Portal:Jazz/Did you know/18

January - April 2009
 * ... 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"?