Jazz "Guilty Pleasures" ...

[garthsj]

I would like to know what "jazz kitsch" you secretly have enjoyed over the years. Stuff like those Jackie Gleason albums with Bobby Hackett, or George Shearing's "White Satin" ... or Martin Denny's "Exotic Sounds" .. complete with bird calls ... "Tiki Music" ... Go for it gang! Confession is good for the soul!

In my case I had/have a great fondness for a series of albums that the pianist Paul Smith did for Capitol called "Liquid Sounds" ... I have never been able to find those in CD format ... anyone else a fan of this stuff?

[Jazzmoose]

Anyone else want to be banned?

[garthsj]

Banned? BANNED? Who.. me???

[RDK]

Does Kenny G and/or John Tesh count?

[couw]

ah, stoopid music! yes please!

[rostasi]

Does Horst Jankowski count as kitsch?

Rod

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Now playing: Dexter Gordon - I Told You So

[etherbored]

one of my very first posts indicated my jankowski proclavities...

i dig all the MPS cheese (and then some)!

-e-

[etherbored]

couw,

i want that record!

-e-

[Chuck Nessa]

Buddy DeFranco.

[connoisseur series500]

Michael Franks. :rsly:

[chris olivarez]

Grover Washington Jr and Deodato.

[JohnJ]

Mark Winkler, a favourite is 'Tales from Hollywood'.

[AfricaBrass]

I'm nuts for the exotica stuff. Martin Denny, Les Baxter, etc...

I love the Jackie Gleason albums. Years ago, I used to frequent thrift stores, and because of that I have a great collection of easy listening records from the fifties.

One of my favorite albums is Eden's Island by Eden Ahbez (the composer of Nature Boy).

I guess you could say I was bit by the lounge bug in the 90's. There were a couple books I really enjoyed about this stuff back then. They were ReSearch's Incredibly Strange Music Volumes 1 and 2.

[mjzee]

I like Earl Klugh's LP "Magic In Your Eyes." Sort of an acoustic jazz/disco fusion, but very sweet.

[Dan Gould]

I like Earl Klugh's LP "Magic In Your Eyes." Sort of an acoustic jazz/disco fusion, but very sweet.

Really?

when I worked at a light adult contemporary station and spun Earl Klugh instrumentals, I always wanted to backannounce him as "Earl Klugh-less".

[CJ Shearn]

Michael Franks and Keiko Matsui. I love the 2 CD Rhino anthology and "A Rainy Night in Tokyo". Steve Gadd, ooooh

Edited February 16, 2005 by CJ Shearn

[garthsj]

Buddy DeFranco.

DIE, YOU DEVIL!

[couw]

couw,

i want that record!

-e-

no way that I am going to part with it!

for all those who like exotica, check out

http://www.weirdomusic.com/downloads.htm

This site keeps track of the weird stuff that's up for download on the internet.

PCL Linkdump does the same, with some extra pointers; also to other things pop culture.

enjoy!

[MartyJazz]

Louis Prima, Keely Smith with Sam Butera and the Witnesses. Personality wins out over interminable shuffling rhythm.

[Jazzmoose]

Looks good to me!

[Ed S]

Chris Botti

[Kalo]

I just got Gary McFarland's Does the Sun Really Shine on the Moon? and I keep on listening to it, despite the fact that my conscious mind tells me it's only a few steps removed from Muzak.

Also, I retain a guilty affection for Michael Franks's "Popsicle Toes," though I have never owned a copy of it.

[CJ Shearn]

Earl Klugh "Living Inside Your Love" is a guilty pleasure for me b/c I grew up on it as a kid.

[sidewinder]

Does Sun Ra's 'Batman' album count?

[Alexander Hawkins]

One track - Johnny Hodge playing 'Don't Sleep in the Subway'.