[Dixielandjazz] RIP Mitch Miller.

[Harry Callaghan]

Mart:

I instantly picked up on that but was willing to let it slide by.

While I never bother to use spell check myself, I have often wondered how,
in the case of proper nouns, does it know whether the name ends in "stein"
or "stien"

BTW  SInce you make mention of Alec Wilder, while I don't know exactly when
Miller became A&R man at Columbia, I'm guessing that it is quite possible
that he was responsible for that album where Sinatra conducted Wilder's
compositions..

Harry


On 8/3/10, macjazz <macjazz at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> And his support for the "computer" Alec Wilder was even before computers
> had spell checks that changed "Composer" to Computer!
>
> Oh well
>
> Mart
>
> (Still)  Martin D. McKay, (Designated Listener)
> and Still in St. Augustine, Fl
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "macjazz" <macjazz at comcast.net>
> To: "Martin D. McKay" <macjazz at comcast.net>
> Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 2:23 PM
>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] RIP Mitch Miller.
>
>
> Mitch's job at that time was "if this isn't working, try that."  What
>> Sinatra was doing (at the time) was no longer working, by the accepted
>> standards. "O.K., let's try something else."  Miller obviously had more work
>> than those that didn't work. He held the A&R post for years.
>>
>> In the meantime, there can be no lower common denominator than "Sing along
>> with Mitch."  This was from an outstanding symphonic oboe playing Eastman
>> School of Music Graduate.  Yes, he knew how tacky it was!
>>
>> At the same time he help lots of  performers and other musicians earn a
>> living one way or another. (My personal favorite is his support for the
>> computer Alec Wilder).
>>
>> I don't think he should be remembered by just the story that he pissed off
>> Sinatra, even if Sinatra proved himself right (and Miller wrong). There was
>> a whole lot more than that.
>>
>> Mart
>>
>> Martin D. McKay (Designated Listener)
>> St. Augustine, Florida (Come on down and bring money)
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hal Vickery" <hvickery_80 at msn.com>
>> To: "Martin D. McKay" <macjazz at comcast.net>
>> Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 1:58 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] RIP Mitch Miller.
>>
>>
>>
>>> I hate to speak ill of the dead, but Mitch Miller was responsible for
>>> this abomination that resulted in Frank Sinatra literally hating him:
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRNRaMToK1g
>>>
>>> This occurred as Sinatra's career was hitting bottom, and I'm sure it
>>> accelerated his descent.  Soon Sinatra would join Capitol records and then
>>> win his Oscar, but still can anyone be forgiven for insisting that he record
>>> this?
>>>
>>> Okay, I'm magnanimous and he's no longer with us.  I'm just wondering
>>> what how that conversation with Frank is going right now.  RIP Mitch.
>>>
>>> Hal Vickery
>>>
>>> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 14:07:19 -0400
>>>> From: mjl at ix.netcom.com
>>>> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] RIP Mitch Miller.
>>>> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
>>>> To: hvickery_80 at msn.com
>>>>
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/25edkc8
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