ghost of miles

Last week's Night Lights show up, with a special thanks to Jsngry, who allowed me to use a quote from an old Organissimo post of his concerning the topic at hand: Final Miles: Miles Davis On Warner Brothers The web post also includes links to the full-length studio outtake of "Can I Play With U?" (the Prince song and recording originally intended for Tutu), Miles' appearance at Prince's 1987 New Year's Eve concert at Paisley Park, and much more.

I've recently picked up a couple of the Impulse twofer CDs and will spin those tonight in Mr. Shepp's honor.

Up for Mr. Shaw's birthday: Shaw Sounds Final: Artie Shaw 1949-54

Celtics get blown out twice at home, then win on the road without IT. Bizarro World. At least they won't get swept... if they somehow manage to pull off another win at home in Game 5, that would be one hell of a moral victory.

Up for the arrival day of Mr. Ra: Second Magic City: Sun Ra In Chicago

Happy Larry Kart Day!

Aaron Judge on the Tonight Show

I was just listening to Stinson last week--a superlative piece that he recorded with Larry Coryell. I think in fact it might have been the last recording that Stinson ever did.

Bob Porter was on Night Lights last week, talking about some of the artists and subjects that his book explores: Bob Porter's Portraits In Soul Jazz

Last week's Night Lights show, featuring commentary from Soul Jazz author Bob Porter and music from Charles Earland, Gene Ammons, Lou Donaldson, Brother Jack McDuff, and others, is now up for online listening: Bob Porter's Portraits In Soul Jazz

Definitely.

Hopefully this burst of orders will increase the likelihood of the Wilson set coming to pass.

The imagined conversations are jarring and irritating, no matter what sources he's rooting them in--suddenly it feels as if we're on the ground of a novel, rather than a cultural-research account. I'm enjoying it for the most part, because it's such an interesting topic, an expansion on areas that Szwed and Corbett have delved into... But any kind of Joe McGinnis Kennedy-walking-on-the-beach moments drive me to distraction in histories or biographies of any sort.

Love those Private Collection releases!

Merge Quintet, Presence. I was just listening to that this past weekend--got it along with Thembi as part of that great CD twofer Impulse reissue series.

I was fascinated by him as a kid and feel the interest reawakening now. Just came across this website while searching for photos of him from his post-baseball years: Shoeless Joe Jackson's Virtual Hall Of Fame

Just got a like-new copy of this set for $95 from an online seller and jumped in at disc 11. So much vitality in the music that I've heard so far--but then I've gotten pretty deeply immersed in Miles' Warner Bros period in the past couple of weeks. I have a feeling this set is going to validate Jsngry and other's opinions that the real gold from this era is to be found in the live performances.

Jsngry, did you know that Shoeless Joe Jackson's great-great-grand nephew is in the Rangers' farm system? Joseph Ray Jackson

Getting ready to start this:

Did somebody mention Dwight K. Schrute? The Office fire drill

Up for Mr. Jarrett's 72nd birthday today--no photos, please! Birth: Early Keith Jarrett

Me too, Paul. I bailed last night after inning 14, fully expecting NY to lose, given that they were on the road. The comments on the Pinstripe Alley thread from the ninth inning on were hilarious to read this morning. That game set an MLB record for most strikeouts--26 recorded by Yankee pitchers, 22 by Cubs pitchers. In the highlight clip of Aaron Hicks scoring the winning run in the 18th, he can clearly be heard yelling "F*&# yeah!" as he jogs back to the dugout after sliding across home plate. The bullpen was down to Tommy Layne, which meant it was down to imminent defeat. Quite a series indeed.

Scott told me a couple of weeks ago that some of their longtime customers don't have a computer. I'm sure that's an ever-shrinking part of their consumer base, but yet another wrinkle to the set of challenges that they've faced in recent years. Still, I certainly understand why eliminating the print catalogue was one of the steps they took in recent years to try to stay economically viable.