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Onya,
It might be of interest to the group that the pianist on all of the tracks was Cy Coleman, of Broadway fame, before he became famous.
He was a classmate of mine at the High School of Music & Art.
SP
Very cool! Will this album ever be reissued?
If it hasn't been reissued since 1956, I doubt any chance of it being released now.
I still have a few LPs collecting dust somewhere.
SP
Yeah ... outer space ain't what it used to be
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Sep 12, 2019 - 6:22 AM
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OnyaBirri
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I would love to hear Stu's thoughts on what it was like for a composer/arranger at the time he was coming up.
It seems that composers/arrangers of Stu's general vintage (and maybe a tad older) had to be very conversant in a number of styles, including "light music," jazz, pop, 20th-century classical.
They had to be quick and versatile. I read a story of Mel Torme riding in a cab to a session with Billy May, and Billy was writing one of the arrangements in the car! Mel turned pale. It was a typical four-song, three-hour session. Billy said, "Don't worry, my copyist will write the parts while we record the other three tunes."
I've also wondered what it was like for composers/arrangers of Stu's vintage to have come up while the melodies of Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, Duke Ellington, and George Gershwin were all fresh and in the air. Those songs must be a part of their DNA.
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Sep 12, 2019 - 12:56 PM
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rerunkr
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I would love to hear Stu's thoughts on what it was like for a composer/arranger at the time he was coming up.
It seems that composers/arrangers of Stu's general vintage (and maybe a tad older) had to be very conversant in a number of styles, including "light music," jazz, pop, 20th-century classical.
They had to be quick and versatile. I read a story of Mel Torme riding in a cab to a session with Billy May, and Billy was writing one of the arrangements in the car! Mel turned pale. It was a typical four-song, three-hour session. Billy said, "Don't worry, my copyist will write the parts while we record the other three tunes."
I've also wondered what it was like for composers/arrangers of Stu's vintage to have come up while the melodies of Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, Duke Ellington, and George Gershwin were all fresh and in the air. Those songs must be a part of their DNA.
Onya,
Read my book "Stu Who?". It will answer most of your questions.
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So what does Stu hope for, if anything, on his 90th birthday?
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Happy Birthday Stu -- I think you overlapped with Jerry Goldsmith on a couple of projects. (Was it even as record album producer, perhaps, or am I going batty?) Would you have any interest in sharing your memories of Jerry over a Skype conversation, for The Goldsmith Odyssey?
www.goldsmithodyssey.com
Yavar
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My mistake! I had thought it was something back in your record-producing days in the 60s, perhaps. I must've gotten mixed up. If your two interactions with Jerry were at all memorable and you feel inclined to share, my invitation still stands. 
Yavar
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Well, I imagine it was like this.
Stu: "Hum, haven't eaten at Outback Stakehouse in a while..."
LATER IN LINE...
Stu: "Oh my God, Jerry Goldsmith! I love you're work!"
Jerry: "Thanks," tosses his ponytail to the side like a 1980's action hero.
Stu: "You know, Jerry, I'm a composer too!"
Jerry: "Really? Who are you?"
Stu: "Stu Phillips."
Jerry: "Stu who?"
And thus a book title was born.
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Absolutely happy (belated, I am ever so sorry) birthday!
Sheesh, come on over and party with us!
I celebrate by doing something kinda funky like chicken’s with scorpions having sex at last... before I dash to the elevator. Cosmic forces, what can I say? What an ending.
(I just love these cue titles.)
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