Bert Kaempfert - The Magic Music of Far Away Places
Saturday, 23. September 2006, 23:52:32
Decca - Mono
DL4616
1964
Kaempfert was primarily a studio performer--his band rarely toured or appeared live. Many of his albums feature the melody played by trumpeter Fred Moch, and bassist Ladi Geisler laying down Kaempfert's signature rhythm line. Kaempfert and Geisler developed a special technique of plucking the string and then suppressing any sustenato, which gave the bass beat a particularly punchy sound--it's one of the strongest beats in pop music. Without it, Kaempfert would have sounded like just about any other light pop orchestra. Its effect was like a supercharge of nicotine in a cigarette--instantly addictive. Source: Space Age Pop
Side A
01 Moon Over Naples
02 In A Little Street In Singapore
03 La Cumparsita
04 Mambossa
05 The Japanese Farewell Song
06 Monte Carlo
Side B
07 Hava Nagila
08 Star Dust
09 Autumn Leaves
10 Balkan Melody
11 Midnight In Moscow
12 Swissy Missy
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Around the World
DL290
By Vinyl.Deck, # 24. September 2006, 09:23:23
By Licorice Pizza, # 24. September 2006, 12:54:20
Outside of working with Kaempfert, Ladi Geisler has worked with everything from surf to jazz, and I think he's taught music as well. The description of his effect on the Kaempfert rhythm section is really apt.
It's a big difference in the approach that band had from, let's say, James Last, whose had way more fans and a way longer career, but whose records just don't have that distinctive ability to hold down the bottom ther way Kaempfert's rhythm section could.
By anonymous user, # 25. September 2006, 03:32:40
Thanks for stopping by, I'm glad you found something you liked! I'm excited to listen to the music you have up, looks great!) Especially anything called "The Magic Music of Far Away Places" :)
By anonymous user, # 26. September 2006, 00:37:07
Days ago I lowered this disc
Today I thank to him
I do not speak English I request excuses
Thanks again
By anonymous user, # 10. October 2006, 15:15:31