The Tupper Saussy Quartet with Charlie McCoy- A Swinger’s Guide to Mary Poppins

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This was $4.00 or so. I liked the title. I thought the record would sound different. If I would have taken a second to read the back, I would not have been so surprised.DSC06179

Tupper Saussy, it turns out had a strange life. Born in Statesboro, Georgia in 1936, Saussy was a composer, musician, artist, art director, actor, and writer. His play, 1977’s The Gimmes, openly criticized the IRS and put him on the agency’s radar. As a result, he was charged with three counts of willfull failure to file a return. He got acquitted on 2 charges but was found guilty on one. Around this time, the assassin of MLK Jr, James Earl Ray co-wrote, edited, and published an autobiography on Saussy, The Tennessee Waltz: The Making of a Political Prisoner. Fearful of repercussions from revelations in the book, Saussy became a fugitive for ten years. During this time, he began researching clandestine elements within the US government. After finally surrendering, Saussy spent 14 months in jail at which time he finished his book, Rulers of Evil. He would die in 2007 of heart failure. Oddly enough, his music was having a bit of a resurgence right before his death.

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Tupper’s Webpage

This is a collection of songs from Mary Poppins, performed by the Tupper Saussy Quartet with Charlie McCoy. Saussy handles the piano while McCoy plays the harmonica. The record itself is not bad per se. I was just expecting something more swinginger.   I would say it is more light jazz. It was hard picking a sample as the songs really all sounded the same.DSCN2514

I decided to go with “Chim-Chim-Cheree” as I like the song from the original. I like it because Bert gets philosophical in it.

Meh. Probably not the Quartet’s fault with this. I just had an idea in my head what this would sound like and the result was different from this.

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