ghost of miles

Damn. Had not heard him, but he sounds as if he was a very interesting musician. Just turned 59, seems way too young to be leaving the planet.

Thanks much, thought this session sounded familiar... too many previous Organissimo discussions washing around in my brain! The discovery of a truly “lost” Blue Note recording date would rate an astonishment exclamation point these days.

Welp, it’s getting an official release now, for better or worse. I’ll pick it up, bearing Mark Stryker’s caveat in mind from the thread I started today about it.

Seems right? What was the last one... Andrew Hill’s Passing Ships, or were there ones after that?

I wondered that as well. Haven’t searched for it yet, but don’t we have a thread here devoted to unreleased Blue Note sessions? Guessing there might be mention of it there, if it’s a previously-known recording date. Leonard Feather’s original liner notes for Jazz Corner Of The World make no mention of this band having been in the studio, and the CD reissue includes no new latter-day notes.

Previously-unreleased Blue Note session from 1959 coming out in April. Has this date been discussed or speculated about on the board before? Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers “Just Coolin’” Longer description from the email: On April 24, Blue Note Records will release Just Coolin’, a never-before-released studio album by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers that was recorded on March 8, 1959 in Rudy Van Gelder's living room studio in Hackensack, New Jersey. The session featured a short-lived line-up of The Jazz Messengers with drummer Art Blakey, trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, pianist Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt. The album features two previously unissued compositions including Timmons’ tune “Quick Trick,” which is available today to stream or download. Just Coolin’ can be pre-ordered now in several formats: CD, digital download, and an all-analog 180g vinyl pressing that was mastered by Kevin Gray. The session for Just Coolin’ finds The Jazz Messengers’ saxophone chair in transition. The band had last recorded in October 1958 when they cemented their place in jazz history with the classic album Moanin’ featuring Benny Golson on tenor saxophone. By July 1959, Blakey had recruited tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter who would remain a fixture of the band until 1964. The interim saw the return of Mobley, who was a charter member of The Jazz Messengers when the band first formed in 1954 and appeared on their debut recording The Jazz Messengers At The Café Bohemia in 1955. Mobley also filled an important role as the band’s resident composer. In fact, three of the six tracks on Just Coolin’ were written by Mobley: “Hipsippy Blues,” “M&M,” and “Just Coolin’.” However, five weeks after the studio session Blue Note founder and producer Alfred Lion decided to record the band again at the legendary club Birdland in New York City on April 15, 1959, capturing an assured live recording that included four of the six titles that had been recorded in March. The Birdland sessions ended up superseding the studio date when Lion instead released the two-volume live album Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers At The Jazz Corner Of The World later that year. “In 2020, it’s great to find more Morgan, Mobley and Timmons in their prime,” writes Bob Blumenthal in the liner notes for Just Coolin’. “The music had clearly settled in during the month that separated studio and live versions, but the fire of these six tracks has an appeal of its own.” Now, 61 years later jazz fans all over the world will have the chance to listen for themselves. The credits for Just Coolin’ are as follows: SIDE 1 1. Hipsippy Blues (Hank Mobley) 2. Close Your Eyes (Bernice Petkere) 3. Jimerick (unknown) SIDE 2 1. Quick Trick (Bobby Timmons) 2. M&M (Hank Mobley) 3. Just Coolin’ (Hank Mobley) Lee Morgan: trumpet Hank Mobley: tenor saxophone Bobby Timmons: piano Jymie Merritt: bass Art Blakey: drums Original session produced by Alfred Lion Recorded on March 8, 1959, Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ Recording by Rudy Van Gelder Photography by Francis Wolff Cover design by Todd Gallopo at Meat and Potatoes Produced for release by Zev Feldman Mastered for vinyl by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio

Done. So much love for this place!

Continuing a renewed Boyd Raeburn kick:

It’s a great set! I picked up a near-mint copy on eBay for about $40 last year—very well-curated overview of the era, and a fair amount of material on it that I’d missed as the era was actually happening. (I feel like such a greybeard now! 😄).

They’re quoting lyrics from a Talking Heads song.

Left Of The Dial: Dispatches From The 80s Underground

I just started revisiting the Lester Young 1936-47 set a few days ago. One of my favorites, and staggering in how much it gathers of Lester in his prime. Loren Schoenberg's notes are, as always, compelling and in-depth. Fence-sitters, make that jump! (If you're able)

More indications that this virus hits younger people hard as well: French health official: half of patients in intensive care are under 65

Made a trip this afternoon to support a couple of local businesses I love, included Landlocked Music CDs and Vinyl—they’ll be closing indefinitely as of tomorrow, like a number of other shops in town. Picked up a used copy of this: ... as well as this new release by Shabaka and the Ancestors:

Agreed--at this point I'm not even sure we're going to be able to host our outdoor Jazz In July concert series here in Bloomington, a Friday-night event that always draws anywhere from 400 to 750 people. Public life of any sort is on indefinite pause.

Thanks and apologies for bringing COVID-19 into the discussion. Speculation withdrawn! Just worried for younger friends because the early wave of info made it seem as if they had nothing to worry about in terms of potential fatality, and that seems to not so much be the case anymore.

But pneumonia is an outcome of COVID-19 for a number of patients, isn't it? Sorry, not trying to sensationalize her passing by potentially tying it to the current health crisis--and I know pneumonia can kill people at any age. Tragically young age for anybody to die from anything. I do remember her contributions to the board.. thank you for letting us know.

40 and dead of pneumonia--I have to wonder if her death might be connected to COVID-19. There are more and more reports of it being potentially fatal for some under 50 as well.

Hoping (perhaps against hope) that we as a country--messy and complex and troubled/screwed-up as we are--will somehow rise to this and ride it out. There's going to be a lot of damage--all kinds of it. The measures that seem so extreme right now may help mitigate that damage, or at least stretch it out in a way that's not impossible to absorb.

Some good JT to be heard here:

Governor of Indiana has followed suit of neighboring states and ordered restaurants and bars to go to carryout/delivery only immediately through the end of the month. My guess is that timeline will be extended.

New thread already started after consultation with Jsngry.