The Sound of Feeling

[Teasing the Korean]

Does anyone know these albums? I have the album "Spleen" on Limelight, and the Verve album that is half Oliver Nelson, half Sound of Feeling.

Who bought these records? Who were they marketed to? I can't believe they exist.

[Chuck Nessa]

Crap marketed by people with no understanding reality. Leonard Feather's last attempt at immortality.

[GA Russell]

Were they the group with two female singers trying to be a little jazzier than Brasil '66 on Limelight?

If so, I made a tape of one track of theirs, The Sound of Silence, but I guess I was bored by the rest of the album. If not, I'll delete this post, lest some get confused.

PS - As I recall, the two women singers of the group I am thinking of were twins.

Edited August 21, 2011 by GA Russell

[Chuck Nessa]

I believe we are talking about the same group. They just rubbed me the wrong way.

[Larry Kart]

Ah, yes, the Andrece twins, Alyce and Rhae.

Much of the following is almost uniquely insane. Try "Waltz Without Words" and proceed at your own risk:

http://www.amazon.com/Up-Into-Silence-Sound-Feeling/dp/B000YNEEHI

Both Alyce and Rhae (b. 1936 in Thornton, Il.) are gone now, as is Feather, so I am free to imagine Leonard boinking the twins amid a cacophony of soprano noises.

[Larry Kart]

Rhae played an android (#263) from the planet Mudd on the original Star Trek series:

http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/File:Alice_263.jpg

[Larry Kart]

P.S. Leonard was known for hitting on female musicians he touted and fancied. German pianist Jutta Hipp was one such, much to her regret.

[Teasing the Korean]

I have both albums and love them immensely. I wish there were more but apparently these are the only two.

[Larry Kart]

For those who can read German, I believe that Hipp discusses her relationship with Feather here:

http://www.vonschuttenbach.com/articles/Jutta_Hipp_Jazz_Podium_July_2006_new.pdf

[Larry Kart]

Feather introduces a Hipp performance at the Hickory House in 1956:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N73mSOprRxk

She could play.

[Larry Kart]

Hipp obit:

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries/browse_thread/thread/e2ffcd26d265ede3/c43d228980efe278?q=jutta+hipp

[MartyJazz]

For those who can read German, I believe that Hipp discusses her relationship with Feather here:

http://www.vonschuttenbach.com/articles/Jutta_Hipp_Jazz_Podium_July_2006_new.pdf

Thanks for the link. Upon scrolling down to page 4 of the PDF file, an English translation begins.

[Larry Kart]

Thanks, Marty. I need to pay better attention, as I keep reminding myself (and then forgetting about).

[clifford_thornton]

From the thread title, I thought this was going to be about Joachim Kuhn...

[paul secor]

For those who can read German, I believe that Hipp discusses her relationship with Feather here:

http://www.vonschuttenbach.com/articles/Jutta_Hipp_Jazz_Podium_July_2006_new.pdf

I hope that Ms. Hipp found more happiness in her life than the stories tell.

And a pox on slick Len's spirit.

[fasstrack]

Feather introduces a Hipp performance at the Hickory House in 1956:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N73mSOprRxk

She could play.

She sure as hell could. Very nice ideas, touch, and especially time feel. I'd like to hear more. I knew her as an organist but never heard her until just now. Thanks. Let's hear some Jane Getz now, another genuine and huge talent.

'Little lady', huh? What a f-ing jerk. The woman players I came up with in the '70s and '80s had it bad enough. And every one I knew carried her musical weight and then some. Before that, God only knows and the mind truly boggles....

[fasstrack]

For those who can read German, I believe that Hipp discusses her relationship with Feather here:

http://www.vonschuttenbach.com/articles/Jutta_Hipp_Jazz_Podium_July_2006_new.pdf

I hope that Ms. Hipp found more happiness in her life than the stories tell.

And a pox on slick Len's spirit.

Indeed. I read it and it's a sad story. To me Feather is twice the bastard for trying to pluck her from Atilla Zoller, my much missed friend and one of the greatest guys in or out of jazz. I salute Ms. Hipp's integrity for getting out and preferring an honest life as a seamstress over the carnival life and its many wolves. To be candid it often makes me sick to my stomach. And I'm a man.

[Larry Kart]

I remember Jane Getz from P. Sanders' ESP album. She sounded very nice there -- a genuine lyricist, somewhat akin to Don Friedman.

I met Zoller through Dan Morgenstern, my then boss at Down Beat, in 1969 or so. Seemed like a terrific guy; no need to say he was a fine player.

[DukeCity]

Ah, yes, the Andrece twins, Alyce and Rhae.

Much of the following is almost uniquely insane. Try "Waltz Without Words" and proceed at your own risk:

Wow. Waltz Without Words. Quoting my buddy Ed Petersen (when he was subjected to listening to student jazz vocalists attempting to scat and improvise), "One. Just sing one pitch that I can actually name..."

[fasstrack]

I remember Jane Getz from P. Sanders' ESP album. She sounded very nice there -- a genuine lyricist, somewhat akin to Don Friedman.

I met Zoller through Dan Morgenstern, my then boss at Down Beat, in 1969 or so. Seemed like a terrific guy; no need to say he was a fine player.

Yes a great guy and quite underrated as a player. He was a freedom fighter too.

A quick story (out of hundreds, especially among we guitarists): Atilla and Jimmy Raney were very tight. Jimmy stayed at his place when in town. That's when I got to know Jimmy a bit, ca. 1979-80. Cut to 1995 and Jimmy's memorial at St. Peter's. One of the highlights was this beautiful solo guitar elegy Atilla played. It moved me because I loved both those guys, and every time I'd see Atilla after that I'd tell him how much I loved that elegy.

And he would say every time---eyes incredulous and with thick accent:

'Elegy? Vot ees thees fucking elegy?'

[JSngry]

Ah, yes, the Andrece twins, Alyce and Rhae.

Much of the following is almost uniquely insane. Try "Waltz Without Words" and proceed at your own risk:

Wow. Waltz Without Words. Quoting my buddy Ed Petersen (when he was subjected to listening to student jazz vocalists attempting to scat and improvise), "One. Just sing one pitch that I can actually name..."

That sounds more like The Sound Of Being Felt (By Surprise).

[Teasing the Korean]

I have both albums and love them immensely. I wish there were more but apparently these are the only two.