The Stones Jazz is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass that was released in 1967. Except for one song, all tracks are jazz covers of songs recorded by The Rolling Stones. - Wikipedia

Joe Pass jazzes up the Stones. Would have played this out back in the 90s!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqblpTHy7-U

#JoePass #Jazz #JazzGuitar #TheRollingStones #SpaceAgePop #Music

Stringbeat by John Barry, released on Columbia in 1961.

Review by Bruce Eder

John Barry's first fully realized album had a title that was a "play" on his previously issued soundtrack, Drumbeat. Utilizing the members of the John Barry Seven (especially guitarist Vic Flick) and a small string orchestra, plus Ted Taylor's Clavioline electric keyboard, Barry delivered an engaging piece of audiophile instrumental music, and one which manages cross swords with rock & roll and soundtrack music, as well as the Muzak that lay in P.A. systems' future. Mixing electric instruments and a string orchestra, coupled with lively arrangements, Stringbeat is both a playful piece of "bachelor pad" music and an elegant piece of pop/rock..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQioDyuQJGk&list=PLcNkGqrQpvyNuWwocU9dGpAcREnHJRPr5&index=1

#JohnBarry #SpaceAgePop #Clavioline #VicFlick #BachelorPad #Music

Soul Searchin' by Claus Ogerman And His Orchestra, released on RCA Victor in 1965.

Review by Tony Wilds

Of Claus Ogerman's four mod albums for Victor, Soul Searchin' is a favorite for many because the theme, and certainly the tunes, are hip. As Ogerman's liner notes explain, he ranks soul third in significance after pop and jazz. In any case, Ogerman does a competent job covering all these songs; the title track (an Ogerman original) can be called funky, even. A large factor is Dick Hyman's Lowrey organ; his facility with both jazz and soul is in full evidence here. "The End of the Line" was a hit for Vinnie Bell, but the greater significance is that it was written by Pat Williams and Phil Ramone. The Ogerman albums on Victor share a great deal with the mod albums on Verve by Williams, Kai Winding, and others...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZnlz-vvT5I&list=PLtDn6xS6wQKuSh_DlKNjAor3FRhGRu-5H&index=1

#CalusOgerman #Mod #SpaceAgePop #DickHyman #Soul #60sPop #Music

12 1/2 Geishas Must Be Right by Paul Mark And His Orchestra And The Geishas, released on Sounds of Hawaii in 1963.

Ambient Exotica wrote:

...Recorded in Honolulu.., the stupendous amount of 14 tracks offers a different take on Japanese Folk songs and classics than Mark’s preceding instrumental LP East To West (1961). Whereas that album is created by a septet and features a truly unique and superb mélange of slick Hammond organ chords, bongo blebs, mystical koto twangs and shamisen backings, 12½ Geishas Must Be Right shares much more similarities with classically symphonic structures. A few twists are nevertheless woven in for good measure. In its center is a choir of three geishas who either provide the lead vocals on the respective material or sing together in a cheerful way.

http://www.ambientexotica.com/exorev243_paulmark_geishas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnIC26v5Ay4&list=RDxnIC26v5Ay4&start_radio=1

#PaulMark #Hawaii #SpaceAgePop #Exotica #AmbientExotica #Music #JapaneseMusic

Ended Wednesday and welcomed Thursday with Far East Goes Western by Tak Shindo, released on Mercury in 1962.

Ambient Exotica wrote:

"J. J. Lilley's and Frank Loesser's Jingle, Jangle, Jingle marks the beginning of Tak Shindo's Far Eastern treatment, and its point of departure will move many Exotica fans: clanging wood sticks, cascading harps and dark Asian temple gongs with a very long rumbling sustain depict a Japanese landscape that boosts the yearning of the audience. An additional shamisen is prominently interwoven…"

http://www.ambientexotica.com/exorev105_takshindo_fegw/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9XK4zMG27I&list=OLAK5uy_nYUgsFutxcr2jtCX1rIDgN1ucEstwART8&index=13

#TakShindo #AmbientExotica #Exotica #SpaceAgePop #Music #CountryAndWestern #Shamisen #FilmThemes

The Honeysuckle Breeze is the debut album by American jazz saxophonist Tom Scott featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label

Frugg-tastic 1867 psychedelic cheese!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2OtGbslho8&list=PLOEUFOSyW6EyVxmQooiAoMhcc0wiMTUin&index=1

#TomScott #ImpulseRecords #SpaceAgePop #Psychedelia #Jazz #Music

Reach Out is a studio album by the American composer Burt Bacharach, released in 1967.

"What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
No, not just for some but for everyone"

True in 1967 and still true now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs8JWCY8k2U&list=OLAK5uy_mM5H3I-FcoluyhMSMNbRKZLvsI68Flf2U

#BurtBacharach #SpaceAgePop #EasyListening #60sPop #Love #Music

Equinox is the second album by Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66, released in April 1967, with vocalists Lani Hall and Janis Hansen.

Review by Richard S. Ginell

Equinox continues the scrumptiously winning sound that Sergio Mendes cooked up in the mid-'60s, this time a bit more fleshed out with John Pisano's guitar, a slightly thicker texture, and even an imitation sitar (this was, after all, 1967). Again, the mix of American pop tunes old and new and Brazilian standards and sleepers is impeccable (although it didn't yield any substantial hits), and the treatments are smooth, swinging, and very much to the point...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IRVI7N710k&list=OLAK5uy_l1_NeDsAESWrGYCEBxarVVCpsam6DZeIU

#SergioMendes #MPB #BossaNova #Jazz #SpaceAgePop #60sPop #Music

California Dreamin' is an album by saxophonist Bud Shank recorded in 1966 for the World Pacific label.

Frug-tastic 60s cheese.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpZFR2YE3tk&list=RDFpZFR2YE3tk&start_radio=1

#BudShank #ChetBaker #SpaceAgePop #60sPop #Jazz #WorldPacific #Music

A Sign of the Times is an album by American jazz guitarist Joe Pass that was released in 1965 by World Pacific Records. It includes orchestrated versions of pop hits. The title track was a hit for Petula Clark. - Wikipedia

Frug-tastic covers of 60s hits!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQwlcO4VPTI&list=OLAK5uy_mqlmW272XDc5-lNYALtNaSKzoYP2pa9Kk

#JoePass #60sPop #TheBeatles #SpaceAgePop #Jazz #Music #ChetBaker #WorldPacific