ghost of miles

I'll be featuring this on WFIU's Just You And Me tomorrow afternoon from 3-5 p.m. EST.

The same Lawrence Brown Slide Trombone CD that got me thinking about favorite reissue series also brings this question to mind: what are some of your favorite Ellington-sidemen leader dates? One that comes to mind for me is Johnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra.

Return of the San-chino! Sanchez blasts three-run homer

I pulled out Lawrence Brown's Slide Trombone the other day and found myself marveling all over again at what a great series Verve Elite was--maybe my favorite, in fact. What series, either on CD or vinyl, has really stood out for you? (Hep, Mosaic Singles, RVG, the 1970s Blue Note two-fers, etc.)

I've been listening a lot lately to that BGO reissue of his first four Columbia albums--will put it on again now. Thank you, Mr. Blythe.

Very sorry to hear this. Used to listen to him online on Friday evenings.

Loren Schoenberg's doing the notes for this set. (Speaking of Loren and Teddy Wilson, via his Facebook page, news that an upcoming Savory volume will include three tracks by Wilson's big band.)

Apologies if there's a previous thread--my initial search didn't turn one up. There's been some discussion of this somewhere on the board before, but here's a press release that went out today: Hello! As I'm sure you know, 2017 marks Thelonious Monk's centennial. I'm very happy to be working with Sam Records/Saga on a newly discovered Monk studio album titled Thelonious Monk: Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960. It's the never-before released soundtrack to the Roger Vadim film Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 and contains solo, trio and quartet performances of classic Monk tunes heard in the film. Monk was at the height of his powers when he entered Nola Penthouse Studios in New York City on July 27, 1959 to record several of his best-known compositions for use as the predominant soundtrack of the film. Never before had Monk recorded music to be used in a film. Monk biographer Robin D.G. Kelley notes: "It is not too much to suggest that Monk transformed what would have been an edgy but relative standard narrative film into avant-garde cinema." The recording – featuring Monk's 1959 all-star working band of Charlie Rouse, Sam Jones and Art Taylor, plus special guest French saxophonist Barney Wilen – will be available: – As a 2 LP limited edition deluxe box set on Record Store Day, April 22, 2017 – The CD and digital version will be available on May 19, 2017 As T.S. Monk says: "This is a marvelous release. Thelonious is at his best, with a wonderful array of his best friends, including Charlie Rouse, Sam Jones, and Art Taylor! And there are new tunes too! If you love Monk, you'll surely love this original soundtrack to the award winning French cinema classic Les Liaisons Dangereuses. The entire Monk family is delighted to partner with Sam Records/Saga to make this release possible." The project includes a 50-page booklet with original artwork by Jerome Witz, essays by acclaimed jazz writers Robin D.G. Kelley, Brian Priestley and Alain Tercinet, as well as a complete discography compiled by Daniel Richard, plus never-before-published color and black-and-white photographs and memorabilia from the recording session. Deluxe 2LP 180-gram vinyl set transferred and mastered from the original session tapes by Francois Le Xuan at Studio 101, with lacquers cut by Benjamin Joubert at Biduloscope Mastering and pressed by Pallas in Germany. Producer Zev Feldman writes: "In December of 2014 I was visiting Paris and received a very charming introductory email out of the blue from the head of Sam Records, Mr. Fred Thomas explaining that he and his friend, Mr. Francois Le Xuan of Saga Jazz (producer of the acclaimed 'Jazz In Paris' series) had located master tapes of a previously unissued studio session of Thelonious Monk made in 1959 by a French producer (the one and only Marcel Romano: Miles Davis' "Ascenseur pour l'échafaud.") I was obviously extremely intrigued, and I believe my eyeballs literally left my face upon reading the news. Are you kidding me?! A STUDIO album?!! This was an extraordinary find and I wanted to know more. "We would met up several days later at le Café de l'Olympia over coffee where we got to know each other and discussed this extraordinary find. Fred and Francois were looking for a partner and needed someone who knew the Monk family and was a fellow kindred spirit who shared a passion to present this find in a presentation worthy of a giant. I was honored they were familiar with my work and thought I would be a good fit and collaborator. As we spoke at the cafe, it became clear, we were all three guys cut from the same cloth who loved jazz, an international language in itself. "Over the next two years, we worked with the Thelonious Monk estate and set out to assemble the cast of voices/words (and photos) to bring together and tell the story of this amazing event in Thelonious Monk's recorded legacy. It just might be one of the greatest journeys and highlights of my life. I'd like to thank the Thelonious Monk Estate for making this project possible, especially T.S. Monk and Gale Monk. I'd also like to thank the rest of the Monk team including Thelonious Monk's grandchildren, Sierre Monk & Thelonious Monk IV, plus Team Monk's Denise Pruitt-Grant, & Julion St. Hill. Finally, I'd like to thank my co-producers Fred Thomas & Francois Le Xuan for inviting me on this journey which I will never forget. And thanks to all of you for supporting this music." I hope you'll be interested in doing a piece on this. Zev Feldman, T.S. Monk and others are available for interviews. All the best, Ann

I was basing my comment on the older posts in the thread that seemed to indicate it had been a poor seller for Mosaic. Agree about the late-50s RCAs (those that I've heard, anyway), but I think the pre-1957 material on RCA is almost as good as the Atlantics--Shorty Rogers and His Giants, Shorty Courts The Count, etc. I've managed to track a lot of it down, through the Short Stops compilation and a standalone of Shorty Courts The Count, but I'd still love a SR on RCA in the 50s Mosaic set.

Dorothy Ashby Night Lights show on the way in the next couple of weeks.

Found an almost-like-new copy of this set for under $100 and bought it without hesitation. Only one disc into it, but man! Was going to ask if Mosaic might ever do a Shorty-on-RCA sequel, but if this one sold poorly, most likely not.

The Shorty Rogers--found an extremely reasonably-priced copy in excellent condition. Happy to finally have this!

I've been listening to this as well!

I'm so glad you tuned in for it, rostasi! I had a great time talking with him and am really looking forward to the show tomorrow night.

Gary Burton will be on my weekday afternoon show, starting in just a few minutes... 3:07-5:00 p.m. EST. We'll be talking about his career in jazz, and I'll be playing a number of recordings from his discography as well. You can listen online by clicking the "WFIU1" stream at the link below: WFIU-Indiana Public Media

Just ordered my copy.

I'm interviewing Gary Burton tomorrow by telephone for my weekday afternoon show and am about 70 pages into his autobiography Learning To Listen, with plans to stay up late tonight and get up early tomorrow to finish it. It's an amusing and gracefully-told read so far, with lots of interesting side stories about Burton's interactions with artists such as Herb Pomeroy, Steve Marcus, and Hank Garland, and I'm only up to the early 1960s--can't wait to hear what he has to say about working with Stan Getz, Chick Corea, etc. Anyway, highly recommended on the basis of the opening chapters, for those interested in post-1960 jazz as well as Burton.

There's yet more Wes coming from Resonance, I believe--Zev Feldman played a track w/Montgomery and David Baker on trombone last autumn at the Indy Jazz Fest.

Up for Shirley Scott's birthday: Shirley Scott, Queen Of The Organ

Up in honor of Mr. Haynes' 92nd birthday today: Snap, Crackle and Swing: Young Roy Haynes

...and DETS 23 is currently still listed at nearly $35 on Amazon USA, much higher than previous DETS releases. I just pre-ordered from Amazon UK, and it came out to about $18 including shipping.

I bought tickets last night for his final performance, at the Jazz Kitchen in Indianapolis on March 17. I like just about all of the mid-to-late 1960s dates (and his stint with Getz), Dreams So Real on ECM, the Like Minds CD, the duets with Corea, and much more. I've enjoyed what I've read so far of his autobiography as well.

Just ordered this as well--saw it in the latest Screen Archives email.

Upping this because there's so much early Larry Coryell in this program, as a part of Free Spirits, Gary Burton's quartet, and Count's Rock Band: First Fusion: Jazz-Rock Before Bitches Brew