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

[david.diehl at hensteeth.com]

My semi-humble dos centavos:
Jeff's pain was legitimate but Feather had been foisting his twee bullsh*t on fine jazz musicians for years. He deserved a good horselaugh.
I believe Feather's wife actually wrote the lyrics for the Dinah Washington Keynotes.
He was also the major exploiter of the moldy fig vs. bop pseudo-controversy in the late '40's.
When reading his notes for sessions he did not himself produce, the sh*t to shinola ratio is uncomfortably high. He simply didn't do his homework, preferring to crib from outdated sources in his files.
I recall listening to an early 1950's Teagarden record that had a rather nice piano solo. I was stunned when I checked the notes and found that ol' Featherweight was on the ivories.
On second listen I suspect he had gone back and overdubbed a second piano track.
I had a nice conversation with Chris a few years back and he struck me as a very straightforward guy who was more than a little weary of dealing with inflated egos like Feather's.
Leonard was alway one of those "good news-bad news" kinda guys: "Hey Cozy, the good news is you got a record date. The bad news is you'll be waxing Mop Mop, Goop Goop, Dreck Dreck and Tickle My @ss with a Feather Blues.
DJD
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From: Jeff Sultanof [mailto:jeffsultanof at gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 07:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Blistering exchange between Leonard Feather and Chris	Albertson

Julian,What I was saying was that in my early twenties, I had the dubious pleasureof 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 Featherfelt like.Jeff Sultanof> Jeff Sultanof> 
---------------> So, you rank yourself alongside Feather?>> Julian Vein>>