tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post2380785181113496249..comments2024-03-27T22:39:08.396-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: Sunday's "Forgotten" Soundtracks: 3rd Streamers John Lewis (ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW) and Dave Brubeck (MR. BROADWAY) for crime drama, David Amram's BeatTodd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-91760731661476493812010-02-25T15:25:57.966-05:002010-02-25T15:25:57.966-05:00Jackson might well've taken a lighter touch th...Jackson might well've taken a lighter touch than usual on this one, while still being so remarkably liquid, that might remind one of Tjader. <br /><br />I really need a new turntable, so I can enjoy (and record) my vinyl again.<br /><br />Now, Rick, all you need (in re this post anyway) is JAZZ IMPRESSIONS OF NEW YORK and NO MORE WALLS...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-63246977945787208052010-02-25T12:06:59.094-05:002010-02-25T12:06:59.094-05:00As a result of this post, I listened to the CD, an...As a result of this post, I listened to the CD, and since it was left out for a few days, put it back in and played it several more times, enjoying it each one. As I listened I got more and more into the vibes, on some of the cuts Jackson seems almost to be imitating the style of Cal Tjader, another vibe player I enjoy hearing.<br /><br />Thanks again for bringing this one to the front.Richard Robinsonhttp://brokenbullhorn.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-81239352280915358122010-02-23T14:27:35.773-05:002010-02-23T14:27:35.773-05:00I'm definitely thinking about joining Scott...I'm definitely thinking about joining Scott's Forgotten Recordings meme/roundelay. Anyone else?Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-86814133614694412642010-02-23T14:25:37.206-05:002010-02-23T14:25:37.206-05:00[squeezing swelling head through door jambs]...thi...[squeezing swelling head through door jambs]...this overpraise is encouraging, though the way I've been going about these, rather labor-intensively linking while doing my usual top-of-the-head writing in the dead of night might have to undergo some revision. Thanks, gents...and, given that PATTERNS/MUSIC FROM ODDS is an "interpretation" by the MJQ, and so definitely isn't the "true" soundtrack...though the MJQ and Guests (Schuller, the Jimmy Giuffre Trio, et al.) THIRD STREAM MUSIC, which includes the actual EXPOSURE soundtrack music, might qualify for either shelf! As might NO MORE WALLS, or MJQ's UNDER THE JAZZMIN TREE (as I recall, at least one track on that Apple Records disc is another soundtrack recording).Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-5697743468772098852010-02-23T11:49:18.094-05:002010-02-23T11:49:18.094-05:00Your knowledge (and music collection!) humbles me,...Your knowledge (and music collection!) humbles me, Todd! I, for one, urge you to continue your soundtrack reviews on whatever schedule you find comfortable. We all learn a lot from your detailed reviews!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-60609249129719952562010-02-23T10:56:55.016-05:002010-02-23T10:56:55.016-05:00I sure hope you continue to do Saturday Soundtrack...I sure hope you continue to do Saturday Soundtrack posts, even if not weekly (though that would be very welcome). The background you provide and the insight given make for entertaining and educational reading.Richard Robinsonhttp://brokenbullhorn.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-29085565553517261492010-02-22T17:47:15.040-05:002010-02-22T17:47:15.040-05:00NO MORE WALLS, which includes the opening theme fr...NO MORE WALLS, which includes the opening theme from PULL MY DAISY, is an excellent place to start. (Or listen to the soundtrack of PULL MY DAISY in its entirety on the link provided above, but I like other compositions on the album, including "Tompkins Square Park Consciousness Expander," even better.) And some Brubeck Quartet recordings, such as the <i>Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra</i> composed by Howard Brubeck and on BRUBECK PLAYS BERNSTEIN PLAYS BRUBECK (the sides with the NY Philharmonic conducted by Guess Who--the LP was reissued as SONGS FROM WEST SIDE STORY), is hardly All Quiet...though it's not yet been released on CD in its entirety that I've seen.<br /><br />And have you given the MJQ much of a listen?Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-68497871123720564462010-02-22T17:26:50.045-05:002010-02-22T17:26:50.045-05:00Well, this all makes me most interested in seeking...Well, this all makes me most interested in seeking out David Amram. Brubeck is my favorite thus far-I like quiet music mostly.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-10026931599942396082010-02-22T15:40:30.243-05:002010-02-22T15:40:30.243-05:00I saw the Patterns listing, but thought it was for...I saw the Patterns listing, but thought it was for the vinyl, and so wanted to clarify it the same on the CD, but I didn't really say that, did I?<br /><br />Regardless, it's a nice bit of music and I'm glad you nudged me to take it out and listen to it. BTW, the reason I couldn't find it the first time was it's filed with jazz, not soundtracks. This kind of thing is difficult, and though I cross reference in my catalog, on the shelves it has to be one place or the other. So it lives with the other MJQ CDs.Richard Robinsonhttp://brokenbullhorn.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-63734025398565816422010-02-22T14:47:52.398-05:002010-02-22T14:47:52.398-05:00Thanks, Rick...you'll see in the course of my ...Thanks, Rick...you'll see in the course of my post that I give that track listing, too, for the album originally issued by United Artists Records as PATTERNS (I've had a copy of that, on vinyl, since the early '80s) so, I gather, as not to confuse anyone who thought they'd be getting the film soundtrack album, which is detailed earlier in the post (and neither features the Belafonte...wonder if those songs have ever been issued, not that the "All Men Are Evil" performance would work too well outside the context of soundtrack.<br /><br />Yeah, you'll note that the cues/OST track timings are rather short, for the most part, in comparison with the (in total actually rather brief, as well) PATTERNS tracks...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-64999486818741354792010-02-22T14:26:41.480-05:002010-02-22T14:26:41.480-05:00I dug out my CD of ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW. Blue Not...I dug out my CD of<strong><em> ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW</em></strong>. Blue Note Records, CDP 7 93415 2 (released 1990). <br /><br />The CD has 6 cuts, runs 32.5 minutes. It's a digital remix from the analog masters (it says). Musician listing is: John Lewis (p), Milt Jackson (vibes), Percy Heath (b), Connis Kay (d) The reissue production was done by Michael Cuscuna (later of Mosiac Records). <br /><br />The six cuts are:<br />1. Skating in Centrral Park<br />2. No Happiness for Slater<br />3. A Social Call<br />4. Cue # 9<br />5. A Cold Wind is Blowing<br />6. Odds Against Tomorrow<br /><br />Need less to say there is a lot of music missing from this one compared to the track listing you give, I'm only to think the 1991 was a different (possibly 2-CD?) release.<br /><br />Listening to this, it's obviously a MJQ take on the music form the film, note the actual music, which had a larger ensemble playing. <br /><br />Very interesting post! Thanks for the time and effort, I learned a lot.Richard Robinsonhttp://brokenbullhorn.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-57599800940098422462010-02-22T11:09:04.542-05:002010-02-22T11:09:04.542-05:00And happy birthday, David Amram and Gunther Schull...And happy birthday, David Amram and Gunther Schuller!Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-60456499834840151612010-02-22T11:02:40.133-05:002010-02-22T11:02:40.133-05:00Cosider me floored. But, as I've noted previou...Cosider me floored. But, as I've noted previously, having met Amram once (at the first Thelonious Monk Memorial Concert, where he engaged in a jovial "cutting contest" with Dizzy Gillespie--Gillespie on trumpet v. Amram on French horn, then Gillespie on muted trumpet v. Amram on pennywhistle), the man is an utter gentleman as well as a genius. The latter are often gentlebeings, I've found, despite folklore to the contrary.<br /><br />Thank you both for commenting.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-4781237194248540892010-02-22T09:43:10.155-05:002010-02-22T09:43:10.155-05:00Well, you certainly reached the right ears on this...Well, you certainly reached the right ears on this one, Todd. Amram is new to me, so I'll have to check these out (on a non-teaching day).C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-92162556390333360322010-02-22T01:59:43.253-05:002010-02-22T01:59:43.253-05:00Thank you for a really intresting and informative ...Thank you for a really intresting and informative posting of information that is part of the hisory of the 50s that has not been documrnted n ths way before.<br /><br />A few nights ago Gunther Schuller (whom you mentioned) was honored for his recent 85th birthday and i (David<br />amram} was honored for my upcoming 80th this november, with a wonderful concert in Boston organized by classical saxophone virtuoso Ken Rafnofsky and two of his colleageues from the Boston Symphony<br /><br />Works by Gunther and myself were played, and afterwrds i jammed with a group of students from the New England conservatory at the reception<br /><br />Jazz is FINALY getting its rightful place in our society, amd all the composers you mentioned in yur fne blog are individual voices but all have created work of endurung value<br /><br />Thank you for including my score for "Pull My Daisy" which 51 years later, (thanks to the Intenet) is being seen all over the world!<br /><br />Keep up your fine work!<br /><br />Davf amram<br />amramdavid@aol.com<br />www.davidamram.comdavid amramnoreply@blogger.com