ghost of miles

Looks like the new street date is 9/25. An advance review/oversight over at Howard Mandel's new blog.

Friedwald review from NY Sun:

"Satchmo, Take Two" is now archived on the new website.

George Handy's name has been mentioned--here or elsewhere--in such a context. But the name that sprang into my mind was Raymond Scott... and not because his music was adapted by others for cartoons, but because he himself called it "descriptive jazz," and because it does seem visually evocative in its rhythm, instrumentation, etc. (Which is quite possibly why it was so attractive to those scoring cartoons.) Great post as always, Mark.

Robin D.G. Kelley is at work on one. Re: Peter Pullman's Powell bio, it might be finally be on the verge of appearing.

Louis Armstrong was a legendary innovative trumpeter, a vocalist who had a profound impact on jazz singing, and a dynamic entertainer--and he got a chance to showcase all these aspects of his talent in 28 full-length films and several short features in which he appeared between 1931 and 1969. We'll celebrate Armstrong's birthday this weekend with a program that includes music from the films New Orleans, High Society, A Man Called Adam, The Five Pennies, and more, including the outtake "Ain't It the Truth" from Cabin in the Sky. You can also watch movie clips of Armstrong and Billie Holiday doing "Farewell to Storyville" as well as the Paris Blues battle scene with Sidney Poitier and Paul Newman on the "shows" page of the new Night Lights website. "Satchmo, Take Two" airs this evening on Armstrong's birthday at 11:05 p.m. EST on WFIU and at 9 p.m. Central Time on WNIN-Evansville. It will also air tomorrow evening at 10 p.m. EST on Michigan's Blue Lake Public Radio. The program will be available for online listening Monday morning on the new Night Lights "Shows" page. Next week: "The King at Midpoint: Benny Carter."

Not sure what to tell you in that case, but I passed along your update as well. We've been able to open it in Firefox without any difficulty here... if anybody else is running into this issue, please post here or PM me. The site admin is going to spend the weekend kicking the tires, as it were, looking for glitches and potential problems.

My thoughts & prayers with you as well today & tomorrow. You've given so much to this community, and I hope you get back some of the good energy you've put into the lives of those who know you. All best, as always...anybody who counts you as a friend is a lucky person.

Dave: try again & let me know if you still can't get into it. I forwarded your note to the site admin; he says it seems to be opening fine in both mac os and windows versions of Firefox. He was working on those pages a little while ago & thinks that might've caused the problem you experienced. Uncle Skid: the Organissimo description "tending to focus on 1950s and 60s jazz" was written in summer 2004 when I first started the show--maybe a carryover from the old BNBB mindset. I do think the scope of discussion has expanded quite a bit, though I'd still make the case that the overall default era of choice for many posters here is roughly 1945-1980 or so. I'll take a look at possibly rewording it in a way that reflects the broadened nature of the ongoing subject matter.

Can't narrow it down to a single title, but the ones I seem to pull out the most are the Andrew Hill, the Jackie McLean, the Tristano, the Ellington Reprise, and the Woody Herman Columbia. (I have the Blue Note reissue of Herbie N., not the Mosaic, otherwise he'd make the list as well.)

A completed version of Dashiell Hammett's aborted first draft of THE THIN MAN--written by Hammett himself, that is. (I wager Medjuck would be with me on this one.) And in my doddering years (or sooner--or how soon are they? ), PEACE BROKE OUT: AN ACCOUNT OF HOW HUMANITY CAME TO ITS SENSES AND ABOLISHED WAR, POVERTY, AND RACIAL & RELIGIOUS HATRED IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE 21ST CENTURY.

The shows page (basically the new archives) is now active. It will display the upcoming weekend program on the top; the archived shows are all listed & linked at the right, starting with the most recent broadcasts first. I've transferred all but about five of the earliest programs, which lack images & text (they pre-date the original website)... will get to them eventually. The tag, search, and related-post functions should make finding/isolating certain artists and themes much easier...something I've been wanting for quite some time. A # of Organissimo-related folks on the links page--the board & band itself, King Ubu and neveronfriday's blogs, Allen Lowe's site, White Lightning, Chris A., Lazaro, Chuck, Nate Dorward, sheldonm's jazz photography site, stereojack's shop... and Larry Kart, Chris, and Allen are all in the "store." Obviously the time I've spent here and on the old BNBB has had some influence on the program, so the site reflects that (organically, I think & hope). We're still tweaking some things, so continued input remains welcome. I'm actually able to post material and run much of the site myself, which is a very liberating feeling.

Makes me "homesick" for our annual summer jaunts to Michigan--last time Brenda & I were up there was Sept. 2005 to see Organissimo in Douglas. Swung by Bear's Place tonight on my way back from house-sitting for some friends & caught tenor saxophonist Michael Eaton's farewell gig with local quartet Art Deco. Really, really good musician who's moving to NYC--and I think he has a shot at sticking on the scene there. Lots of late-Trane in his sound & hard, melodic swing. My friend Morgan Price, an alto saxophonist (also very good), is going with him. The great & the sad thing about Bloomington; lots of talented, cool people come through for a few years, and then move on.

Video of collapse

Allen Lowe's 1950s jazz book.

He's championed a poet I like very much, Dean Young, who lived here in Bloomington for about 25 years. It's quite an honor--does he have to compose poetry for certain state occasions or anything like that? (Something I imagine most artists would be wary of doing... I'm not really up on the Laureate's duties these days.) EDIT: behooves me to read the whole piece. Relieved to know Mr. Simic will not be called upon to compose odes to the First Family's new puppy or some such.

J.D. Salinger's unpublished Glass family stories.

Bad week for the Tristano circle, what with Sal Mosca's passing away last Saturday.

Apparently still alive but no longer musically active.

Somebody else here will probably respond first (I did a quick perusal of liner notes & books on hand & didn't find the answer), but I e-mailed a friend of mine on the coast who's a longtime J. Wilson fan.

Saw in USA Today this a.m. that there's a chance (unlikely, but a chance) that three milestones could be achieved tonight--Bonds tying or passing Aaron, A-Rod becoming the youngest player to reach 500 homers (he's 32 and has 499), and Glavine picking up win # 300. Let's say Bonds retires after this season with 760+ homers. If he stays healthy, I think A-Rod will pass him in 8-9 years.

There was... I went searching for it and then realized I was the one who started it. Your memory just goes out the window... Previous MJQ/Apple thread Did you look behind the dumpster, GoM? I knew somebody around this joint would pick up on that reference. Great story, Chuck. I remember you telling me about that store... I think it's a Philly cheesesteak place now. And not even a good one...

Don't I wish they would! I highly doubt it, especially since ALL of the material from such a box would be PD in Europe already. It needs to get done, though. You know, jtaylor, I had that realization myself while at breakfast with a fellow Cole fan this a.m.--that the PD law would probably (and understandably) dissuade Bear Family's doing such a project. Too bad, as much of that period (am I correct?) remains unavailable on CD.

There was... I went searching for it and then realized I was the one who started it. Your memory just goes out the window... Previous MJQ/Apple thread

She used to live about 15-20 minutes away in Nashville (IN)--not sure if she's still there, though, as I think Steve Davis has a teaching gig these days down in Florida.