ghost of miles

Moms, I've read it and am working on a review for the Night Lights blog (hopefully up this weekend). Agree avidly w/your concluding points re: lack of a great Duke bio and that this book stands now as one of the better ones out there. (In addition to EARLY ELLLINGTON, the ELLINGTON READER that Tucker edited is also an excellent compendium for Ducal fans.) I'll post a link to my review after I've posted it.

Really interesting, MWGA--I like the description of Yates' REVOLUTIONARY ROAD as "the underbelly of Rob and Laura Petrie land." Many thanks for posting.

Friends! Countrymen! Fellow Organissimo posters! We have just a short distance to go to meet the Night Lights online fund-drive goal, but only several days in which to do so...any and all contributions will help. If you have already given, a truly profound thanks. Contributions can be made here: Support Night Lights In the meantime, here's a fund-drive show to raise your spirits: Good Vibes ...featuring Milt Jackson, Lem Winchester, Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo, Bobby Hutcherson, and Roy Ayers. On tap for later this week: "It's All in the Game: Louis Armstrong, 1947-1957" with special guests Dan Morgenstern and Michael McGerr.

Wow--amazing, stunning comeback by the Yankees tonight, down 4 runs in the top of the 9th...they come back to tie it, then Cano hits a two-run homer in the top of the 10th and Mo notches two shutout innings for the win. Game of the season and one of the first times they've really looked like a potential repeat champion to me. EDIT: glad NY won tonight, too, because Cliff Lee is on tap for the Mariners come Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. Also glad that the whole overhyped Torre vs. A-Rod drama had a nice resolution: A-Rod and Torre chat ...another report said Torre playfully put up his fists when Alex approached him.

Saw this one on a runner today at Landlocked Music in Bloomington and am heading back tomorrow to buy--any thoughts? It sounds/looks very promising--here's the AMG review: Jazz Raga

Two that I bought when I was first getting into jazz and working in a record store: Jackie McLean's DESTINATION OUT and Herbie Nichols' LOVE, GLOOM, CASH, LOVE.

Dan, any updates on Vic Martinez? I read some reports in the last hour that he might be out for several weeks...if true, sheesh, you guys are really getting slammed with the injuries. Great start again by Lester today. EDIT: Over the Monster says fractured left thumb, but that he may not have to go on the DL.

Yeah, Jeet is sure not having a contract year to date (as Dan pointed out earlier). The Yanks announced today that Dave Eiland's coming back this week. Hopefully he can help AJ straighten himself out... given that Aceves isn't back yet and they're trying to limit Hughes' innings, skipping AJ a start (a la Javy earlier this year) doesn't seem to be a viable option right now. He goes against the Jays Friday night, and he's been better at home than on the road, so maybe that will be the game where he finally starts to turn it around.

Yankees in June: 15-8. Yankees in June when AJ's not starting: 15-3 Yankees in June when AJ's starting: 0-5

The line on A.J. through 3 innings so far in L.A. tonight: 5 hits, 5 walks, 5 ER given up, pitch count already at 73. He's making early-season Javy look like an ace! EDIT: Girardi let A.J. bat in the top of the 4th with runners at 1st and 3rd and 1 out, then yanked him after giving up two singles to start the bottom of the 4th. Given how awful A.J. had been tonight, esp. in the 3rd, I sure would have been tempted to pinch-hit for him in that situation.

Latest on Cliff Lee trade rumors: M's may trade Cliff Lee soon The article IDs the Mets, Dodgers and Rangers as all having made inquiries to the Mariners about Lee.

We're re-airing this show this week, but it's already archived for online listening: The Benny Golson Songbook

Thanks--I knew I was living on the edge! Many thanks for the help on this one--I've got it covered now and will ask the moderators to delete the thread.

Nice close win by the Yanks tonight--CC pitched very well, A-Rod hit the go-ahead homer, and Mo struck out the side in the 9th for the save. Glad to see NY take the first game, as A.J. is on the mound tomorrow.

If anybody has a copy of the Limelight album "Charlie Parker 10th Anniversary Memorial Concert" (Limelight 86017)--especially the Japanese CD, which includes two bonus tracks featuring Dizzy Gillespie and James Moody--could he or she contact me off the board? I'm hoping to use some music from it as part of an upcoming Night Lights show. Many thanks!

According to one of the news stories I just read, A.J. Burnett holds the record for most walks surrendered while pitching a no-hitter--9. So it's not even the All-Star break yet and we've already had 4 MLB no-hitters. (And would've had 5 if Jim Joyce hadn't blown the call in the Detroit game.) Is that a record for a single season? EDIT: NY Times says the record for most no-hitters in an MBL season is 7, set in 1990 and tied in 1991.

Wild win for your team, Dan! Another one I had to sign off on without knowing the conclusion--when I went to bed, Boston was up by 2 and Colorado was threatening in the bottom of the 9th. In the NY corner, lots of media drama this weekend with the matchup against Joe Torre's Dodgers. Hughes is being skipped, so CC will be on the mound tonight...I'm just hoping we can take 2 of 3.

Man oh man--the White Sox and Rangers both staying in the victory fast lane tonight.

Very, very sorry to hear this. He gave a lot, for a long time, and jazz lovers from Chicago to all over the world have much for which to thank him.

Dan, I genuinely felt for you last night--last time I checked on the game, Bard had just closed out the 8th, and I assumed it was over. When I checked back not long after I actually let out a groan--even if the Bosox are NY's biggest rivals, that was a monumental achievement to hit Jimenez so well...and I've witnessed too many NY bullpen meltdowns myself this year to know how aggravating it is to lose a game in that manner. Still, isn't that only Papelbon's second blown save this year (the other one a somewhat similar implosion against the Yanks). Re: the New York-Arizona game, I finally had to go to bed last night around 1:10 a.m. after the Yankees tied it in the top of the 9th. Turned on ESPN this a.m. and saw the highlights of what the NY Times rightfully called a very sloppy win--but what a Houdini act by Mo! And he actually had to bat, too, after Granderson hit the go-ahead HR in the top of the 10th. (Inducing much laughter among the Yanks and Mo himself--it was only the fourth AB of his major-league career.) I was looking over the comments at Pinstripe Alley, and people started sinking into despair after Mo gave up the two hits to start off the bottom of the 10th, along the lines of "What is it with Mo and Arizona?" (Lots and lots of Game 7 2001 talk from media folk throughout this series.) But this time he pitched out of a bases-loaded, no-outs jam: Mo's magic act Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe had a pretty funny tweet:

Sounds cool--playing any Bob Graettinger, a la CITY OF GLASS?

Dan oh Dan, what on earth are your Bosox doing to Ubaldo Jimenez's spirit-o-'68 ERA?

Tonight's Yanks-Diamondbacks game is much more like it. Of course, Joba may be pitching the bottom of the 8th.