GA Russell

Thanks Ed!

Thanks for this thread! I remember Sonny Criss's Prestige albums being advertised in Downbeat ("The Giants are still on Prestige!"), but I'd never heard any of them. Not long ago, I picked up the Complete Imperials cheap from the BMG Jazz Club, thinking that they are probably pretty good because they were issued as a Complete set. This thread reminded me of that purchase, so I opened it up today and have been listening to the first album's material, which I'm really enjoying.

Great find mikeweil!

Thanks! I haven't heard that in decades!

I vote against it. I find the lengthy title track to be boring.

I'll be reviewing this one for All About Jazz. The good news: It's a terrific album. The bad news: I prefer the original Pacific Jazz rcordings.

I'm listening to something now that I think fits the bill: American Dreams by Charlie Haden with Michael Brecker, Brad Mehldau and Brian Blade, with strings.

JimR, Mas Que Nada was Brasil '66's first single, and was the group's signature tune. I remember seeing them sing it when they were introduced to the world on The Tonight Show in the summer of '66. Brasil '66 made a number of appearance on The Tonight Show and the Danny Kaye Show, but they did not enter mainstream consciousness until the spring of '68 when they sang The Look of Love on the Academy Awards Show. That single made the Top 40 radio stations and was really their first hit. Their third album Look Around included that song and was released shortly before the Oscars show appearance. However, Sergio fired everyone in the band except the lead singer Lani Hall between the recording of that album and the Oscars appearance. So the group which toured the country singing that hit were different people from those who recorded it. It is my recollection that both of Lani Hall's co-singers became actresses. Janis Hansen had a recurring roll on The Odd Couple, and her replacement Karen Phillip played Lt. Dish in the MASH pilot.