<div dir="ltr"><div>You are probably right, Jim, but I, for one, look for more obscure tunes - I have countless versions of warhorses and standards which have not yet become warhorses in my collection. I rather doubt it that I am unique. But then, I have been a record collector since 1958.</div><div>Eli Preminger of the Chocolate Factory has a tendency to include obscure Ellingtonia in the band's repertoire, and it goes very well with audiences here.</div><div>Cheers</div><div>Marek<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 3 Feb 2020 at 13:17, <<a href="mailto:jim@kashprod.com">jim@kashprod.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="ES"><div class="gmail-m_3111681317476172609WordSection1"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Madison T <<a href="mailto:maditayl@gmail.com" target="_blank">maditayl@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">></span><span lang="EN-US">We're about to start recording our first album. I've been sifting through more obscure selections of trad…<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have found, at least with our audiences, that people look at the list of songs on a CD, and when the recognize a few of them, they are more apt to purchase. And, most are not avid Jazz fans. We have included tunes by Ellington on our cds, such as Caravan, Mood Indigo,and The Mooche, but looking for “obscure tunes” seems to me to not be a commercial viable approach. Perhaps one obscure number might be ok, but I wouldn’t search directly for those songs. And, “live” recordings are more popular than studio recordings. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Anyway, it’s just my “commercial side” coming out, and needn’t be to your choosing.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">J<u>i</u>m<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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