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Fun record. The band reminds me of the Microscopic Quintet in spirit. The Viper Song is a good one for Fat Tuesday.

Miles was kicking around the time of the interview and you can sort of tell. Like I said this came through from Jim Eigo. Someone on the Jazz Programmer's List questioned whether it was Miles or not. Here's a response: Jim, I can tell you, this is Miles Davis. Harry Frost was a long time DJ in the St. Louis area, I have a couple of other interviews that he did over the years. I also knew a number of Harrys friends. His best buddy Ken Schnizenmeire, later known in Down Beat as Ken Meire, was Harry's best friend and often told me about his few run ins with Miles and Ken was at the studio at this time. Kenny never told me that this was when Miles "got clean", that's speculation on my part. Quincy Troupe might have a better idea, although Quincy's first encounter with Miles was a few years later at the Peacock Alley engagement that we've documented with photos on the Lockwood Summit blog. As for the origins of the tape. A long time Jazz fan and DJ here in St. Louis passed away around 1996 or 1997. He lived in a small apartment in the South St. Louis area. While buying his records, I unearthed a large amount of photographs taken by Bernie Thrasher (the origins of the Miles photos) and a large stack of reel to reels. Virgil Matheus of VJM records (Miles at Peacock Alley and Miles in St. Louis) took the tapes and scowered them for gems. Most were filled with Harry Frost programs and perhaps some Spider Burke's as well. Virgil was shocked to find this Miles interview as well as a Frost program from the 60's with a "This is Your Life" interview with Stan Getz. I was pleasently surprised to find an interview with a St. Louis legend Tommy Wolf who's best known for his composition "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most", but I digress. Harry was most certainly a hipster and a character, in fact Harry Frost was only a radio name, I don't recall his given name. His death in the mid 60's has been a mystery for many years, murdered on the front lawn of his Central West End home. Harry and his friend Kenny befriended many of the traveling musicians that came through in the 50's. Kenny related a number of story's to me over the years about the likes of Stan Getz and Chet Baker, Kenny told me that by the time he ran into him again at Peacock Alley Miles' personality became very stand offish but I think that's old news. Joe Schwab Euclid Records St. Louis, MO http://euclidrecords.blogspot.com/

We posted the first part. We'll be doing 2 more over the next couple weeks http://euclidrecords.blogspot.com/ by Joe Schwab It's been well documented that Miles Davis came home to East St. Louis in 1953 while in the throes of a bad heroin addiction to spend time on his father's farm in order to kick. Before departing for the farm, Miles made a stop at radio station KXLW to visit with Modern Jazz DJ and hipster Harry Frost and his Fresh Air program. This is a fascinating look into Miles' persona and the most extensive recorded interview with him from this era. Miles discusses his career and recordings up until that time. Most people have never heard Miles' voice before it was entrenched with the raspy croak that we're used to and it's rather hard to fathom that this is the man who would later become known as "The Prince of Darkness". The Miles we hear is amiable and friendly, but obviously hurting from the drugs he was determined to defeat. This is a very very rare and historic recording, enjoy and look for the second part of the program next week. (addendum: you can hear Miles introducing compositions in the recording of the Miles Davis/Tadd Dameron Quintet live at the 1949 Paris Jazz Festival, too, as an example of how he sounded before his voice got roached)

http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grand-r...son_balsom.html Went with my trumpet teacher who was gassed that she went over big by just playing well, very well. No schtick, no higher, faster, louder. She plays, generally, at piano -- with a beautiful sound, consistently fluid articulation, and elegance. She may have dropped one note in the entire recital, and played completely from memory. Great concert.

San Francisco Chronicle on Fred Hersch http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...=001&sc=625 Hersch performs a solo piano concert Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. in the Wichers Auditorium of the Nykerk Hall of Music at Hope College, Holland. Blue Lake Public Radio will record the concert for future broadcast. Lazaro

He's with Henry Threadgill's Sextett on RCA in the 1980's. The vividly titled, "Rag, Bush and All."

Great tool: http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/cat...eo-6100-series/

Bellson played Blue Lake with Pearl Bailey, Milt Hinton and Remo Palmeri in the late 70's early 80's. He returned with his Chicago big band in the 1990's and was just hollering. He and Larry Novak came by the station and he spent almost an hour talking and playing records. Great guy. Bellson with Ellington, The Hawk Talks.

Do you get those pre-produced programs from Andy Cahn at Legacy?

Bill and Renee were featured on "Piano Jazz" this weekend.

This airs tonight at 10 on Blue Lake. The 9 p.m. hour features a radio special on Kind of Blue including interviews with Jimmy Cobb and others. http://www.bluelake.org/radio

Coleman Mellett has been to Michigan for at least two summers in the infamous "Scully Tour" and appeared live from the studios of Blue Lake Public Radio during one of those turns. He was married to vocalist Jeanie Bryson, Dizzy Gillespie's daughter, who performed with him in Grand Rapids in the 1990's. A solid professional musician.

http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/musi...oleman-Mellett/

Ah, Ingrid is now teaching part time at the University of Michigan. Heard Organissimo last night at The Alley Door Club in Muskegon. Good crowd, great music. Randy's new drum set and Joe's new guitar are, as Nessa said last night, "Shiny."

Christy sounds a lot like O'Day at this point in her career. The Peggy Lee small band things are a revelation.

He also does "Will You Still Be Mine" by Matt Dennis on "The Freedom Suite."

Will include some of the music from the Carl Allen / Rodney Whitaker project with Joe Gloss on guitar in this evening's program, too.

That's a good one, Paul, which we've featured in the past. This time landed on Chet Baker.

Please join Blue Lake Public Radio tonight from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. for a celebration of Matt Dennis compositions by jazz musicians. Angel Eyes, Violets for Your Furs, Will You Still Be Mine, Let's Get Away From It All, Everything Happens to Me. Then Thursday night Organissimo gets the retrospective treatment in anticipation of their Friday night performance in Muskegon. Including "Live From Blue Lake" recordings with the Big O and Arno Marsh. http://bluelake.ncats.net/

http://www.tangent-audio.com/00003/00011/00050/ Nice video. Then this: http://www.reciva.com

Thanks for dropping by last night folks. Had a nice spike in listeners on line from 11 p.m. to midnight.

If you're up and happen to be near the computer jazz great Howard McGhee's music is featured tonight on Blue Lake Public Radio, including interviews with McGhee, Teddy Edwards, Roy Porter and Earl Coleman from the recently published Charlie Parker box set on ESP, Bird In Time, 1940 to 1947, http://espdisk.com/catalog/Individual%20Ti...es/ESP4050.html The entire 11 p.m. to midnight hour is focused on Maggie's music with Coleman Hawkins, Bird and on his own in the 1940's (plus the interview segments). www.bluelake.org/radio

Kevin Whitehead for NPR's "Fresh Air": http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...oryId=100178105

Nice.

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