[78-L] Mitch Miller Obit

[Cary Ginell]

True. The sessions kind of grew on me because they were different. Artie Shaw tried to do something similar in the late '30s but his "Art Shaw & his New Music" sides didn't do as well as his mainstream stuff, to his chagrin. But true CP bopsters that I know hate the "with Strings" stuff.
 
Cary Ginell
 
> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 22:38:37 +0100
> From: ampex354 at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Mitch Miller Obit
> 
> 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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