ghost of miles

Finally up for online listening: Rollins '57: Sonny Rollins Takes the Lead

Up for online listening--includes a track from the Cafe Bohemia broadcast with Miles Davis: Rollins '57: Sonny Rollins Takes the Lead

David Bowie, "Queen Bitch." They used it in MILK, which my wife & I watched the other night--man, hadn't heard that song in years! Still love it.

This year's Yankee team reminds me of the 1996-2001 editions more and more... watching the game tonight, just the weird certainty when Posada stepped in to pinch-hit in the bottom of the 8th that he was going to come up with a dramatic hit--and he did! Was hoping Jeter would break Gehrig's record later that inning, which would've made the night even more magical, but no doubt now that he'll break it at home, which will be quite an event. Grateful that Tampa Bay's bullpen once again couldn't get the job done (hampered, albeit, by Richard's throwing error, which helped set up Posada's eventual three-run homer).

From way, way back in the Night Lights archives--if you want to hear more of the Pullen-Adams Select, you might want to check out this show: Songs Everlasting: the Don Pullen-George Adams Quartet on Blue Note

Above and beyond the call of duty, jeffcrom!

Well, the Rolling Stones' 1960s albums originally appeared on CD in 1984, so it can also be said that they helped usher in the CD age Wow, was it that early? For some reason I thought the first Stones CDs hit in '86. (They were so abysmal that I held off buying anything but the LONDON SINGLES box for years & years.) Your point would still be taken in either event, though... except for the Beatles Factor.* *i.e., "don't you know, the Beatles did everything first!" I was referring to the Rolling Stones CDs that were released in West Germany by PolyGram in their 820XXX series. They sounded good; the American ABKCO CDs didn't, at least not to my ears. Didn't know about the West Germany Polygram editions, but I concur with you on the American ABKCOs. And disappeared out of my cart! Damn! More like a "Ghost of a Chance" category.

Well, the Rolling Stones' 1960s albums originally appeared on CD in 1984, so it can also be said that they helped usher in the CD age Wow, was it that early? For some reason I thought the first Stones CDs hit in '86. (They were so abysmal that I held off buying anything but the LONDON SINGLES box for years & years.) Your point would still be taken in either event, though... except for the Beatles Factor.* *i.e., "don't you know, the Beatles did everything first!"

Given what's going on with EMI these days, I'd imagine anything's possible. Tell you what--I'm sure appreciating some of the Mosaics I bought in the past and haven't listened to much lately, like the Donaldson... getting ready to pull that one off the shelf after I finish this post. Even when you realize, on an abstract/logical level, that the notion of the Fantasy catalogue being available forever or Mosaic continuing to chunk out anthologies without care till the end of time is absurd, it's still a shock when the inventory starts heading south like this. It does feel like the Last Days/Endtimes for CDs and box-sets as we've known them. Speaking of the Beatles, it was either here or elsewhere that somebody made a rather apt comment a week or two ago--that they helped usher in the CD age with the original reissue of their catalogue in '87, and that the reissues today will probably constitute the last great gasp of that age.

Same thing happened with the Naked line of juice/fruit drinks a few years back, I believe--taken over by a larger entity, and the product quality declined noticeably.

How many of these sets were already on back-order? I'm just curious--medjuck did a count the other day and discovered that 1/3 of the existing in-print sets were on backorder. Seems like, one way or another, a lot of Mosaic's supposedly available sets are not available. I'm not blaming them--they can't be enjoying this at all on their end...but again, it's worrisome. There are a couple of sets I want to get as presents for friends, and judging from this news, the wise thing would be to buy them sooner rather than later.

Yes, and then a few days later we reach the end of the Mayan Calendar and are all hosed anyway.

Wow...brutal news. I think I already have just about everything that's suddenly been deleted or moved to last-chance, but man, I'm sure this was the last thing Mosaic needed at this particular economic moment. Sure, they'll sell out all of their existing stock of the remaining titles, but to have all those others just vanish without warning...not good.

Up for the general 09/09/09 heck of it. Fab Four Jazz: the Beatles and Jazz in the 1960s

My local record-store-owner buddy hipped me to this several years ago: Odwalla Odwalla's a pretty popular beverage line at our three local health-food co-ops here in B-town.

Over the little league fence, the very definition of a "Yankee Stadium III" homer that doesn't go out anywhere else. BFD! Swisher's hit 26 HRs on the year now...only 5 of them at Yankee Stadium. Plus, last time I checked, it's the same "Little League fence" for visiting batters as well.

I started coming down with it (just regular flu, I believe/hope) last Thursday afternoon and am still not out of the woods yet...stayed home from work today and may do so again tomorrow. An added bummer is that we've been enjoying beautiful weather here in Bloomington; the contrast between the outdoor air and one's own sense of physical well-being exacerbates the irritation at being laid low.

I haven't posted this week's Night Lights show, "Rollins '57," yet, but here are a couple of previous programs from the archives: Sonny Rollins: Live in London Sonnymoon: Monk and Rollins

My wife sings in her church choir, which is better than your average church ensemble--reason being that a fair # of its members are IU School of Music students. She often goes out to brunch with some of her friends from choir afterwards, and several years ago a couple of said friends, hailing from Southern states, began to take her to the Cracker Barrel on the west side of town here. She then hooked me on the place, and we go there about once a month for breakfast, sometimes for dinner. The food's actually really good, as is the service. While we're waiting in line I usually end up perusing the DVDs and the CDs, and yeah, a lot of them definitely seem tailored for the standard Cracker Barrel crowd--Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, etc. It's usually the same formula as the Jones release--a "Greatest Hits" comp with two or three previously unreleased tracks thrown on for good measure. Hell, I might pick up the Jones... I like him, but I don't think I have anything past the "Essential" anthology. Jsngry's right, he's got a lot of cred with indie-pop/rock fans, but I'm not sure how much they actually listen to him. (Though I know one of my faves, Elliott Smith, was a huge George Jones fan.) P.S. Hell yeah to the fried apples, but I'm also a big fan of the turkey sausage and the cheesy hash-browns. My wife tends to go for the shrimp platter.

Interesting--Molina's catching Burnett right now against Tampa Bay. I'm sure the doubleheader gave Girardi an "objective" reason to do that, but what if Burnett throws a really great game? (He's given up one run in three innings so far.) Yanks have scored 8 in the bottom of the third and are still batting.

Been rereading REVOLUTION IN THE HEAD over the holiday weekend and am probably going to pick up several more of these than planned--the local record store is selling them for $9.99 on Wednesday only. Any word on whether or not the "mini-documentaries" for each CD are any good?

I think there's no doubt that Mosaic's experiencing some challenging difficulties of late--they can't enjoy being in the position of having to turn down potential sales. I'm guessing that the credit crunch has hit them hard. I want to do whatever I can to support them and will be ordering another copy of the Basie/Young later this month as a present for a friend (in addition to the new Shaw ). But Bright Moments' story re: the Jazz Crusaders box certainly points to a bad state of affairs. If there are available sets from the catalogue that posters have been wanting, might be best to buy sooner rather than later--and I don't say that in a doom-and-gloom manner (though that could easily be argued as well), but rather in a manner supportive of helping to keep Mosaic afloat.

Couldn't find the Beverly Jenkins...I was aware of it and tried to track it down, but no luck.

Staying at home, catching up on some reading (and here's some Labor Day music for you)... what about the rest of the folks around here?

On the basis of a comment that Larry Kart made elsewhere, I just ordered a Japanese import of Bobby Jaspar TENOR AND FLUTE (with George Wallington on piano) via Mr. Tanno.