A funny thing happened when jazz and pop vocalists like Lena Horne fell on the wrong side of the generation gap during the late 1960s. Suddenly, older classics like “Stormy Weather” and “Love Me Or Leave Me” began to sound hopelessly out of date to a younger generation of listeners, who didn’t give artists like Horne the time of day, or worse, time on their … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Watch What Happens” by Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo
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Song Of The Day – “Bloop Bleep” by Gary McFarland
Gary McFarland towed the line between samba infused light jazz and orchestral mood music. He was a vibist from California who was known as much for his vibe playing as he was for his arranging and orchestrations for others. After serving in the army where he took up trombone, trumpet and keyboards, McFarland settled on the vibes and began fronting an orchestra that backed … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Bloop Bleep” by Gary McFarland
Song Of The Day – “Light My Fire” by Bob Thiele and his New Happy Times Orchestra with Gabor Szabo
It was the year of Sgt. Pepper’s and Are You Experienced. Rock was becoming jazzy…and jazz was taking on the current crop of rock greats. Hence today’s Song Of The Day. Credited to Bob Thiele and his New time Happy Orchestra with Gabor Szabo on guitar, here we have one of the great lost guitar jazz albums of the 1960s. Just look at this line up! You’ve got Bob Thiele … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Light My Fire” by Bob Thiele and his New Happy Times Orchestra with Gabor Szabo
Song Of The Day – “Bacchanal” by Gabor Szabo
Yesterday, I wrote about the Lena Horne/Gabor Szabo album Lena & Gabor. In doing so, I listened to that album, plus records by Lena Horne and Gabor Szabo while researching the piece. As a result, I decided to feature one of Szabo’s great albums today, and to reuse some of the information that I used in yesterday’s post. Gabor Szabo was one of the few guitarists whose … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Bacchanal” by Gabor Szabo
Song of the Day – “Watch What Happens” by Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo
Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Watch What Happens” by Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo A funny thing happened when jazz vocalists like Lena Horne fell on the wrong side of the generation gap during the late 1960s. Suddenly, older classics like “Stormy Weather” and “Love Me or Leave Me” began to sound hopelessly out of date to a younger generation of listeners, who didn’t give … [Read more...] about Song of the Day – “Watch What Happens” by Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo