[78-L] Mitch Miller Obit

[Royal Pemberton]

I don't know about that, but the Jimmy Carroll who did those arrangements
for Parker was the same one who did all those vintage Golden records for
kids.

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>wrote:

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