ghost of miles

I'd really like to find that version of SHOWBOAT--hoping to do another program on Carisi down the line that would include that and the original INTO THE HOT material, which Joe Milazzo hipped me to a year or two back. Carisi was also the composer of "Springsville," recorded for that 1956 RCA session a year before Miles & Gil Evans did it for MILES AHEAD.

Late, It's on an OOP cd called THE ARRANGERS. I'm featuring it as part of my Night Lights program tonight if you want to hear some of the material: NightLightsCarisi You can even listen to it right now--it's already archived. The Bluebird-released session takes up the first half of the program, and then it switches to Mingus' Savoy LP.

Better yet, if you're looking to scare up some extra bucks for that Farlow Mosaic or those Decca Jazz Studio CDs that Universal Japan is putting out in Dec., how about getting her out there on the chess-hustler circuit? It's time she started earning her keep... you gotta instill that work ethic early!

If you wanna really help hone that kids tactical skills give him a quick pre-lesson tour of the political forum and we'll let Ghost, Chris & Groper shatter his rook, pulverize his knight & pilfer his bishop's pockets in no time flat....a helpful lesson he'll never forget. I believe you have me mistaken for another, sir. I spurn that forum--spurn it for the viper's nest that it is!

Girls were a rarity when I played during junior-high... I remember a regional tournament where a team with a girl player showed up, and everybody was oooing and ahhing as if she were some sort of exotic specimen. I imagine that's changed by now, but in the late 1970s--in Indiana, anyway--it was an overwhelmingly male arena of competition.

I cast my vote for Nick the Lounge Singer:

Interesting, Conn--why is that? I don't recall that being the case in the late 1970s when I was playing regularly. If anything, the older players seemed excited by the enthusiasm that Fischer had generated for the game among the young. And what do you think accounts for this wave of activity? You know what else has been big with the kids for the past couple of years--poker!

Somewhat embarrassed here--I think I may have been confusing this in my memory with BORN TO BE BLUE. Will have to go back and give both discs a listen. Listened to it last night and indeed confused it w/BORN TO BE BLUE. Have to concur that it's a disappointing record--in fact, when the RVG came out, I remember setting aside my plans to feature it on a program and playing only one track instead. This one, on the other hand, is still one of my favorite Greens:

I do have an open mind to electronica and have long been fascinated by the impact it has & will have on jazz... it's just that another friend found the record dull. (The reviews I've seen have been mixed as well.) However, I've heard enough good things about it that I'll probably plunk the money down--I'm an Osby fan & am curious to hear him in this setting.

c-addict, I've heard so many mixed things about this record, so I welcome your report... a friend of mine whose opinion I respect highly gives it great marks, and I'm strongly tempted to pick it up and give it a listen. (And I certainly know who Charlie Hunter is! My wife's a bigger fan than me, though... SONGS FROM THE ANALOG PLAYGROUND got a lot of airtime around our house for a good long while.)

You need to get that Farlow set!

Exactly! These bright-eyed runts get to thinking that they're smarter than their parents... and before you know it, all authority has crumbled and you find yourself turning all your earnings over each week and asking them for an allowance.

I was definitely part of the "Fischer generation"--age 6 in the summer of 1972, and I remember watching the Spassky match on TV (ABC?) in my grandparents' camper up at the Straits of Mackinac. When I started playing chess in grade-school I read the strategy book that Fischer wrote--pretty useful, actually, as I recall. He sure did go off the rails, though. Is he still seeking asylum in Japan?

That's about the age I was when I started beating my dad... you gotta watch these tykes, they're deadly! B-)

From Margaret Davis: Alan's site lists it for January:

What's the ST. LOUIS BLUES soundtrack like? I know the film is routinely dismissed, but a friend tells me the st is actually pretty good... out-of-print, however.

Somewhat embarrassed here--I think I may have been confusing this in my memory with BORN TO BE BLUE. Will have to go back and give both discs a listen.

Are we talkin' public radio orgies here? Larry, I may ask my brother to swing by your signing tomorrow and buy a signed copy--my birthday's coming up, and his wife runs the nearby Borders store, so he's in that neck of the Chicago woods anyway on numerous occasions.

Great story, Late! Jamey comes up here every now & then to play at Bear's Place... I'll have to pass that story along to him.

Hit it today, I think--writer Allen Lowe is #901.

I was just thinking about this recording the other day, in light of all of the Hawk celebration going on... will have to look up The Jazz Scene when I get home tonight, as the booklet that comes with it has some discussion of this piece.

Allen, when it comes to expression on this board, I think you'll find it's Kart blanche.

Yes, and I'm badly in need of a shine.

Jesus H., Allen Lowe is posting here now?? Who's next--Scott Deveaux and Dan Morgenstern? Welcome too, Allen!