tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post4736744977509439586..comments2024-03-19T21:14:01.007-07:00Comments on The Compass Rose: Salli Terri & The Almeida Combo Recordings of 1958Curtis Favillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-50992487525565745232013-02-16T21:29:13.241-08:002013-02-16T21:29:13.241-08:00I really enjoyed your comments about the "Due...I really enjoyed your comments about the "Duets" album, which I just bought in CD form (for twice what you thought it was selling for), after owning the cassette recently and the original LP years ago. Salli Terri really is remarkable, as is Martin Ruderman (flute) and of course, Almeida. I'm listening to folk songs Salli recorded right now (Red River Valley is playing) through Spotify. Year ago, there was a great classical music station in Sausalito, serving San Francisco and the surrounding area: KDFC. The program director was Bill O'Connell, whom I believe now works in Cleveland. His voice was so good and his reading so relaxed, I actually listened to -- even looked forward to -- his low key commercials. Bill used selections from "Duets" as background music for his station ID's, which is where I first heard them. According to the Salli Terri's "unofficial" website, Villa Lobos himself thought her version with Almeida on "Duets" of the Bachianas Brasilieras #5 was the one he personally enjoyed the most. By the way, Spotify has the entire album available, as well as several others by Salli Terri.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-19709915401107333082011-11-22T16:27:15.065-08:002011-11-22T16:27:15.065-08:00Thank you! In addition to the mechanics and scienc...Thank you! In addition to the mechanics and science of recording, I believe another mystery (to us outsiders) is role of the gut level instincts and ear of the producer sitting in the recording booth. I have a clear memory of a conversation between my dad and the great Eleanor Aller Slatkin, cellist with the Hollywood String Quartet. They were discussing a heated arguement that had taken place years earlier over which take to use in an HSQ recording. That day, she confided to my dad in a low, laughing voice, "...you were right!"Teresanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-64737176131479303262011-11-20T09:38:55.402-08:002011-11-20T09:38:55.402-08:00Teresa:
Producers and engineers are the great uns...Teresa:<br /><br />Producers and engineers are the great unsung heroes of the music business.<br /><br />How much of what makes an album great is the result of great mechanics and editing? These are mysterious areas for most of those of us who do the actual buying and listening. <br /><br />Thanks for this post!Curtis Favillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-19083521045814647762011-11-20T08:34:53.113-08:002011-11-20T08:34:53.113-08:00I just came across this post about "Duets wit...I just came across this post about "Duets with the Spanish Guitar," produced by my father, Robert E Myers. I deeply appreciate your generous and thoughtful comments. "Duets" was a remarkable accomplishment in the lives of the artists, as well as for my dad and the engineer Sherwood Hall III, who was awarded the first classical engineering Grammy for "Duets". As you might imagine, it is gratifying that the recording is still available on iTunes et al. You might be interested in the Wikipedia page on my father, "Robert E Myers record producer" which includes his discography and an overview of his career with Angel Records. Again, thank you.Teresanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-139271310474819022011-01-02T02:01:00.108-08:002011-01-02T02:01:00.108-08:00I also drove Johnny Unitas from the Westin Hotel t...I also drove Johnny Unitas from the Westin Hotel to the Kingdome for one of his not very numerous gigs as a color commentator.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05061304265345986242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-47538419708881237132011-01-02T01:53:56.967-08:002011-01-02T01:53:56.967-08:00Brazilian music derives from the Portuguese tradit...Brazilian music derives from the Portuguese tradition which features the mandolin backed by a Spanish guitar. According to wiki Beethoven was fond of composing music for the mandolin, the primary guitar instrument of his day. Almeida's unique ability to play mandolin solos on the Spanish guitar is what made him a jazz sensation and not just another classical musician. I saw him play with the L.A. Four at the Paramount in Seattle in a concert that featured what were then known as the Concord All-Stars, a dozen or so big name performers who recorded primarily on the Concord Label. I went with some friends who were there to hear Barney Kessel, best known for his rendition on electric guitar of the theme from the Flintstones.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05061304265345986242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-69724501037417866492011-01-01T22:22:32.008-08:002011-01-01T22:22:32.008-08:00I always associated Almeida with the mandolin. Tha...I always associated Almeida with the mandolin. That's what he had with him when he rode in my taxi from the Olympic Hotel in Seattle to the Jazz Alley for a gig with Ray Brown back around 1980. He was shocked that a cab driver recognized him as a celebrity.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05061304265345986242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-11931778476089153562011-01-01T10:15:02.721-08:002011-01-01T10:15:02.721-08:00Interesting, Pz.
As with much opera-related prod...Interesting, Pz. <br /><br />As with much opera-related product, the musick's not half bad, at least when there's no singing, tho' Larry might have used a bass player.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-42942488552127822972010-12-31T09:07:28.067-08:002010-12-31T09:07:28.067-08:00the Villa-lobos, Bach in Brazil---que sabroso
St...the Villa-lobos, Bach in Brazil---<i>que sabroso</i><br /><br />Stravinsky admired Segovia, supposedly--- the guitar's beauty is quiet, tho', sensitive, melancholy, not teutonic, or Beethoven or rock n roll dance noize---ergo, 'Mericans don't usually get itPerezosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01875109580933192779noreply@blogger.com