ghost of miles

Yes, and this very political (and illegal—only Congress is authorized to rename the Center) act contributes to the ongoing assault on a cultural institution that has championed jazz, so that has to be mentioned. Hard to keep politics out when it’s actively, quite deliberately shitting on so much of what we value in this country, every single day. In the meantime, I can’t imagine any self-respecting jazz artist performing at this venue again any time soon.

… for anybody who missed out on the marvelous Tubby Hayes Fontana box set, Jazz Messengers has it right now for $70. Listening to the last two “lost sessions” discs. Delighted to hear Teddy Grace pop up on two of the disc 4 tracks, and continuing to sop up all the Eddie Miller that’s here to hear. What a great band this was!

Tonight at Zardi's, a 5-CD collection of live performances by Shorty Rogers, Stan Kenton and Stan Getz that the Los Angeles Jazz Institute put out recently as a membership thank-you gift.

Such an excellent box-set. A primary issue for selling here, pglbook, might be most if not that all who would be interested already have it!

My Bloody Valentine's 2013 comeback album of a sort, dropping quite mysteriously and suddenly iirc--I didn't get around to hearing it for a few months after its release, despite retaining my love for their late 1980s-early 90s shoegaze glory years. I know kids here on the music scene in Bloomington and beyond who absolutely revere this band... I'm old enough now to note with interest the music from my own youth that finds any traction with teens and 20somethings, and they've got big ears. Certainly having the kind of vast, unparalleled access to past music that pre-digital kids didn't have is partly to account (for better or worse--I think it's for the better, generally speaking), but I'm always curious about why certain indie bands in particular resonate with Gen Z. They're certainly big on My Bloody Valentine. That's great news! I still have the reissue of Cypress with the Afoot EP appended that came out a few years ago, and I still love that album. It might be the peak of 1980s college jangle-rock.

Strata-East CD reissues in the house! Now playing:

I don't know about jazz CDs specifically, but the owner of my fave local record store recently told me that he's selling CDs as much if not more than ever. He says he's getting more young customers buying them, partly because they can't afford vinyl if they're looking for physical media. And Numero, which dumped its CD stock years ago, just announced that they are launching a new CD reissue series in response to ongoing customer base demand. I don't think CDs will come back necessarily to the extent that vinyl did, and will remain a niche part of the market, but there do seem to be signs that a small revival is underway.

Richard Linklater (absolute favorite--others in no particular order) Greta Gerwig Todd Haynes Guillermo del Toro Martin Scorsese Christopher Nolan Paul Thomas Anderson Billy Wilder Ryan Coogler Wes Anderson Chantal Ackerman Joel Coen .... lots of others, but I'll leave it at a baker's dozen.

I love the live shows on the bonus discs for this and the Reckoning deluxe edition. I recently picked up Joni Mitchell’s Archives 3 and 4 box sets and am digging into them again this afternoon. So much great music on these! Highly recommended if you’re already a Joni fan.

I loved this series back in the day but never came across this one till recently. As always I already have many of the tracks, but there are also often stray ones that I don’t, and I like the compilation concepts (which were even more compelling in the pre-Spotify playlist era). The title says it all with this one… not to mention the cover!

Seeing her perform this album in Chicago tomorrow night.

Curious to see where Kyle Tucker lands and hoping it’s not Toronto or L.A. Free-agent market buzz and rumors are often of dubious credibility, but media consensus as of today is ranking the Blue Jays as the leading contender to land him.

Not on Spotify… once again, glad I have the CD! I have volume three in this series and need to pick up one and two. I love small-label compilations like these.

Bunny must be in the air--the Berigan Mosaic has been on my revisit list of late. Right now:

Such a great series. (And a treasure trove for fans of Lee Wiley and other musicians that were active in the Condon circles.) I’m still on the hunt for three of them. Dusting this one off as the Schuller centennial approaches:

I have a bassist friend who played there quite often when it was Augie's, circa 1989-90. He was part of a young group that included Brad Mehldau (playing a battered old Fender Rhodes! apparently it was the house piano at the time) and was led by Jesse Davis.

I’ve never heard this one before, so now’s the time for me, apparently. Has anybody ever written up a good overview of her post-RCA discography? A Single Woman (expanded) out Nov 7

I love this BGO reissue series and will be picking this one up at some point.

Forgot to mention that the presence of Connee Boswell on two tracks on disc 1 was a pleasant surprise! Has there ever been a discussion of putting together a Connee Boswell Mosaic set? (Iirc she pops up on the Bunny Berigan box and the recent V-Disc small group set.)

Man, if the recording dates on Wikipedia are correct, Shank was putting down these tracks before Magical Mystery Tour had even hit the shops in late 1967. I assume he had early access to it, given that World Pacific was part of Capitol? Makes Ramsey Lewis' Mother Nature's Son--Lewis' record of White Album songs that came out several weeks after the White Album itself in late 1968--seem like a slowpoke!

Such a great series. Picked up quite a few of them over the years, not sure if I ever landed the Stitt, but yeah, those titles generally go for high prices now. Thanks for reviving this topic, Late!