It was the difference between a peaty single malt from Islay and a smooth blend.
But these four-part harmonies, while never gratingly out of tune, fail to find a smooth blend.
The result is a smooth blend of "commodity biography" – a sub-genre made popular 15 years ago with the likes of Cod and Salt – and family saga.
Start with a fry of bombil, a local fish also known as Bombay duck, served with a smooth blend of yogurt, cilantro and mint.
In general, though, he focused on his accessible new album, "The Door" (Okeh/Columbia), presenting a smooth blend of jazzy riffing, funk beats and singer-songwriter melodies.
Given the intended format, most of the pieces were clever bagatelles based on a single notion: rhythmic intricacy, smooth blend, extended vocabulary and so on.
The music of the time then demanded the building of instruments in different sizes for the various parts in order to secure a smooth blend throughout the texture.
The New York Voices have a smooth blend and a comfortable mastery of pop-jazz harmony not unlike the far more vigorous, swinging and adventurous Manhattan Transfer.
The rabbit main course, three juicy, tasty roulade-like spirals of meat stuffed with a smooth blend of vegetables and presented with roasted red bliss potatoes and vegetables, cost $16.95.
The vocal sextet, known for its smooth blend and its open-minded approach to repertory, offers a program of American music of all kinds, from colonial-era works by William Billings to arrangements of pop songs by Bobby McFerrin and Billy Joel.
