[78-L] Mitch Miller Obit

[Royal Pemberton]

And wasn't 'Just friends' from those sessions Parker's favourite of his own
records?

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:

>
> Notorious because the Parker with Strings sessions are only grudgingly
> accepted by Parker fans; it was their belief that CP sold out by agreeing to
> this experiment.
>
> Cary Ginell
>
> > From: jackson1932 at cfl.rr.com
> > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 16:35:58 -0400
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Mitch Miller Obit
> >
> >
> > > 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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