ghost of miles

Sat next to Mick Jagger at the Chatterbox jazz bar in Indianapolis in 1989. It's a tiny bar... Stones were in town for the Steel Wheels tour & decided to go out to hear some jazz. There were about 20 people in the whole place, and half of them were the RS entourage. He was drinking Perrier water and looked very well-preserved. Ron Wood was sitting next to him, downing a 7 & 7 and smoking away. Sadly, Keith Richards was nowhere to be seen (nor Charlie Watts... at one point Jagger called him up to try to get him to come down to the bar, but it was past CW's bedtime).

Thanks for the tip that this is out, garthsj--been anticipating this one.

"Slide at 75" is now archived.

...and it's the second KKJZ thread--the first one, which ran to hundreds of pages, was terminated by one of the board moderators. Pg. 98 is where discussion of the "new" KKJZ pretty much begins.

Much discussion at AAJ. I would not advise trying to wade through the first 97 pages; start on page 98.

I think you mean Lincoln Center, aloc. John Hasse tends to jazz at the Smithsonian, under the title "curator of American music." BTW, looks like the Smithsonian's "Jazz Cafe" series may be ending.

Yep--show started around 7 p.m. with Michael Eaton's Large Ensemble (local group--Eaton a very talented saxophonist who's moving to NYC soon) doing a long "Ascension"-type piece; the Thing came on around 7:45, 7:50 and played till 9:15. Gave me a nice break from our noisy neighbors' extended Little 5 celebration. (Hmm--should've invited the band over for a little post-gig jam, come to think of it... )

Just got back from seeing The Thing, Mats Gustafsson's avant-power trio, at the Monroe County Historical Society. And a for drummer Paal Nilssen-Love.

Up in memory of Mr. Hill--archived under May 14, 2005. Be sure to catch the WKCR tribute this coming Monday. Video here of Andrew's last performance, on March 29, 2007 at the Trinity Church. Been listening to his music almost exclusively today--he's going to be much missed.

Apologies if this has already been posted--and I haven't been able to watch it, since I'm on my slow dial-up at home. But it's a video of Andrew's last performance, from about three weeks ago.

Late, if you ever see this Hep CD floating around, grab it: Includes Horace Henderson's swingin' version of "Ol' Man River" (featuring both Red & Hawk)--it's all great stuff. I think Hep still carries the title, even though Amazon doesn't show it as readily available stateside.

This week on Night Lights it’s “Slide at 75,” as we celebrate a landmark birthday of trombonist, composer, and arranger Slide Hampton. Hampton, like fellow trombonists J.J. Johnson and David Baker, emerged from the Indianapolis jazz scene of the 1940s and early 1950s, playing with his prolifically talented family’s band before going on the road with Buddy Johnson, Lionel Hampton, and Maynard Ferguson. We’ll hear some of Slide’s leader dates from the late 1950s through the early 1980s, featuring his octet (which included musicians such as Freddie Hubbard, George Coleman, and Booker Little), a rarely-heard 1969 date with Joachim Kuhn on piano, a cut from the 1979 nine-trombone World of Trombones album, and Slide’s 1985 collaboration with tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan on the CrissCross label. “Slide at 75” airs Saturday, April 21 at 11:05 p.m. EST on WFIU and at 9 p.m. Central Time on WNIN-Evansville. (Michigan's Blue Lake Public Radio will air "Bop! Go the Big Bands" as part of their fund-drive.) The program will be posted by Tuesday morning in the Night Lights Slide At 75: Slide Hampton. You can find and learn much more about Slide Hampton here. Next week: "Bop! Go the Big Bands."

You're in fine company, what with Slide turning 75 today & all. Best birthday wishes to you, my friend.

Have not read this one yet, and the label trafficked in blues much more than jazz--but might be worth taking a look: Spinnng Blues into Gold: the Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records

Thanks for the tip, Aloc. I'll try to catch some of this.

Oh man... I'd just pulled out the 1963-66 Mosaic a week or two ago & started listening to it for the nth time (first Mosaic I ever got). He really pulled me into a lot of music from that era, and I know he had a big impact on younger musicians such as Greg Osby and Frank Kimbrough. Knew he was ill, but this is still a big blow--time kind of stopped for a few moments when I saw the thread headline.

Not sure if it's ever been put online, but you might be interested in resident poster Dan Gould's interview with Bob Weinstock of Prestige. Brief online interview with another resident poster--Chuck Nessa--about his label. Not jazz, but definitely worth checking out: Little Labels, Big Sound For early jazz & the Gennett label, one of the above's co-authors wrote this one: Jelly Roll, Bix & Hoagy ...which is also well worth reading.

I heard a very similar story from David Baker. Years ago, when I bought the CD reissue of LIVE IN SEATTLE, I noticed that the liners referred to Coltrane's having stopped over in Indianapolis for a gig in September 1965 on his way out to the West Coast. He played at a club that seems to have been known alternately as "Chateau d'Eve" or "The Pink Poodle," down in the Indiana Avenue neighborhood that for decades had been home to much of the black music scene in Indianapolis. Now by late 1965, the Avenue was long past its heyday... Wes, Freddie, and many of the other musicians who'd lit it up in the late 1950s were gone, and IUPUI and the interstate were causing all kinds of problems for the neighborhood, along with the other factors that hit the longtime African-American areas... urban blight, diffusion of the community as integration took hold, etc. And the crowd that did still hit the Avenue was, from what I can tell, much more of a hardbop/organ trio audience. So I always wondered what they would've thought of Coltrane late '65 coming to town, when the most recent vinyl most of them could've had would've been A LOVE SUPREME (or JC QUARTET PLAYS, I suppose). David was the first person I talked to who was actually at the gig--he's not sure, but he thinks he went with Charles Tyler. He said they got there a little late, and that people were "fleeing out the doors, all but jumping out the windows, man, like the place was on fire." By the end of the show there were 15, maybe 20 people left in the audience. He said that the club misspelled Trane's name on the poster for the show--"the John Coltain Group"--and that when he mentioned it to JC after the show, JC just smiled & said, "Well, every time you think you're getting somewhere..." David said most of the people who went to the show were still expecting to hear "My Favorite Things," etc. and that the late-'65 sound was quite a shock to them.

Been listening this morning to the EMI UK twofer of SOFTLY/ROUND MIDNIGHT--Benny Carter did the arrangements for both LPs. Dakota in laidback, late-night form... fans & those into torch-jazz would like these albums.

I think you should send that to OC as a possible track listing for his next CD. Eloquent post, Jim--you laid out in clear & elaborate terms what I think I was getting at in my original post.

Hilarious story about Woody in the liners to that set.

I think we're asking an awful lot of our 77-year-old genius here. Ornette paid big dues long ago... anyway, OC's going to do what he wants to do, which I thought was the point all along.

"Later: Bobby Hutcherson in the Mid-1970s" is now archived.

Clem, I'll have to PM some remarks off-the-record, but my primary concern is the ability of Lazaro, Steve Schwartz, others, and yes, yours truly to be able to continue doing jazz programming via the web. Always the terrestrial audience to fall back on, of course, but the challenge & ability to try to construct shows for passionate fans around the globe has been invigorating...and I for one am going to sorely miss it if we're forced to cut back or eliminate Internet streaming.

Ellington was famously (infamously, I should say) denied one in 1965--hence the "no award" citation you'll find in the music category for that year.