Hollywood Pops Orchestra - Motion In Percussion And Orchestra

 

Someone on the  Exotica...and other Cool,Unusual Music was hinting about this. So pulled it out of a box. Liked the track Roller Coaster and digitized it for a 3set homemade compilation for my old college program. To throw in quick...

"Beguine For Bongos" is pretty good too.

Scored and conducted by Robert Lowden.

Why is it "Project 100"?

Label:    Sonic Workshop – Project No.0100
Format:   
Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold, lenticular
Country:    US
Released:    1960
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Big Band, Easy Listening

01 Malaguena   
02 Sabre Dance   
03 Old Soft Shoe   
04 Bats In The Belfry   
05 Ghost Riders In The Sky   
06 Voodoo Moon   
07 Roller Coaster   
08 Dizzy Fingers   
09 Caravan   
10 Flight Of The Bumblebee   
11 Beguine For Bongos   
12 Ski Run

LP in heavy glossy gatefold sleeve with lenticular image. To insure the optimum instrumental sound will reproduced by the microphones, each pick-up area is metered for it's most positive frequency response during each selection. The most compatible type of microphone is the employed in that specific room area. Depending on recording location, either slide or dial pot mixers are used to balance the microphone levels. "The speaker to speaker interplay is an audio-visual stereophonic experiment in motion-reaction." 

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Shorty Rogers and his Jazz Giants - Jazz Waltz

 

 

 

What is it? 

An adventure in avante garde improvisational technique combined with melodic invention... a memorable aural experience...

Oh! 

That's on the front cover.

 

Wiki 

Discogs 

Two posts in two days.. the apocalypse is approaching? No.  Was at the WICN record fair on Saturday and there a couple of collections of retired DJs... so a great opportunity to find something rare that has not been shared. Plus got my 1st case of COVID (mild) and posting while taking it easy.... 

 Linear notes by Leonard Feather. "One hundred and fifty years ago the clergyman opposed waltzing as sinful.."...

The Discogs photos are from the mono.. This rip is stereophonic , but its ripped by me...

01 I'm Gonna Go Fishin'
02 Greensleeves (Traditional)
03 Walk on the Wild Side
04 Witchcraft
05 Be as Children
06 Jazz Waltz
07 Echoes of Harlem
08 A Taste of Honey
09 Terrence's Farewell
10 The Streets of Laredo 

From Discogs

Alto Saxophone – Bud Shank, Joe Mani* (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B1)
    Alto Saxophone, Flute – Paul Horn (tracks: A2, A4, B2 to B5)
    Arranged By, Conductor, Flugelhorn – Shorty Rogers
    Art Direction – Merle Shore
    Baritone Saxophone – Bill Hood (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B1)
    Bass – Joe Mondragon
    Bass Trombone – George Roberts (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B1), Kenny Shroyer
    Design [Cover] – Mike Hinge
    Drums – Mel Lewis
    Liner Notes – Leonard Feather
    Piano – Lou Levy
    Producer – Chuck Sagle
    Tenor Saxophone – Bill Perkins (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B1), Bob Cooper (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B1)
    Trombone – Harry Betts (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B1), Milt Bernhardt* (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B1)
    Trumpet – Al Porcino (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B1), Ray Triscari (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B1)
    Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Joe Burnett, Ollie Mitchell
    Vibraphone – Emil Richards (tracks: A2, A4, B2 to B5), Larry Bunker (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B1)
    Written-By – Shorty Rogers (tracks: A5, B1, B4, B5)

 

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Bobby Scott - My Heart In My Hands

 

Picked up a "holy grail" by composer Bobby Scott. Who wrote "A Taste of Honey" an LP "The Singing Bobby Scott. My Heart in my Hands".. its dogeared with notes by Joe Slezik. He played it for decades on WICN. And now own the very copy he used to play on the radio. As you can tell from the quality of the rip.... Photo's of Joe's notation....below

The 2019 Jazztimes "Great Scott: The Multifaceted Genius of Bobby Scott" and 2009  Jazzwax "Who was Bobby Scott" worth digging into. 

It's Crazy
A Woman In Love
The Young Years
The Days Of Wine And Roses
Eight Million Stories
One Is A Lonely Number
If Ever I Would Leave You
The World Is Your Balloon
I Won't Cry Anymore
Smile

Howard A. Roberts Conductor
Torrie Zito Conductor
Fred Catero Engineer
Stan Weiss Engineer
Bob Cato Photography By
Howard A. Roberts Producer


Amazon reviews: Don E. Marchione
4.0 out of 5 stars Intense, and No Pretense
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2013
The title of the album indicates, by inference, that the late Bobby Scott was not primarily a singer. He was a musician, composer and arranger. He wrote "A Taste of Honey," which was a hit for Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass and co-wrote "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother," a big success for The Hollies. The latter song has a great message that we should all reflect upon periodically, lest we become too self-absorbed.

From what I've read, Bobby Scott was an intense guy. This is evident in his approach to singing. It's emphatic and communicative. The voice is certainly not operatic, but that's not to be expected from a person who was essentially a talented jazz musician. What is really conveyed is his musical honesty. Despite any vocal flaws, he was a very talented arranger and composer. He and Torrie Zito (who did a lot of work with Tony Bennett) arranged the cuts on this mid-60s LP, which are: It's Crazy, A Woman In Love, The Young Years, The Days of Wine and Roses (Mancini), Eight Million Stories In The Naked City (remember the TV show? Perfect mood here.), One Is A Lonely Number, If Ever I Would Leave You (a hit for Robert Goulet), The World Is Your Balloon, I Won't Cry Anymore, and Smile (Charlie Chaplin). Only a few of these songs are well-known but that does not necessarily indicate a lack of musical merit in the other cuts.

Bobby Scott was prone to try different approaches, musically, At times, at least on some of his other releases, he sounded like a 1960s soul singer. E.g. listen to his version of Climb Every Mountain on his album "Star." It's on youtube and features a great blend of a soulful sax section with a lovely female chorus. He certainly sings from the heart, although others may deem it a corruption of the original version. Tastes vary.

I'd recommend this release for those who enjoy jazz and don't demand flawless vocal prowess.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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