Dreaming About a Non-Existent Version of Round Midnight

[Teasing the Korean]

I dreamed I was hearing a space-age bachelor pad arrangement of "Round Midnight."  It was played at its usual ballad tempo, but arranged for a big band with an extended percussion section.  It started out with a gong hit.  Overall, the arrangement fell someplace between Bob Thompson's brilliant arrangements for Felix Slatkin's Fantastic Percussion and Dean Elliott's over-the-top Zounds What Sounds.  The contrast between the tune itself and arrangement was hilarious.  I wish it existed.

 

 

[danasgoodstuff]

(9) Joe Jackson - Round Midnight - YouTube   how 'bout this one?  Starts with a gong 'n everything.

[Chuck Nessa]

TTK, what drugs do you use?

[Larry Kart]

43 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

TTK, what drugs do you use?

Complex rum drinks with little umbrellas?

[Chuck Nessa]

Just now, Larry Kart said:

Complex rum drinks with little umbrellas?

He must be an easy subject.

[Larry Kart]

Make that REALLY complex rum drinks.

[JSngry]

Was Hattie Randolph singing?

[Teasing the Korean]

1 hour ago, Chuck Nessa said:

TTK, what drugs do you use?

I am drug-free, and I don't drink Monday-Thursday, so this dream was neither drug- nor alcohol-induced.

[Chuck Nessa]

Just now, Teasing the Korean said:

I am drug-free, and I don't drink Monday-Thursday, so this dream was neither drug- nor alcohol-induced.

Shame.

[Teasing the Korean]

1 hour ago, danasgoodstuff said:

(9) Joe Jackson - Round Midnight - YouTube   how 'bout this one?  Starts with a gong 'n everything.

That is nice!  I have that LP, but couldn't even begin to tell you when I spun it last.  I have spun in more recent decades the Todd track ("Four in One"), which is actually kind of close to the Dean Elliott album I posted above.  

Edited September 22, 2021 by Teasing the Korean

[danasgoodstuff]

1 minute ago, Teasing the Korean said:

That is nice!  I have that LP, but couldn't even begin to tell you when I spun it last.  I have spun in more recent decades the Todd track (Four in One), which is actually kind of close to the Dean Elliott album I posted above.  

Glad you liked it, just popped into my head as soon as I read your post.

[Teasing the Korean]

4 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Shame.

Shame that I don't drink Monday-Thursday, or that I do drink Friday-Sunday? 

[Chuck Nessa]

All of the above and more.

[Teasing the Korean]

13 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

All of the above and more.

Thanks.  I'll get by...

[JSngry]

I've yet to meet anybody who drinks  .Monday-Thursday and stays sober Friday-Saturday. 

The debilitating and ceiling influence of Capitalism yet again on display!

[Teasing the Korean]

While not percussive like the version I heard in my dream, Michel Legrand's version of "Round Midnight" has that space-age sparkle, and could easily be considered a space-age bachelor pad version of the tune.

 

[Rooster_Ties]

On 9/21/2021 at 8:58 AM, Teasing the Korean said:

I dreamed I was hearing a space-age bachelor pad arrangement of "Round Midnight.”…

How’s this bouncy, upbeat arrangement from the Arkestra float your boat then?

Ra recorded and played the tune much earlier too (late 50’s for one). But iirc, this more ‘spritely’ arrangement was only in the bands book from around 1980 (that’s when this one was recorded), plus or minus 3-4 years — or something like that, I’ve always assumed.

 

Edited September 23, 2021 by Rooster_Ties