Word: albums
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Jimi confides that he is planning a "very groovy" new musical concept for his next album. "I want to be respected in the music field," he says. And skeptics had better believe it. "When people try to call me a phony," warns Jimi, "I smash them...
...KICK (MGM). Pianist Garner's secret ingredient is gusto. It has long since earned him recognition from both pop and jazz fans, and on this record he demonstrates why. In addition to guitar, bongos, bass and drums, he is accompanied by a distinctively Garner rhythm device that the album cover aptly describes as the "swinging-grunt"-emphatic guttural sounds that express his exuberance at playing uptempo. The effect is to put fresh magic into his renditions of // Ain't Necessarily So, Autumn Leaves and More...
GARY BURTON QUARTET: LOFTY FAKE ANAGRAM (RCA Victor). Despite its put-on-pop title, this album is a persuasive blend of jazz and pop. Burton's mallets dance over the vibes knocking out masterly, improvised melodies. Occasionally he forays into the fugue, as in Lines, where Larry Coryell's country-blues guitar plays an especially effective counterpoint. Steve Swallow on bass provides a mellow underpinning, while Drummer Bobby Moses adds cymbal-splashes of color. On swiftly paced tracks such as June the 15, 1967, their rapid notes become a braided stream of bright sound...
...practically gimmick-free, which may account for its unusual staying power at the top of the charts: this week in Billboard the single release ranks as No. 2 after five weeks in the No. 1 slot, where the average tenure is only a little more than two weeks. The album containing the song is still No. 1, outselling such redoubtable pop stars as the Beatles and Bob Dylan...
...made it: lean, mustachioed French Orchestra Leader Paul Mauriat, 43. A veteran of ten years in Paris recording studios, Mauriat has provided suave backgrounds for such singers as Charles Aznavour and Mireille Mathieu, and has turned out hundreds of piquant pop orchestrations for his own instrumental albums. Three of his albums had been released in the U.SL during the past two years, selling moderately (around 25,000 copies per album) in the same market that supports such American counterparts as Percy Faith and Nelson Riddle...