String of Poils by Sven Muller
After having read the New York Times op-ed piece about the purloined piano pieces recorded before the death of Ms. Joyce Hatto, Joe Masi, a pal in D.C., sent me this short note…
“She made several uncannily expert vocal recordings, too:
- Joyce Hatto and Basie Live at the Sands
- Chances Are it’s Joyce Hatto (Odds Are It Ain’t)
- White Tie, Tails and Top Hatto: Joyce Sings Astaire
- Vieilles Chansons de Hatto
- Una Donna Per Ahatto
- Ahatts A-Plenty With Bobby Hackett
- Hatto, I Don’t Even Know Your Name (From Same Time Next Year)
- The Gang That Sang Hatto My Heart
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and Mambo Hataliano”
I decided to see if there were any truth to what he had written. I found these in my attic.
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Joe happens to be a long-time reader of Grammaphone is in his own words a
“tune detective who had been gathering evidence on this vocal hoax but hadn’t quite nailed it down when the piano story broke.”
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With apologies to my favorite comic strip artist, I shall use his drawing as a platform to close the mystery and open another??????
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Images:(basie) musiqueonly.com; (mathis) cgi.ebay.com; (mouskouri) i.walmart.com; (clooney) (battisti) digilander.libero.it; (astaire) amazon.com;(jazz greats) hakushouse.com; (Same Time Next Year) barnes&noble.com; (hamlisch) mywebpages.comcast.net; (bergmans) ascap.com(Miller) amazon.com;
(hatlo) colorpro.com; (headphones) sachsreport.com; (joyce hatto) concertartistsrecordings.com; musicweb-international.com; musicweb.uk.net