ghost of miles

We re-aired Four and More: 1964, The Year in Jazz this past week, and it remains archived for online listening.

NY Times subscribers are permitted 10 "gift articles" a month that can be shared with others. I'm fortunate to have a subscription through my employer, so here you go: The Worst Masterpiece: Rhapsody in Blue

Here's another!

I wonder if Mosaic’s ever contemplated a set of Goodman’s 1930s and 40s small group dates for Victor and Columbia. Or just a Columbia set that includes the Charlie Christian material.

Don’t know, but I like Loren’s description of McFadden on “Rose Room” as “clearly in his element, chonking out Charlie Christian riffs-a-plenty.” What a treasure trove this is for us Byas fans. I don’t know how much, if any, of the Timmie Rosenkrantz apartment sessions have ever been issued before, but they’re all new to me. The Frank Newton session with Hank D’Amico’s group as well. And I’m not even into the miscellaneous-labels part of the set yet. Much appreciation to our friends in Stamford for putting it out.

Going for this one as well. (And grateful again for my not having succumbed to the vinyl revival… good Lord, the price differential here!)

Really?! Great minds thinking alike, obviously! 😉 I’m revisiting because I’m in the midst of doing a new Night Lights show about Powell’s 1940s recordings.

Up for J.J.’s centennial today. Here’s a tribute show I put together for Night Lights that traces his musical career from beginning to end: Portrait of J.J.: A Brief History of J.J. Johnson

Last week’s show, a broad overview of trombonist and composer/arranger J.J. Johnson, is up for online listening in honor of his centennial today: Portrait of J.J.: A Brief History of J.J. Johnson

Seconding Matthew’s sentiments here—Sports Illustrated and (to a lesser extent) the Sporting News were household staples of my childhood. These days the Athletic fulfills that role for me, though my interest in following all sports except for baseball has dwindled to near-non-existence.

Larry Kart is back!

Excellent news! Larry’s absence has often been on my mind whenever I’ve visited the board in recent months.

A well-curated 2-CD anthology of Wayne Shorter’s music across a pretty broad stretch of periods. I seem to end up revisiting this one every couple of years:

This showed up on YouTube recently--just came across it and haven't had a chance to listen yet, but it sounds intriguing:

Definitely in on this if it is indeed legit. I have only Rhino’s long-ago 2-CD anthology from this period. Thanks for the heads-up!

Been way too long since I took this one down for a listen:

Yikes—glad I picked this up when it was still readily available. It’s a fantastic set.

Up for today's centennial, this week's Night Lights show traces Roach's musical path through a turbulent decade: It's Time! Max Roach In The 1960s

A promising start to 2024!

That is a fantastic set and quite a patch on the original 2-CD 1987 version. In addition to the extra music and the nicely-annotated booklet, there’s a reproduction of the 1938 concert program (seen on the left in the photo that Mike posted).