mr@isrnix.UUCP ( Michael Regoli ) (06/12/84)
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