4 Jul
2002
4 Jul
'02
10:41 a.m.
on 7/4/02 1:56 AM, Julian at germ@iinet.net.au wrote:
Maybe this could start a new thread, albums which open with a big bang and then, no matter how good the rest of the album, it never really reaches that level again... eg. Henry Threadgill "Where's Your Cup?"
You're not gonna believe this, but the all-time award for this could likely go to Joel Grey, for the version of "Roumania Roumania" that kicks off SONGS MY FATHER TAUGHT ME. Bear in mind JG's dad was Mickey Katz, and that the band on the record is MK & his orch. The rest of the album is okay vocal Yiddish music, maybe a little over-orchestrated, but that version of "Roumania" will take your legs out fr under you. It's at least as good as the orig Lebedeff version. skip h