As I was examining what I had and didn't have of the A&M/CTi's, I checked a few of them out on YouTube. These two, Barbary and Tamiko Jones (Miss Jones?) didn't sound like anything I'd care for. The photos are strange, indeed.
I don't own too many of the CTi albums after he left A&M. Just a couple from Jackie & Roy (both with photos by Pete Turner) and the first Deodato album.
The very first place I ever encountered the name Creed Taylor was back in the late 50s. My dad used to film 16mm movies of my sisters and me plus neighborhood kids. These were silent films that told stories, written by Mom, with a soundtrack that was on a reel-to-reel tape recorder. He'd sync up the projector and the tape recorder for playback and show these all the time when company demanded it. The soundtracks were narrations of the story by my father with a music score underneath provided by the likes of the Boston Pops Orchestra, Otto Cesana, Paul Weston, Jackie Gleason, and Lenny Hayton.
One particular film was a special effects bonanza about a haunted house wherein he used various filming tricks to accomplish the "hauntings". The soundtrack music he used was SHOCK by The Creed Taylor Orchestra. I, being fascinated with records, used to read the back of the jacket regarding the selections and found Creed Taylor's name all over it.
I still have that record around here somewhere. It's probably not in the best of shape, though.
I don't own too many of the CTi albums after he left A&M. Just a couple from Jackie & Roy (both with photos by Pete Turner) and the first Deodato album.
The very first place I ever encountered the name Creed Taylor was back in the late 50s. My dad used to film 16mm movies of my sisters and me plus neighborhood kids. These were silent films that told stories, written by Mom, with a soundtrack that was on a reel-to-reel tape recorder. He'd sync up the projector and the tape recorder for playback and show these all the time when company demanded it. The soundtracks were narrations of the story by my father with a music score underneath provided by the likes of the Boston Pops Orchestra, Otto Cesana, Paul Weston, Jackie Gleason, and Lenny Hayton.
One particular film was a special effects bonanza about a haunted house wherein he used various filming tricks to accomplish the "hauntings". The soundtrack music he used was SHOCK by The Creed Taylor Orchestra. I, being fascinated with records, used to read the back of the jacket regarding the selections and found Creed Taylor's name all over it.
I still have that record around here somewhere. It's probably not in the best of shape, though.