"I Surrender Dear" From "Persuasive Percussion" Plus Tracks From the Weirdest Jazz Album Ever Are Today's Tracks Du Jour

normalcy returns next time!

An odd set for the weekend: a track from the Command Records stereo classic Persuasive Percussion—everyone's favorite late '50s stereo demo record and a few tracks from Triiple Play among the weirdest jazz albums ever!

On the left channel a string section plus a few other instruments playing "pop" arrangements. And on the right channel some of jazz's greatest musicians of the early '60s (and before and after) playing jazz arrangements, sometimes of the same tunes and sometimes completely different tunes.

This was the brainchild of Tom Wilson who produced early Frank Zappa and Bob Dylan albums and had his own '50s era jazz label. The jazz players included Bill Evans, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Curtis Fuller, Charlie Persip, Jimmy Cobb, Paul Chambers and Eric Dolphy (!) among others.

It's an oddity that I've never seen anywhere so I include a few tracks from this record. I'll get back to normal stuff next time!