ghost of miles

It’s easy for me to stay in a Philips/RCA default for listening to Nina Simone. This new set is reminding me of how much I enjoy the Colpix sides too, previously heard via that 2-CD anthology that Rhino put out a long time ago:

The Jazz Monk: Thomas Merton aired again last week and remains archived for online listening.

This morning:

It was a very good set! A mix of Parker, Coltrane and Hart or Iverson originals, with George Cables in attendance. Walter Smith III on sax, who often played on Wednesday nights at the Blockhouse here in Bloomington when he was on IU’s faculty… such a great guy as well as saxophonist. Chatted with Ethan Iverson a bit before and after the set. I always love going to the Vanguard. The following night I went to a very different kind of concert—Liam Gallagher/John Squire at the newly-reopened Brooklyn Paramount. I’m a huge Stone Roses/Squire fan and there are precious few opportunities to see him live, esp stateside. It was also a great show!

Catching Billy Hart’s first season at the Village Vanguard this evening.

Hep put out such great stuff. And a Thelma Carpenter track, what a find! Alastair must have corrected it in a later run... I just checked my copy and it's listed. Going to revisit later this evening, so thanks much for posting it.

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MLB Most Called Strikes Below Strike Zone Since 2017 489 Aaron Judge 368 Xander Bogaerts 365 Josh Bell 343 Paul Goldschmidt 340 Manny Machado

Nate Chinen’s WRTI obit.

Hey, I’m all in favor of robo-umping balls and strikes. Judge was called out Tuesday night on a pitch six inches below his knees, and he routinely leads the league in the unfortunate category of balls-called-strikes. The odds were good that we were going to get that last out anyway—Arizona had to send up a pitcher to hit after Boone IBB’d the previous batter, because they were out of position players. Can’t say I expected a Cole-less NY to open 6-1 on the road against Houston and the defending NL champs—it’s a sweet start for sure, but I’m not going to get too heady about it. The team’s definitely showing some great potential. Jsngry, how are you feeling about the Rangers so far? How well positioned are they to defend their title?

A name I was always happy to see among an album’s personnel. Pulling Kwanza (The First) off the shelf right now for a memorial listen. Thanks for letting us know, Mark.

Hank Shteamer review

An excellent Hank Shteamer review.

Expanded 2021 reissue:

I didn’t mention it in this thread’s post, but the Night Lights show includes a broadcast with Billy Eckstine’s big band, sides made with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker (among them the first waxed version of “A Night in Tunisia,” aka “Interlude”), live performances at New York City’s Town Hall (featuring Lester Young on one song), recordings for the Musicraft label, and several of the Columbia sides with Miles that you mention.

Night Lights observed the occasion: Sassy First Soars: Sarah Vaughan in the 1940s

Night Lights celebrated the Sarah Vaughan centennial last week with a show devoted to her 1940s recordings, including a broadcast with Billy Eckstine’s big band, sides made with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker (among them the first waxed version of “A Night in Tunisia,” aka “Interlude”), live performances at New York City’s Town Hall (featuring Lester Young on one song), recordings for the Musicraft label, and her first outings for Columbia, with a young Miles Davis on trumpet: Sassy First Soars: Sarah Vaughan in the 1940s

Jesus holiday sighting! https://x.com/JomboyMedia/status/1774495730255970434?s=20

Yankees sweep Houston 4-0 on the road to start off 2024. Juan Soto’s line through first four games: 9-17, 1 double, 1 HR, 4 RBI (including two game-winners), .529 BA, .600 OBP, .765 slugging, 1.365 OPS. And he looks absolutely overjoyed to be playing for NY. Definitely worth the haul of pitchers we gave up to get him… already seems like a night-and-day difference between 2023 and this year’s team. Judge off to a terrible start and both Yankee and Astros fans in game threads were arguing that Houston should have IBB’d Soto to face Judge instead… which sounds insane, but frankly might not have been a bad idea. Instead Soto hit a 3-2 opposite-field single off Hader for the go-ahead run. (Hader then struck out Judge to end the inning.) I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a single player have the broad kind of impact that Soto’s having on the Yankees so far… his presence and energy is infectious and seems to be affecting the entire batting order in a positive way. Still concerned about the pitching depth and players staying healthy, but couldn’t ask for a better beginning to the season.

Mosaic’s Condon Mob Sessions set was mentioned early in this thread, and it’s well worth seeking out for fans of this genre—it kicks off with a standout 1940 Bud Freeman date and includes just about everything that Jimmy Dorsey’s late-1940s “band within a band” Dixieland unit recorded. You also get a fine run of Lee Wiley sides. And speaking of Dorseys, the Clambake Seven records from Tommy’s orchestra are enjoyable as well. There was a 2-CD set issued by Jasmine many years ago that gathered together quite a lot of that material.

Electric Opening Day moments from around MLB … including a fifth straight Opening Day HR from Red Sox outfielder Tyler O’Neill. 😮

Thanks for posting this, Ken. Enjoying the Tatum set as I type!