Monday, July 9, 2012

Back to nothing













It happened sometime on Sunday. Not yet the title of one of Lennie Niehaus's myriad compositions, but an end to his dominance of the BBC Music database. M'learned music researcher, who first spotted that Lennie's works had apparently been selected by 122 castways on Desert Island Discs on June 21, now alerts me to the fact that Bing Crosby is now back in his right place as performer of White Christmas, Moonlight Becomes You, Out of Nowhere, etc.

I have readers who will know whether Lennie's takeover was a random computer glitch or the work of a an alto sax/Clint-Eastwood/Stan Kenton fanatic. And whether the problem just went away (which would be spooky) or was actively mended.

Meanwhile, this blog will campaign for a genuine Niehaus to appear in the Desert Island record library. How about this breakneck arrangement by Lennie for Stan Kenton, featuring Jean Turner ?

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