ghost of miles

I'm sure some here have already read it, but Michael Chabon's novel THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY is an entertaining fictional take on the early days of writing and drawing costumed superheros (and superheroines).

Looking forward to seeing Law as Dr. Watson in the forthcoming SHERLOCK HOLMES.

First time through I have to say I liked it as well. Definitely better than THE FRENCH CONNECTION (not the soundtrack, which I definitely dig, but the studio album).

Jostber, you can check out some of Green's 1969-71 music on the Night Lights show Ain't He Funky Now.

A favorite Doonesbury moment, when Roland Hedley (the TV journalist) recites that to Zonker as his standard closing line. Zonker smiles and says, "Hard to dispute," to which Hedley replies: "You'd be surprised. Even with that we get letters."

Just got this (inspired by Jsngry's comments in a previous Ellis thread) and am going to spin later on today.

MBV taking the stage at Fuji 2008: I love the people screaming at the beginning--like it's the second coming of dreampop that they've been fantasizing about for years. I saw them at the Vick in Chicago in 1992 and didn't try to catch 'em this time around, but I'm glad that a lot of younger fans got a chance to hear them live (though the posts above indicate the shows being a bit of a mixed bag--and I can certainly see overwhelming volume wiping out some of the appeal of the band's sound. When I saw them at the Vick the DB level supposedly hit about 120.)

We're re-airing The Carla Bley Songbook this week, but it's already archived for online listening.

Via Twitter, no less: Brubeck and Radiohead mashup

A local trumpeter named David Miller has brought quite a few improv artists through town over the years--he could probably help with contacts/venues if you're interested in playing here.

"Karl Berger" just joined. If this is the same/actual Mr. Berger who's on (among many other things, of course) V. 2 of Don Cherry at Cafe Montmartre 1966, which I just bought yesterday--welcome, sir!

Webster recently came up as a topic on a jazz listserv I'm on--if anybody's interested in hearing an assemblage of his solos, here's the Night Lights program: The Man Before Miles: Freddie Webster We'll probably rerun it in June, around the time of Webster's birthday.

Thank you, GOM!!! Tell Red I'll raise a glass in his honor tonight while re-listening to the Sonny Clark Night Lights episode. The Ghost of Red Garland? But of course!

Now out: Jazz Just an FYI--I realize these are two rather polarizing authors around these parts.

Unfinished Wallace novel to be published posthumously

Happy b-day, BA!!! :party:

Congratulations, cheers, and here's to another 26 years of LV on the air...

Williams actually played at Cafe Society in the 1940s as well. I included a short piece from The Zodiac Suite in the original version of the Night Lights show but had to drop it to make the 59:00 time limit. I may re-do the program as a standalone, non-Night Lights special and will probably try to smuggle the Williams track back into it.

He talks quite a bit about the Cookery in that new book; I'd still like to get the Mary Lou Williams CD that was recorded there.

This week's Night Lights program Cafe Society: the Wrong Place for the Right People takes a look at New York City's first integrated nightclub, a diverse musical panorama where artists such as Teddy Wilson, Frankie Newton, Big Joe Turner, Pete Johnson, Hazel Scott, Josh White and Lena Horne all performed, and a gathering spot for Popular Front entertainers and intellectuals. It's also the place where Billie Holiday debuted her version of "Strange Fruit," the anti-lynching song that became an early civil-rights anthem. The program features music from all of the previously-mentioned artists, as well as remarks from cultural historian Michael McGerr and Terry Trilling-Josephson, widow of Cafe Society owner Barney Josephson and co-author of his newly-published memoir. "Cafe Society: the Wrong Place for the Right People" airs tonight at 11 p.m. EST on WFIU-Bloomington, at 9 p.m. Central Time on WNIN-Evansville, and at 11 p.m. Central Time on KOSU-Oklahoma City. It also airs tomorrow evening at 10 p.m. EST on Blue Lake Public Radio and KMBH-Brownsville, TX. It is already archived for online listening.

Sinatra's Reprise catalogue This jibes with what a DJ friend told me several months ago.

This sounds great, Steve. If I'm around a computer tonight I'll be sure to tune in. Just out of curiosity, what's Dexter's first recorded solo--something with Armstrong, perhaps?

I'll double that recommendation--went on a big HF kick a couple of years ago and picked this one up, along with the single disc that compiles her recordings with Harry James. There are also some good Forrest vocals on the Hindsight boxes of live James and Artie Shaw.

A Passage to India

Thanks much for the rundown, marcel--will definitely pick this one up.