Sean O'Hagan - the pop Jobim. I enjoy his arrangments on records more than actually High Llama records (even though I have tried to like this records, if anyone could point me in the right direction with the High Llamas it would be appreciated).
GNAC - Certainly prolific but the new Jobim? What are your thoughts? From Rocket Girl/Vespertine/Poptones, this chap seems to understand what instrumental music should be doing, not boring, but enhancing a mood.
That was it. After much thought, I could not come up with any successors. Is there a new Jobim? Or is Jobim regulated to an afterthought in today's musical climate?
― p f. sloane, Tuesday, 7 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Sterling Clover, Tuesday, 7 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Kerry, Tuesday, 7 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
That would be the nearest cliff. All the High Llama records I've heard have sounded the same - bad. Trust your first impression.
What arrangements of O'Hagen's have impressed you? Stereolab? Generally, it seems his involvement has seen their recordings collapse into utter farce, and not the fun kind. Coincidence?
Besides wasn't Jobim more than a nice arranger? Didn't he, like, write things?
― Curt, Tuesday, 7 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Surely Jobim is good songwriter + arranger of genius. But if he'd just been the second would he have been famous?
My Jobim worshipping, sax playing friend, Robinho, claims that Clare Fischer is an arranger of genius and similar style :
http://www.clarefischer.com/
But that probably isn't your question ...
A possible variant would be ... who's a great songwriter in a pop style whose work is adopted by and in a dialogue with the jazz community?
― phil, Wednesday, 8 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)