Jimmie Haskell's French Horn Volume Two

 

Owed To Bobbie Gentry

Jimmie Haskell's French Horns

Volume Two

Producer: Tom Mack

Arranger & Conductor: Jimmie Haskell

Engineer: Hank Cicalo

Cover Photo & Design: George S. Whiteman

Art Director: Christopher Whorf

Dot Records STEREO SLP 25860

1968

From the back cover:

Q. "Can you give me an example of an understatement?"

A. "That's Jimmie Haskell is one of the world's busiest arrangers is an understatement."

Q. Will you expand on that?"

A. "Sure. Look – Merely to follow him around in a typical week would exhaust most people. Nobody has ever figured out exactly when Jimmie writes his record arrangements, does his screen composing, and prepares his TV programs – Not to mention where he finds time for such trivialities as eating and sleeping."

Q. "Busy, Huh?"

A. "That's right. He does it without helicopters, motorcycles escorts, or roller skates. He doesn't have a gnome in a closet ghosting for him. Does it all himself. In spite of his hectic schedule, the quality of his work remains superb – as does his disposition. Whatever adjustment is required in a studio or on stage, Jimmie does it with a smile, instantly and correctly."

Q. "What about this album of his?"

A. "Suggest you just listen. All I'll say is that he has developed that groovy French horn quartet sound which he started in the other album ("When Love Is Young," Dot DLP 25806), This time with a stronger beat and using generally more rhythmic material. Oh yes, and four of these tunes seemed to need the lyrics to be complete, so he brought in a vocal group, 'Haskell's Hummers,' to sing them."

Q. "What's that title mean: Owed To Bobbie Gentry"?

A. "You know Jimmie wrote the arrangements for Bobbie Gentry's wonderful album and single, "Ode To Billy Joe,' right? Well, he won the NARAS Grammy Award for that. He wanted to express his gratitude to Bobbie, so he wrote this original and dedicated it to her."

Summer Scene

Owed To Bobby Gentry

Fred (vocal chorus by Haskell's Hummers)

Cab Driver

Leichen (from the United Artists Release "The Wicked Dreams Of Paula Schultz - Vocal chorus by Haskell's Hummers)

Pretty

Only Love (L'Habitude)

Alicia (vocal chorus by Haskell's Hummers)

Valerie (from the Paramount Picture "Rogue's Gallery")

The Silly Song (vocal chorus by Haskell's Hummers)

Ode To Billy Joe.