ghost of miles

I saw your name pop up on the "Active Users" list right after I posted this and thought, Well that's ironic. If only I had an 8-track tape of LIVE IN SEATTLE and, uh, a few other things...

How is the SOUND MUSEUM cd? I've got a used copy on hold at the local record shop and am going to get it regardless, but thought I'd throw out the question here anyway.

For those who wander the board twixt the hours of midnight and 4-6 a.m., wherever you may be... I'm working late tonight on an article about a long-running local concert series. A great time to listen to jazz, though, if you happen to be up!

The Church of Nessa speaketh wisely. And now for some music as we exit the service:

Ecstatic to take 2 of 3 at Fenway--I didn't think there was any way we were going to pull off another sweep, but this certainly puts NY in a very good position to potentially lock up the AL East over the next several weeks. And five home runs tonight--what's the current team record for most HRs in a season? Haven't glanced at the team stats lately, but I'd think that NY has a shot at setting a new mark. Most home runs by a Yankee team -- 242 in 2004. The current team has 191 with the five tonight. They'll probably break their own team record, but I doubt they'll catch the major league record-holders--the 1997 Seattle Mariners, with 264. NY would have to hit 74 homers in 38 games to surpass that. The 2000 Houston Astros hold the NL record with 249.

Wonderful site--I added it to the Night Lights blogroll a couple of weeks ago. Thanks much for starting this thread & hipping others here to what Chris is doing.

Ecstatic to take 2 of 3 at Fenway--I didn't think there was any way we were going to pull off another sweep, but this certainly puts NY in a very good position to potentially lock up the AL East over the next several weeks. And five home runs tonight--what's the current team record for most HRs in a season? Haven't glanced at the team stats lately, but I'd think that NY has a shot at setting a new mark.

OK, I know I'm always hypin' Night Lights shows (forgive me, Father Matthew! ), but yeah, I think that's a great topic: Late Pee Wee: Pee Wee Russell in the 1960s

Hmm, today's NY-Boston game is not nearly as fun as last night's was. I'm sure you're enjoying it, Dan!

Self-Portrait gives you a broad overview of Artie's entire career, including the excellent 1949 big band and the second edition of the Gramercy Five. I guess it depends on how into AS you are. If you could only get one Self-Portrait might be a better bet...but is it still readily available? I thought it had gone OOP. I've already got a fair amount of what the Mosaic box covers, but I'll be getting the set anyway.

Any updates on Selects in the works?

New release on the Hep label: Appears to include Arnold Ross, Count Basie and Willie Smith as well.

There's also a new Norah Jones record from Blue Note announced for November.

We're re-airing Do It Again: Jazz Remakes this week--it's already archived for online listening.

Another tasty Red title--not Prestige, but a 1961 Jazzland date: Bright and Breezy For most sane or more casual folk, Red Garland's Piano & one of the dates w/Coltrane would probably be enough. Not placing myself in either of those categories--RG seems to be resonating with me right now, and I'm eyeballing REVISITED! as another one to possibly pick up.

Quite a slugfest at Fenway tonight--good thing the Yanks piled up all those runs in the 5th and then some, as they ended up needing them. Dan, on the brighter side for you, didn't Wakefield make another rehab start today?

Man, NY, save some runs for the rest of the series! I didn't think the top of the 5th was ever going to end...NY sent 12 batters to the plate, or something crazy like that.

Just read the article--btw, Lou spends about a paragraph talking about the Oliver Nelson-arranged Leo Gooden record that Jim Sangrey hipped us to a few months back.

Looks like Boston's definitely in the W column tonight--which means NY will have a 6.5 game lead when the series at Fenway starts tomorrow night. Dan, a sweep would put you guys right back within striking distance of the division lead. Me, I'd be ecstatic if NY took 2 of 3, and not too bummed as long as they take at least one game... just three more head-to-heads this year after that, right? At Yankee Stadium in late September.

Here at IU we're still recovering from the Kelvin Sampson era. Tom Crean's a great coach, lots of enthusiasm, and this year and next year's freshman classes are stellar... we may resurrect past glory yet (minus thrown chairs and such, of course).

Memphis' 2007-2008 season will be wiped from the books.

Newbury Comics has the 20-bit K2 version of ALL MORNIN' LONG for $3.99 right now, through Amazon Marketplace. ($7 when you throw in the shipping.) I already have it as a part of the Coltrane Prestige box, but what the heck--I like the K2 series & the album & love the cover, so for that price I went ahead and ordered it.

Just ordered a copy--thanks for the tip. This disc got very positive reviews from Dave Gelly in the Observer and John Fordham in the Guardian, who added "this may be a set for the cognoscenti". I guess we pass the test! Excerpts I've heard online sound fine. Will be buying. Part of the fun with these is hearing these arrangements in well recorded stereo. The tuba parts become really distinct. Featuring a couple of cuts from this CD on an upcoming Afterglow--thanks again, Medjuck. I think my favorite cuts are the arrangements Evans wrote for an expanded rehearsal version of the Thornhill orchestra that evidently never recorded. EDIT: just noticed that Medjuck mentioned this version of the CT big band upstream as well.

I'm at 100+ for Ellington, Miles and Trane. Hard to imagine imposing any kind of limit on any artist, but I guess I'd say, "You'll know when you get there." Sometimes I feel as if I've maxed out for awhile on certain genres or eras...1950s/early 1960s "classic jazz," big bands, for example...but in the last month I've gone on a Red Garland binge & snapped up several Helen Forrest w/Artie Shaw discs as well. So I have these arbitration thoughts at times in that regard, but then I just go and pursue my enthusiasms anyway.

AT THE PRELUDE is the trio live in '59. Was out as a 3-CD set in Japan, reissued as a 2-CD set (w/1 extra track) in the U.S. by Concord. No rational reason for this, but ALL MORNIN' LONG is one of my favorite jazz LP covers of the 1950s. I always used to stop and gaze at it while flipping through the Fantasy catalogue (RIP ):