tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20115328.post2077049765815478998..comments2024-02-22T14:42:37.125-05:00Comments on SOUND INSIGHTS: Rediscovery: Bert KaempfertDouglas Paynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16566227636904708488noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20115328.post-10429643391824300292010-04-10T17:50:19.734-04:002010-04-10T17:50:19.734-04:00Thanks for this great article on Bert Kaempfert. L...Thanks for this great article on Bert Kaempfert. Listening to Tropical Sunrise (on vinyl!) at the moment - I stumbled upon this blog while listening to the LP and trying to find info about this album.mellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13822891315524174235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20115328.post-72209420970937247392009-04-13T05:45:00.000-04:002009-04-13T05:45:00.000-04:00I grew up on the Blue Midnight album, my parents' ...I grew up on the Blue Midnight album, my parents' record of choice for company. The sound had an atmospheric late night, lights low, highball glasses tinkling, curling blue smoke vibe. The trumpet, used heavily as the lead instrument, and that plectrumed electric bass with the ethereal female background singers, is a sound at once exotic and very much of its time and ilk. The tunes were all good, including Red Roses for a Blue Lady and It's Three O'clock in the Morning--the reasons my parents bought the disk--and they occupy a kind of weird mystery zone jazzy but not quite jazz. Very European. From a time when pop music was made for adults. Ah yeah, nostalgia.Deiterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10410032652199160239noreply@blogger.com