ROCK CALENDAR: November 6, 1916 born musician from the United States ray Conniff

Known for having created a 60-piece orchestra of popular music with lots of singers, but he played only instrumental music, and the sound of the chorus was used as one of the groups of instruments (then it suddenly became popular – Paul Maria, James Last...) Than I don't like the sound of all things, from the "Moonlight Sonata" to rock-n-roll sound the same, standard-well, and under any song you can dance to the ladies in long dresses on the dance floor of the restaurant, and will be quite secular. No wonder this music was popular with the music authorities - published albums of such orchestras, they were invited to the USSR on tour-well, the regime of full favor, which causes me to them class hatred, because a simple Soviet music lover had to listen, for example, the famous "Yellow River" or in an idiotic interpretation of James lust, where she resembled "Letka-ENKA" or with no less idiotic words performed by "Singing guitars" ("Fat Carlson").

I still don't understand why I need to gather a big orchestra and a whole choir of singers to fuck up some rock'n'roll, which is originally performed by three people-including singers. Naturally, this fashion was covered with a copper basin, and jazz orchestras returned to what God created them-to play jazz. Equally ridiculous look in my eyes trying to play rock-n-roll Chuck berry large orchestras or hard rock composition – "the Appassionata". But such attempts are and will be, because the human desire to somehow break out of the system of their own kind and draw attention to themselves is indestructible. And if you do not have the talent to play the best violin, you can nail the junk to the pavement on red Square. What is surprising-the result is about the same (in their, of course, understanding).

Something I broke up-said does not apply to ray – a professional musician, I do not write in this section about those who are unpleasant to me or to whom I am indifferent.

Ray Conniff: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes