Teasing the Korean Posted Thursday at 08:14 PM Report Posted Thursday at 08:14 PM https://variety.com/2025/music/news/lalo-schifrin-dead-mission-impossible-film-composer-1236442000/ Quote
GA Russell Posted Thursday at 09:46 PM Report Posted Thursday at 09:46 PM RIP. I'll pull out my Mission Impossible album. Quote
mikeweil Posted Thursday at 09:58 PM Report Posted Thursday at 09:58 PM R.i.P. a real versatile musical giant. Will spin two of my favourites with him tomorrow. Quote
sgcim Posted Friday at 04:04 AM Report Posted Friday at 04:04 AM R.I.P I liked when he had the quartet with Leo Wright, and the work he did on piano with Diz. He had Jimmy Raney on `the Samba Para Dos album that Mike posted, and the Brilliance album, too. I just fought through the protesters and the cops again at Columbia to pick up his autobiography, "Mission Impossible: "My Life In Music". Haven't started it yet, but Raney isn't in the index. Should be fun to read his version of "The Exorcist" mess. I've already read Friedkin's side of the story. Quote
Holy Ghost Posted Friday at 05:00 AM Report Posted Friday at 05:00 AM RIP. Really appreciate his soundtrack work, especially Dirty Harry's Magnum Force; total badass. Quote
Steve Gray Posted Friday at 08:28 AM Report Posted Friday at 08:28 AM RIP Saw him in 1961 with Dizzy and Leo Wright. On the same bill as the Coltrane group with Dolphy Quote
mhatta Posted Friday at 10:33 AM Report Posted Friday at 10:33 AM (edited) 2 hours ago, Steve Gray said: RIP Saw him in 1961 with Dizzy and Leo Wright. On the same bill as the Coltrane group with Dolphy Wow! I know Coltrane toured with Dizzy's band, and there are many bootlegs from his European tour, but there are none of his (only) UK tour just before. Anywise, there may be some who disagree, but personally, while Dizzy Gillespie has many excellent works, I don't think any of them can be considered "definitive". The closest I can think of is Dizzy On The French Riviera. When summer comes around, I always remember Chega De Saudade from that album. Lalo Shifrin's piano really stands out (I wonder if he also arranged it). RIP. Edited Friday at 10:39 AM by mhatta Quote
mikeweil Posted Friday at 11:21 AM Report Posted Friday at 11:21 AM I also recommend this cheapo compilation which is the only convenient way of getting to hear his early efforts as a leader. He was an amazing versatile peformer well versed in all South American stylistics, schooled composer/arranger and could play jazz as well. His training was better than that of any Brazilian pianist, Donato included. https://www.discogs.com/release/13671849-Lalo-Schifrin-The-Early-Years The only missing session of note is the one with Eddie Harris. Reissued here: Quote
sgcim Posted Friday at 10:52 PM Report Posted Friday at 10:52 PM 17 hours ago, Holy Ghost said: RIP. Really appreciate his soundtrack work, especially Dirty Harry's Magnum Force; total badass. That vocal part sounds like it would've been good for Exorcist 2: Heretic. Quote
Holy Ghost Posted Sunday at 01:05 PM Report Posted Sunday at 01:05 PM On 6/27/2025 at 6:52 PM, sgcim said: That vocal part sounds like it would've been good for Exorcist 2: Heretic. There's another one? 😐The first one was spooky enough!!! Quote
sgcim Posted Sunday at 08:20 PM Report Posted Sunday at 08:20 PM 7 hours ago, Holy Ghost said: There's another one? 😐The first one was spooky enough!!! It was the biggest bomb of all time. No one understood what was going on, even the actors! I still keep watching it, hoping that it will make sense to me someday. Friedkin has made it clear that he had nothing to do with it. BTW, Friedkin hated Lalo's score for the original Exorcist so much, he took the tape of Lalo's music, and kicked it so hard that it rolled out of the studio, and out the door, on to the sidewalk! Quote
JSngry Posted Sunday at 09:59 PM Report Posted Sunday at 09:59 PM 1 hour ago, sgcim said: It was the biggest bomb of all time. No one understood what was going on, even the actors! I still keep watching it, hoping that it will make sense to me someday. Friedkin has made it clear that he had nothing to do with it. It reminded me of one of the acid trips I had taken, in a good way. I took a date to see it, and that was a one-and-done. Not even food afterward. Nope. Straight home. Quote
Holy Ghost Posted yesterday at 03:53 AM Report Posted yesterday at 03:53 AM 5 hours ago, JSngry said: It reminded me of one of the acid trips I had taken, in a good way. I took a date to see it, and that was a one-and-done. Not even food afterward. Nope. Straight home. Need more detes, what do you mean "one-and-done"? I may have had those kinda dates....🫠 Quote
JSngry Posted 23 hours ago Report Posted 23 hours ago Started out holding hands, but she was pulled as far away from me as possible by the time it was over Quote
Holy Ghost Posted 23 hours ago Report Posted 23 hours ago 14 minutes ago, JSngry said: Started out holding hands, but she was pulled as far away from me as possible by the time it was over I'm not going to press you more, but I just gotta know this, who did? Who pulled her away? Just sayin', my girl, me and that dude are going to have a talk out back. Just how I roll 😁 Quote
JSngry Posted 14 hours ago Report Posted 14 hours ago The movie and my enjoyment of it repulsed her. In real time. There was nobody else. Quote
sgcim Posted 6 hours ago Report Posted 6 hours ago 23 hours ago, JSngry said: It reminded me of one of the acid trips I had taken, in a good way. I took a date to see it, and that was a one-and-done. Not even food afterward. Nope. Straight home. Not a date movie, according to Pauline Kael: "The film is too cadenced and exotic and too deliriously complicated to succeed with most audiences (and when it opened, there were accounts of people in theaters who threw things at the screen). But it's winged camp--a horror fairy tale gone wild, another in the long history of moviemakers' king-size follies. " Quote
JSngry Posted 5 hours ago Report Posted 5 hours ago 34 minutes ago, sgcim said: Not a date movie, according to Pauline Kael: "The film is too cadenced and exotic and too deliriously complicated to succeed with most audiences (and when it opened, there were accounts of people in theaters who threw things at the screen). But it's winged camp--a horror fairy tale gone wild, another in the long history of moviemakers' king-size follies. " Was that 1 or 2 that she's reviewing? Quote
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