ghost of miles

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:

I'm in for all of them except the Tolliver, which iirc was included as part of Mosaic's Tolliver Select set.

Hallelujah! It's a start, anyway... MLB approves robo-ump challenge for balls and strikes beginning in 2026 … good timing for this announcement, coming on the heels of an ump blowing 25 pitch calls in a single game.

We re-aired Jazz From Monterey 1963: Dizzy For President! this past week, and it remains archived for online listening.

The latest entry in this outstanding series:

Yep, this one’s been in the works for quite awhile.