ghost of miles

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!

Oh man, *very* sorry and sad to hear this news. He was on the old Blue Note board as well, correct? Had some very nice exchanges with him over the years, and he was very helpful with a couple of early Night Lights episodes. Thanks for letting us know... he was much-liked around these parts.

I feel ya, but all the better going back home up 3-2 instead of down 3-2. They need to at least tax Yamamoto and get him out of the game relatively early enough to take advantage of L.A.'s bullpen.

Damn, Toronto made L.A. into Blue Jay Way! Their next and potentially last test, should they pass it: solving Yamamoto.

Thanks for this re Teagarden and Spanier. I think I may have some of those sides scattered here and there and will hunt for them after I’ve finished absorbing the Crosby Mosaic.

Hank Shteamer on The Infinity of Jack DeJohnette. Hard to imagine the jazz world without Jack DeJohnette in it anymore.

Listened to disc 1 last night—this set is a godsend for Eddie Miller fans, for starters. Until now all I’ve really heard of the Crosby band has been the Decca single-CD compilation South Rampart Street Parade; after learning from Scott a few years ago that he was hoping to do this set, I’d held off on picking up any further CDs featuring the big band and/or the Bob Cats. Sound is excellent, Michael Steinman’s notes are thorough, and I’m enjoying the music even more than I thought I would—did other orchestras emulate this New Orleans big band approach in the late 1930s/early 40s? Hearing some Ellington influences at work as well. And I haven’t even gotten to the first Bob Cats session yet! Much appreciation to Mosaic for putting this set out.

Is it over yet?! Wowza! 18 innings, that’s a bonus World Series game right there.

Terrible news for the beginning of the week. I'd only recently pulled out the ECM Special Edition set for a re-listen.

Yep. I hate the Dodgers, but gotta tip the cap to Yamamoto for hurling back-to-back complete-game victories in the NLCS and now the World Series.

The eagle has landed! Won't get a chance to start listening to it until this evening.

Just got my shipping notice for the Bob Crosby set.

Bari Weiss and the Free Press are absolutely bad-faith trash (CBS soon to be added to the list, now that she's taken her talents there), but yeah, we can't and don't want to get into that. Putting that aside, though, I've read other articles about this same syndrome, and it seems to be an actual thing, or at least worthy of further study. That doesn't mean weed shouldn't be legal, though. People get lung cancer from smoking cigarettes, cirrhosis of the liver from excessive drinking, heart disease from eating fast food... we have far more evidence of the damage that tobacco, alcohol, and fatty food can do to people's health. Lots of people find using weed, whether via smoking or edibles, to be psychologically and physically helpful, and much less destructive to their health in general than the other substances I just listed. Here's a non-FP article about the syndrome from the Cedars-Sinai website: Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome

Amazon's pre-order price for the CD now sitting at $27.97. The station has received a digital promo, so I'll probably live with that and use it for airplay.

Me too, outside of the crazy jagged-geometrical layout for the booklet notes--a style that iirc was in vogue for a number of box set releases in the mid-1990s.

I didn't realize Light in the Attic was doing a CD version of this set as well. On the fence about upgrading from the 1995 box--in the meantime this thread has inspired me to start revisiting it. Oh hey look, it's lunch time! 😉

Co-sign. I have a brother and a friend who are Milwaukee fans, so I’m pulling for them to ultimately win it all, but I’d be happy to see Seattle come out on top as well. Anybody but the Dodgers.

Through the first two discs of this beautifully-curated collection. Not very familiar with post-1980 Joni and am enjoying the sides included herein: