Portal:Jazz/Did you know/18

... that Tony Bennett literally threw up before recording his 1970 album Tony Sings the Great Hits of Today!, a misguided collection of Beatles and other current songs done under record company pressure?
... that the lyrics on the album Kew. Rhone. are filled with anagrams, palindromes, and other verbal puzzles? (composer John Greaves pictured)
... that the music of Burnt Sugar has been described as "a big cloud"?
... that one critic wrote that Jivin' in Be-Bop includes "one of the worst ballets ever put on film"?

January - April 2009