ghost of miles

Sad loss for the music--listening right now to the 1979 concert date

Man, I have THE idea for a midwestern event--you, Braxton, and some like-minded musical cohorts playing a Monster Truck event at an Indiana arena. That'll give 'em some "background music"!

Richard Yates, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD.

Allen, if you're ever able to hit the road for 2-3 weeks, let me know--could probably get you some sort of gig here in B-town. (Make sure to bring some "Jews in Hell 2007 Infernal Midwestern Tour" t-shirts along for us hicks in the sticks... )

I'm a little more than halfway through the L-O-V-E box & probably inclined to agree with you, although there's some great material here (disc 5 alone, with the Billy May & George Shearing sessions, is fantastic)--jtaylor, who posts here from time to time, was an assistant producer on this box, & I've lobbied him to do exactly what you suggested. I think he's all for it, and unless Will Friedwald's totally burned out on Cole, I'd wager they could sign him on for such a project. Hopefully Bear Family will go for it at some point.

Up for rebroadcast this weekend on the same three stations at the same aforementioned times--as it's a repeat, you can already hear it archived online (and watch a video of a 1965 incarnation of the group, led by Bob Cooper). Next week: "Satchmo, Take Two: Louis Armstrong at the Movies."

Best wishes to Jack, whatever he's up to these days.

"...motherf&*&#@in' Brontasaurus burgers, Gus!"

"Roll him around... roll Gus around in the grass, he'll be all right."

Ordered SOULNIK several days ago & just now noticed this thread--the Watkins popped up on Amazon as I was ordering another OJC & I went for it, given that I like the TRANSITION sessions so much, and that OJCs of this sort are headed the way of the dodo. Didn't Ray Brown's JAZZ CELLO get reissued a couple of years ago?

Geoffrey O'Brien on The Sopranos in the new NY Review of Books: A Northern New Jersey of the Mind

To me late-period Coltrane is like a series of waves, so drawing lines in the sand becomes difficult. I think of certain albums as "quieter" consolidations of force that are still vibrantly powerful--FIRST MEDITATIONS and INTERSTELLAR SPACE, for instance. I think Coltrane was still looking back even as he was surging forward. Well, now you made me go and put it on (INTERSTELLAR SPACE).

For me, the best way to listen to late-period Trane is to lie down on the couch & close my eyes. Not to go to sleep... but to go somewhere else. Probably sounds as if late Trane is akin to a transcendental drug, but that's the kind of effect it has on me. It does require a way of listening that's different, I think, then the way we're conditioned to listen to music.

Best b-day wishes to you, Chris...let's all of us keep alive period!

I'm looking for a Holy Grail... Allen, you got a Holy Grail?

That version of "Fables" is chock full of fun quotes & yeah, "A Train" is a burner!

I'd also nominate Lazaro or Stevebop, but I think they like being where they are. Sounds like a good gig, though I'd wager the politics of the NY jazz scene would enter into it.

You're askin' too many questions, son... stay right where you are. We got a plane comin' to take you on an all-expenses-paid vacation to a little place we call Gitmo. Get ready for our version of the endless summer! Tranemonk, the Jamal sessions came out on an individual CD a year or two back. I voted "Good not great"... depends, as Lon said, how into "jazz piano" you are. I know I didn't have any post-purchase regrets about getting it, though.

I usually do it around 7 in the evening, while it's still light out but cooler than in late morning/early afternoon. If I do cut it in the morning, I wait till 10 or so--partly out of consideration for neighbors, and partly to avoid the damp-grass syndrome mentioned above.

Up for broadcast tonight at 11:05 on WFIU and at 9 p.m Central Time on WNIN; also tomorrow night at 10 p.m. on Blue Lake Public Radio. Already available for online listening.

I watched CHINATOWN for the first time several years ago...loved it & really liked the score, but didn't think much about it again until recently, when we got trumpeter Till Bronner's OCEANA in at the station. He does the "Chinatown" theme (I'm surprised more people haven't--Terence Blanchard recorded it a few years ago for his JAZZ ON FILM cd), a nice version--it sent me back to the movie, which I've since watched two more times, and my God, Rasey's trumpet solos all but make the atmosphere of that film. Jerry Goldsmith evidently wrote the score in 10 days after another composer's music was rejected. Would like to learn more about Uan Rasey. Stuart Varden, btw, who did the interveiw w/Rasey, is a great guy. He drove over here from Ohio one day last year & we hung out for an afternoon... I love his Fats site, well worth checking out. AMG entry on Rasey: EDIT: found an online interview with Rasey & Pete Candoli: Full interview here.

LCM, last week I taped a Night Lights show for Aug. 4 called "Satchmo, Take Two: Louis Armstrong at the Movies." We'll also post a short sort of "Night Lights supplemental" program on the website that will include "Skeletons" and "A Song Was Born." I'll second Lon's rec for NOW YOU HAS JAZZ (a collection of Armstrong's MGM movie recordings) and also recommend that Pops fans seek out the new reissue of the soundtrack for A MAN CALLED ADAM--we used Armstrong's "Back o' Town Blues" and "Someday Sweetheart" from that CD for the show. Benny Carter did the score.

I've some of this on three excellent RCA LPs from France. I'll certainly go for the Mosaic for the whole package. It's not just the music you get from them. Sounds like the LP set we have here at the station--RCA France PM 42417, three records covering 1939-1941.

The dead live!