Shakin’ not stirred
The John Buzon Trio “Cha Cha On the Rocks” (Liberty Records)
(26 votes, average: 3.54 out of 5)
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Chimp chimp chiree
“The Monkey’s Uncle” (1965) Disney movie with Annette Funicello. The Beach Boys perform the title track in this bad sequel to “The Misadventures of Merlin Jones”.
(20 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5) Loading ...
Jazz in the Space Age
“Jazz in the Space Age” (1960) on Decca Records. George Russell and his orchestra featuring Bill Evans at the piano.
George Russell’s third release as a leader combines two adventurous sessions. The first features two pianists, Bill Evans and Paul Bley, and a large ensemble including Ernie Royal, Dave Baker, Walt Levinsky, Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton and Don Lamond, among others. The three-part suite “Chromatic Universe” is an ambitious work which mixes free improvisation with written passages that have not only stood the test of time but still sound very fresh. “The Lydiot” focuses on the soloists, while incorporating elements from “Chromatic Universe” and other Russell compositions. The second session adds trumpeter Marty Markowitz, valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, alto saxophonist, Hal McKusack and drummer Charlie Persip to the earlier group, in the slow, somewhat mysterious “Waltz From Outer Space,” which incorporates an Oriental-sounding theme, and “Dimensions,” described by its composer as “a sequence of freely associated moods indigenous to jazz.”
(15 votes, average: 3.73 out of 5) Loading ...
Home on the range
One of the “Music for Gracious Living” series of easy listening records on Columbia. The series focused on various scenes of home entertaining (e.g., the backyard barbeque, card games, “after the dance”)
(15 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5) Loading ...
Mann date
“Who Put the Bomp” (1961) by Barry Mann on ABC-Paramount
I’d like to thank the guy
Who wrote the song
That made my baby
Fall in love with me
Who put the bomp
In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?
Who put the ram
In the rama lama ding dong?
Who put the bop
In the bop shoo bop shoo bop?
Who put the dip
In the dip da dip da dip?
Who was that man?
I’d like to shake his hand
He made my baby
Fall in love with me (yeah!!)
When my baby heard
“Bomp bah bah bomp ”
“Bah bomp bah bomp bah bomp bomp”
Every word went right into her heart
And when she heard them singin’
“Rama lama lama lama”
“Rama ding dong”
She said we’d never have to part
So
Who put the bomp
In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?
Who put the ram
In the rama lama ding dong?
Who put the bop
In the bop shoo bop shoo bop?
Who put the dip
In the dip da dip da dip?
Who was that man?
I’d like to shake his hand
He made my baby
Fall in love with me (yeah!!)
Each time that we’re alone
Boogity boogity boogity
Boogity boogity boogity shoo
Sets my baby’s heart all aglow
And everytime we dance to
Dip da dip da dip
Dip da dip da dip
She always says she loves me so
So
Who put the bomp
In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?
Who put the ram
In the rama lama ding dong?
Who put the bop
In the bop shoo bop shoo bop?
Who put the dip
In the dip da dip da dip?
Who was that man?
I’d like to shake his hand
He made my baby
Fall in love with me (yeah!!)
(12 votes, average: 3.25 out of 5) Loading ...
Little drummer boy
“Hi-fi for Small Fry” on Diplomat Records.
(17 votes, average: 3.94 out of 5) Loading ...
Louis Prima and Keely Smith
This has been one of my all time favorite records since I was a kid raiding my father’s record collection in search of something different. This live set of Louis Prima and his wife Keely Smith knocked me out. I think it was a best seller in 1958 so you see this in most used record stores, but it remained my personal discovery for many years until David Lee Roth did a cheesey remake of “Just a Gigilo” and the Gap used “Jump, Jive and Wail” in a ubiquitous TV commercial.
As fun as Louis Prima and the high-voltage swing of Sam Butera and the Witnesses, it was also the sweet and seductive singing of Smith that hooked me. Both when joking around with Louis and singing soft and pretty, Keely remains a favorite.
(14 votes, average: 4.36 out of 5) Loading ...
Living Stereo
The great cartoonist Jack Davis illustrated this classic cover. “Bob and Ray Throw A Stereo Spectacular” a Living Stereo RCA Victor compilation lp.
(30 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5) Loading ...
