Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site isrnix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!isrnix!mr From: mr@isrnix.UUCP ( Michael Regoli ) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Seeking advice on Joe Jackson's "Body & Soul" Message-ID: <188@isrnix.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Jun-84 10:37:12 EDT Article-I.D.: isrnix.188 Posted: Tue Jun 12 10:37:12 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Jun-84 00:13:40 EDT Organization: ISR - Indiana University Lines: 41 I am looking for an intelligent verdict of Joe Jackson's latest album, "Body & Soul." Stereo Review gave the LP "Best of the Month" in July's issue: >> "Apart from legitimizing naked emotion, >> Joe Jackson has done another wonderful >> thing with 'Body & Soul' - revived the >> lost art of liner notes...they are >> informative and insightful in the trad- >> ition of Leonard Feather, Nat Hentoff, >> and Ralph Gleason. In fact, the entire >> package - patterned exactly after a >> Sonny Rollins series on Blue Note records, >> right down to the duotone cover, liner >> topography, and thicker than average disc >> inside - has the look and feel of Fifties >> jazz." My question is: Is this *the* Joe Jackson album to have in one's collection? And, who is Sonny Rollins? Is he still around? Or, for that matter, who are Feather, Hentoff and Gleason? I love jazz music, but quite honestly, I've never heard of them. I would like to enjoy these guys, but not necessarily "through" Joe Jackson. Whereas I like Joe and his music, I don't feel he can "copy" these artists and their styles. Have you compared the album covers? My god, I think Joe went a little too far. They are *exactly* the same! Save their faces and maybe the brand of cigarette they hold in their hands. As one letter to Rolling Stone (RS #424 - June 21, 1984) put it: "...[He] betrays an influence..." Thanks for the insight! -- Michael Regoli { ihnp4|inuxc|pur-ee }!isrnix!mr [circa. 1960] Institute for Social Research Indiana University - Bloomington