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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Instrumentals |
| Date | Fri, 09 Feb 2007 03:00:55 -0500 |
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From: "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com>
>>A instrumental thread isn't worth its salt without a dab of Percy
>>Faith and Bert Kaempfert. I won't, however, recommend anything by
>>Ronnie Aldrich and his Two Pianos. Not my cup of ivories.
>
> I now own nearly 60 Percy Faith albums...had to dig those album
> covers too...pre-dates the risque-ness of the Tijuana Brass
> (mmmm....whipped cream).
For me, the guy to beat in this genre is Ray Conniff. Conniff was a
master of one of my favorite sounds, the wordless vocal chorus. If,
like me, your favorite part of a song like "Waterloo Sunset" is the
la-la-las in the background, Conniff brought those front and center,
on top of some gorgeously lush orchestral arrangements. (There's a
German guy named Botho Lucas who did this sort of thing even better --
his version of "A Man and a Woman" is sublime -- but his records are
really hard to find.) I've got a ton of Conniff, and sometimes get
into moods where I barely listen to anything else.
S
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