I was just remembering how much (despite myself) I really really liked those recordings, especially "My funny Valentine" and that weird "Straigten up and fly right". No accounting for taste. I promise not to like them more than is strictly necessary. On the other hand it was La Ronstadt, not the arrangements, which were indeed so much fromagerie.john
At 10:36 PM 6/1/01 -0400, you wrote: ... Does anybody remember the >recordings that Linda Ronstadt did with him in the 80's? I really looked >forward to hearing her in that repertoire, but his arrangements were just >awful. Waaaaaay overdone. > >Lee Morgan >Mezzo-soprano
John Blyth Baritono robusto e lirico Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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