{"id":352,"date":"2006-01-31T01:03:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-31T09:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/?p=352"},"modified":"2006-01-31T01:03:00","modified_gmt":"2006-01-31T09:03:00","slug":"odd_couples_part_3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2006\/01\/odd_couples_part_3\/","title":{"rendered":"Odd Couples, Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A last-minute contribution from a <em>Rifftides<\/em> reader who identifies himself only as John.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Worked:  Don Pullen and the Chief Cliff Singers. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mp3.com\/albums\/180203\/summary.html\"target=\"_blank\">Sacred Common Ground<\/a><\/em>, <em>a collaboration between the pianist&#8217;s avant garde African Brazilian Connection and a Native American vocal group. DR)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Didn&#8217;t (at least for me):  Louis Armstrong and Leon Thomas. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;path=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB000069KG8%2Fqid%3D1138686546%2Fsr%3D2-1%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_b_2_1%3Fs%3Dmusic%26v%3Dglance%26n%3D5174\"target=\"_blank\"><em>Louis Armstrong and Friends<\/em><\/a>, <em>a 1960s album including Thomas, a sort of free jazz yodeler; Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis, Tony Bennett and others in a small choir. The musical direction, sort of, is by Oliver Nelson, who on other occasions exercised control. The phrase &#8220;herding cats&#8221; has rarely been more appropriate. It&#8217;s a bit of a mess, but Armstrong&#8217;s warmth and charisma come through the melee. DR)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A last-minute contribution from a Rifftides reader who identifies himself only as John. Worked: Don Pullen and the Chief Cliff Singers. (Sacred Common Ground, a collaboration between the pianist&#8217;s avant garde African Brazilian Connection and a Native American vocal group. DR) Didn&#8217;t (at least for me): Louis Armstrong and Leon Thomas. (Louis Armstrong and Friends, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-352","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}