ghost of miles

What?! Thanks for the tip on this, Dan... any more info re author or publishing press?

Definitely in for this!

Working on a show about Tjader in the 1950s and will be doing a sequel about his Verve recordings as well later this year. Also came across this Tjader tribute to baseball player Orlando Cepeda:

Previous thread Yes! (At least to the concert--I haven't seen the film yet.) I've revisited Shadows and Light several times this summer. Killer lineup and a great live followup to Miles Of Aisles.

A great series. The mid-1990s through the late 2000s were a golden age for jazz CD reissues and box sets. I still have my Blue Note wristwatch that you got if you mailed in the OBIs from 10 of the first 12 Connoisseurs. Anybody else remember the "We DEMAND the release of the George Braith and Don Wilkerson Doubletimes" thread on the old Blue Note board when those announced releases were rumored to be in jeopardy? I think some board members were just about ready to picket EMI! 😄

Is there any way to simply eliminate the ability to delete an old post while letting posters retain the ability to edit a post without a time limit? I have dozens of edits that I need to make in the jazz radio forum (updating links after our website moved) and would rather not bombard you guys with ongoing permission requests.

Up in memory: Jazz Mission Possible: Lalo Schifrin's Early Years

I'll be picking this one up come release day: Joni Mitchell Draws a Through Line With a New Boxed Set

I loved Warren Zanes' 2023 book about the making of Nebraska and will definitely check out this film adaptation when it hits in October.

I have the Prince Sign o' the Times super-deluxe box and love it. Missed out on the 1999 set, though. Did they do one for Purple Rain, or is the "Expanded" 3-CD set the most expansive reissue out there? But yeah, such collections are great for hyperfans. I have all of Rhino's superlative Replacements box-sets, plus deluxe reissues of the Pretenders' first two albums, Love's Forever Changes, and Lou Reed's New York, in addition to the two Springsteen boxes mentioned above. (Though I won't be picking up this Tracks 2 collection--my interest in his catalogue is devoted almost entirely to the 1973-87 period.) And while I know there's controversy about Giles Martin's remasterings, I've also really enjoyed the Beatles albums that have gotten the super-deluxe treatment over the past decade (Revolver, Sgt Pepper, The White Album, Abbey Road, and Let It Be). Recently I've had the gigantic Smile box set out for a spin in the wake of Brian Wilson's death. All great stuff for those who like deep dives into particular artists and albums for which they retain an abiding passion.

This is fantastic news, James! A great follow-up to your Stars of Jazz volume, and one I'll be buying for sure.

Great set! Best overview of the VU that's ever been released IMO.

I'm initially only interested in the first album, L.A. Garage Sessions 1983. I wish that had been part of a Born In The USA deluxe set similar to what Sony did with Darkness on the Edge of Town and The River, but starting to think the ship has sailed on a BITUSA box ever coming out. Can't imagine even with the ever-prolific Boss that there's much left in the vaults from the BITUSA era at this point. I saw Springsteen in Columbus, Ohio in April 2024, and it was an amazing show--clocked in at over three hours, and both Springsteen and the E Street Band were on fire. Great version of "Racing in the Streets" from that concert:

Really nice story about Judge and his wife’s first year of parenting: For Judge, fatherhood brings ‘excitement’, ‘wonder’, ‘joy’

Also Indiana's Four Freshmen!

Very glad I got to see him and several other former Beach Boys perform Pet Sounds in its entirety in 2016 at the Chicago Theater in Chicago. He was in relatively good form that evening. Like Dan and many others I had the Endless Summer collection as a kid in the 1970s, went through a long period of tuning out the band completely in the 1980s, and then gradually came to appreciate their musical legacy beyond the ubiquitous oldies radio staples that comprised ES. (Not to diss those songs, many of which are significant musical accomplishments in and of themselves.. I just got burned out on the American Graffiti-style nostalgia that came to surround them when I was younger.)

Loved this Sony line back in the CD heyday, pairing artists' studio albums circa 1969 with their concert performances at Woodstock. CD 1 here is Stand!

Apparently board member David Weiss, who co-produced this set with John Koenig, will be involved with other projects going forward that will keep the Cuscuna wing of Mosaic's offerings active.

Ordered. I don't have most of this music and would have gotten it anyway, but knowing that Mark wrote the notes made it all the easier to cough up my credit card number.

When I ordered the Sanders set a little while ago, I asked Scott about the status of the V-Disc big band set. He said it's on track for a Christmas-season release and will be "more than six CDs and less than 12."

I’ve been reading Jonathan Abrams’ All The Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of the Wire, which includes this photo of the show’s numerous black cast members. The idea came from actors Robert Wisdom (who played Bunny Colvin, the officer who engineered the Hamsterdam combat zone for drug dealing) and Andre Royo, who played Bubbles. In the book Wisdom says he took inspiration from the Great Day in Harlem photo:

Came across this for $3 at a Half Price Books recently, leaving me in need of only volumes 4, 6 and 8.