[78-L] Blistering exchange between Leonard Feather and Chris Albertson

[David Lennick]

Feather had no problem getting his stuff published and played no matter how 
third rate it was..check out the songs he "wrote" for Dinah Washington in the 
mid 40s, plus "original" compositions for groups he was pushing on labels like 
Continental. There's an entire MGM lp of Feather pieces which I think is called 
High Fidelity Suite.

Can't go on..
All my Nembutals are gone..
Leonard Feather.

(Ronny Gibson, "Harry the Hipster", Offbeat & Riverside)

dl

Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> Julian,
> 
> What I was saying was that in my early twenties, I had the dubious pleasure
> of breaking my a** on an arrangement, putting it in front of a band of pros,
> and having musicians laugh at it.
> 
> You want to dig a hole for yourself and get in. One can imagine what Feather
> felt like.
> 
> Jeff Sultanof
> 
> 
>> Jeff Sultanof
>> ---------------
>> So, you rank yourself alongside Feather?
>>
>>      Julian Vein
>>