[78-L] Mitch Miller Obit

[David Lennick]

Quite likely..he told me he's playing on "Chant of the Weed" and as I recall, it opens with an oboe. 

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> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 21:57:12 +0100
> From: ampex354 at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Mitch Miller Obit
> 
> I seem to recall reading somewhere MM had played on every Andre Kostelanetz
> recording made between 1935 and 1953.
> 
> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 9:35 PM, JD <jackson1932 at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > > Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 09:51:14 -0700
> > > From: Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [78-L] Mitch Miller Obit
> > > To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
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> > > As important and influential as Miller was, he probably did more harm
> > than
> > > good in his watering down of popular music in the 1950s. Didn't Miller
> > > play oboe in the notorious "Charlie Parker with Strings" sessions?
> > >
> > > Cary Ginell
> >
> >
> > Many musicians agree with you in that he was the major architect of the
> > decline of the music business, pandering (as has always been typical of
> > the
> > record business) to the lowest common denominator. Yes, he was part of the
> > Parker wth strings sessions although I don't know what's supposed to be
> > notorious about them and also a member of the wonderful Alec Wilder Octet.
> > JD
> >
> >
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