[78-L] Mitch Miller Obit

[Julian Vein]

Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> I'd like to make a couple of distinctions if I may.
> 
> There are really three categories of Parker with strings: the Jimmy Carroll
> arrangements, the Joe Lipman arrangements and what could be termed
> miscellaneous. Joe Lipman has gone on record saying that he did exactly what
> Parker wanted, that Parker was very proud of these sides in general. The
> Parker with strings book currently resides at the Institute of Jazz Studies,
> and I've edited several of them for publication, so I've been able to
> examine manuscripts and gain a lot of insight into this music.

> The Carroll arrangements are not very good as a whole. Carroll was probably
> recommended to Granz by Mitch Miller, as they were fellow students at
> Eastman and were both members of the Alec Wilder Octet. There are a bunch of
> arrangements by Carroll that weren't recorded and were probably not played
> in public (They Didn't Believe Me is one). "Just Friends" happens to be
> arranged by Carroll; most Parker fans think that this is one of his best
> records, and I would agree.

> 
> Jeff Sultanof
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Is this the same Jimmy Carroll who recorded Old Time Waltz Medley for 
Vocalion with Chick Bullock vocals?

      Julian Vein


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