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Meaning to make my way back to Mingus. Meanwhile, Inspired that this title is appearing in the 2026 Tone Poets series, I am spinning this:

It's been 30 years when I read the Nisenson book from the public library but I distinctly remember thinking back then that this was a particularly weak biography... My only comparison regarding Miles biographies is the Szwed which I think is very good, similar to his Ra book in this regard...

Since various Miles biographies are mentioned here, a question to those in the know: How would you rate the "Round About Midnight" bio by Eric Nisenson rate by compasrison? I had seen its German edition at Zweitausendeins back in the day but did not feel compelled to go for it. But it now was part of that haul of jazz books I made about 6 weeks ago (and freebies are not to be sneered at anyway ). Thanks in advance for any enlightened opinions you mave.

Tonight and tomorrow.

That Chester Thompson record is killer (weakish trombone notwithstanding), should anybody wonder and/or should it be available anywhere. Pretty damn short though.

Not to be a shill*, but Dusty Groove has a bunch of Black Jazz titles (far more than on the Real Gone site) @ $6.99. Extra two bucks but more options. Check "CD Deals" on their site. *I am a frequent customer of DG but have no relationship to them.

Ha, I had no idea!

How about No More Mike Cords!!!!!!!

Susannah McCorkle “No More Blues” Concord cd Bass – John Goldsby Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Ken Peplowski Drums – Terry Clarke Guitar – Bucky Pizzarelli or Emily Remler Piano – Dave Frishberg

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Japan has an amazingly resilient way of having the last laugh

When I talked with Michael about those LT album covers, he seemed generally pleased with them. That said, he did admit that it was partly budgetary and that he would not have reissued any of those titles with those covers. He actually laughed when I told hm that the Japanese reissued a bunch of them using those covers.

Nels Cline “Lovers” Blue Note 2 cd set, disc 1

Grey Cup picks https://doorfliesopen.com/2025/11/13/cfl-beat-257/ My pick... Alouettes over Roughriders - This game is as unpredictable as they come. Alexander, undefeated in his 13 starts, has a leg (hamstring) injury. If he is out of the game, the Riders would be expected to win. Of course, if Harris goes out, and it's Alexander versus Maier, the Als would be expected to win. ***** The CFL Awards ceremony is tonight. https://www.cfl.ca/2025/11/13/why-every-nominee-deserves-to-win-at-the-cfl-awards/ ***** Grey Cup previews https://www.cfl.ca/2025/11/13/landrys-3-takeaways-from-riders-thursday-practice/ https://3downnation.com/2025/11/13/montreal-alouettes-qb-davis-alexanders-hamstring-rehab-has-gone-better-than-expected/ ***** Wally Buono and Danny Maciocia discuss quarterbacks. https://3downnation.com/2025/11/13/advice-from-wally-buono-key-in-making-davis-alexander-alouettes-franchise-qb-danny-maciocia/ ***** A new Angus Reid poll says that the proposed rule changes are unpopular with the fans. https://3downnation.com/2025/11/13/new-poll-shows-more-canadians-want-cfl-to-differentiate-itself-from-nfl-oppose-shortening-field/

And some people can't even do math at all You tell me - is it not also a fetish to "love" the fantasy of a design style that in reality has nothing to do with the reality of the record's original place in time? Not the music, the record. Truthfully, I still dig what Prestige used to do with certain items - repackage everything, covers, liners, everything. It was the OJC fetishizing of original everything that led to the notion of Roques' Reid Miles porn...talk about a fetish ..

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I've been mostly underwhelmed by the series (though the Rollins Village Vanguard set was great), but this is a good list. Particularly excited to see Big John Patton, Larry Young and Andrew Hill titles. Hopefully, the latter doesn't have the warbling piano issue that the Black Fire Tone Poet had.

According to Ralph Towner, the band showed up at the photo shoot to find Elvin passed out after a bender. "So, what do they do? They put this picture of the four of us on the cover and put this big smiling picture of Elvin’s face on it like a sticker glued on top with these drumsticks around it. The art director was so bad." Innerviews: Ralph Towner - Unfolding Stories

And some prefer smart phone calculators to slide rules....

This is not the "gotcha" you think it is. Fetishizing original (poor) design choices is not the same. The fact will always remain that they chose to put out archival recordings from an era with classic artwork on the covers in a way that made not the slightest nod toward the era of music it was mining. Did Cuscuna ever say why those covers were used? I always presumed that for a label that was barely an afterthought, they said OK, put out these recordings but we aren't paying shit for the rest of it.

Some people prefer Phil Woods to Charlie Parker.