Moe Koffman, Part 2: From Curried Soul (1970) to Back to Back (1978)

It was surprising to me that so many enjoyed the Moe Koffman posted earlier. Actually, the album Museum Pieces really grew on me, and together with the lovely artwork, I think that one stands out as a real gem.  When, on the other hand, you take a look at the covers for the others that fill the inventory from 1970 to 1979 I think you get a sinking feeling, as I do, especially when you get to the last one, where you know you're guaranteed to hear a 'mashup' of classical and fuzak of the worst kind.  The worst kind of fusion in fact: easy listening melded with simple classical melodies plus transparent orchestral arrangements that seem to have been written by and for an elevator.  Moreover when I see an album called "The Four Seasons" I often recoil in terror at the thought it's yet another version of Vivaldi's execrably stupid classical score which has been played more than 5 trillion trillion times in different ways since it was first 'written' or rather, crapped out, long ago, so many times in fact, it was once calculated that it would stretch from here to Alpha Centauri if put end to end, about 17 times over.  And for sure on another planetary system is where the score belongs once and for all, off the earth and its atmosphere of sound waves already polluted by other human ejecta and miasmas.  And then believe it or not, he went back to The Four Seasons for a release in 1974-- elongating it to a 2-lp set, much like the famed Medieval torture known as the rack.  I skipped that one as I don't really wish to die now. However when all is said and done, and to negate the utter uselessness of this post, the 1978 Things are Looking Up has a few moments of grace that recall Museum Pieces, like Lighthouse, which is a composition by Don Thompson, again:

Actually that album is surprisingly well-written and non-fuzacky.

Anyways, hopefully you will enjoy these perhaps more than me.