ghost of miles

From Ghost's article on the Night Lights site (see his first post): "The Shaw should be a fascinating set–covering the late-1930s "Begin the Beguine" period, the early-1940s big-band-with-strings (including sides such as "Evensong" and "Suite #8″ that seem to anticipate the Third Stream) and the clarinetist's exciting, underrated 1944-45 orchestra." The Shaw big band I'm thinking of is the 1936-1937 version, the one he formed after the all-star big band concert at the Imperial Theatre in May 1936. I have a crummy comp of that band, I guess it would be his "anticipating-the-anticipating-the-thrid-stream-band of 1944-45," and I'd like to hear everything by the 36-37 band. That's the Decca material and won't be included. For that I'd advise seeking out the Hep CDs IN THE BEGINNING and THE CHANT.

Nothing. Some of their other sets (the Beiderbecke/Trumbauer/Teagarden set, for instance) have lots of vocals. Why don't you ask them why they're leaving out the vocals on this one? The reasoning on the Goodman set was that almost all of the vocal material had been issued separately by Collectors' Choice or other labels. I haven't really checked on how much of the Helen Forrest etc. from Shaw's band is available elsewhere...but I'm guessing that including the vocals would make either the Shaw or Goodman boxes 12-13 CDs, which might be a bit unwieldy for cost/price/economic purposes in the present climate.

I've posted some news about it on the Night Lights site.

Yeah, this stuff is PRIMO. Great band indeed. I think about 11 of the 16 cuts on the MusicMasters CD show up as well on the Shaw SELF-PORTRAIT box that came out a few years ago. Speaking of Shaw... Confirmation of Mosaic box

Jim, I'll post your query to the Yahoo Songbirds list and see if anybody there either knows the answer or knows of a good Riddle expert to contact.

Wouldn't be surprised if this got posted here before on some thread, but in case you haven't seen it: Frank Zappa Meets Steve Allen and Plays the Bike

Been listening to Charles McPherson's NEW HORIZONS today at work (recorded Sept. 1977) and Mickey Tucker is great on this record! Definitely going to see if I can track down some more recordings on which he appears.

Excellent! Thanks much for the update, EKE BBB.

The Times boosted their newstand price from $1.50 to $2 on the daily and from $5 to $6 on the Sunday edition. I'm certainly willing to pay it (I buy the Times off the rack probably 2-3 times a week) and want to support the paper, but they must be hurting. Anybody else read the article in the New Yorker several weeks back on the wealthy Mexican businessman who's loaned them a lotta bucks?

Same here. Me three--big difference IMO. BTW, if you have the 1940s Definitive 2-CD, everything there is on the new Mosaic, except for the two duets with Billie.

Anybody hear from Simon lately? I know he stopped posting a year and a half ago or so, but it looks like he visited the board in late April...just sent him a PM.

29. Momentum! We're at 80% of goal...about 4 more $25 contributions would do it. It'll feel good--I guarantee it! Support Night Lights

I'm in.

For the Dallas/Texan folk on board: KERA buys 91.7 frequency for Triple A NPR station "Triple A"=Adult Album Alternative

Classic Jazz June Blowout Sale

Yeah, talk about redundancy! Saw that one coming a mile away!

28. Ever bought a CD or Mosaic set because of a Night Lights show? Ever NOT bought one because of a show? Night Lights: 25 Reasons to Give $25

Ron just posted a playlist to the Jazz Programmer Listserv for a 3-6 p.m. shift today, so apparently he's still on the air. Sounds like KCSM got thwacked by some of the same state-related cuts that have hit us.

27. JR Monterose, Freddie Webster, and Ornette Coleman.

Iowa's where it first began to gain momentum, observers say. Chuck, I'm betting you're going to land on a lot of "reissue of the year" lists with more than one title. I'm especially grateful for the Tyler.

Reason #26: When I say "Memphis Mafia," I'm not talking about Elvis Presley's entourage.

Congrats on another year around the sun!

Congrats on another ring around the tree trunk!

Nope--that's the last one I got, anyway.

We're re-airing The Memphis Mafia this weekend; it's already archived for online listening. Since then there's also been a full-blown Night Lights show on Booker Little. Strozier and Newborn hopefully somewhere down the road, perhaps Coleman too...