't already) and the harder to find "Concierto para Bongo," both of which take up an LP side. "Exotic Suite of the Americas," another extended work, is less satisfying IMHO.

I don't think that most "Americans" - I'm sure the writer means US residents - actively dislike jazz; I think they are largely indifferent to it. And I don't think music in general is as important to most people as it may have been a generation ago.

Why go through the time and trouble of transferring your Styx albums when you can just go to the thrift store and pick them up on 8-track?

We will all need to buy new TVs at some point whether we want to or not. Gee whiz, could that be a motivating factor for the switch?

A stereo copy, unfortunately, of a KILLER album. If there's one thing that drives me CRAZY, it's stereo mixes with the bass off to one side, as it is here.

John Meheagan wrote a series of jazz piano instruction books, "Contemporary Styles for the Jazz Pianist" which were considered pretty good at one time, mostly for the left-hand chord voicings. A lot of this stuff is old-hat by now, but at the time this may have been the only place to read about this kind of thing. I've never heard his recordings. How would you describe his style?

Thanks. Are you familiar with Salazar or Fernandez?

Thanks for the info! Sounds like it's what I'm looking for, based on your description.

Any idea how it compares to the books by John Storm Roberts, Max Salazar, or the other book by Raul Fernandez?

Is there a rotten tomato smilie?

Is there a definitive book or two on the history of Latin jazz? Something that gets pretty indepth. It does not have to be overly academic though I'm not opposed to that. Musical analases with notation are fine too. Preferably something that can be obtained fairly easily.

I really love "Jazz Impressions of Japan" and a few oddball things like "Brubeck Plays Bernstein Plays Brubeck."