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I've posted Part 1 of an interview I recently did with musician, composer, and Indiana University jazz educator David Baker at the Night Lights website... a funny story about a very extended conversation with Thelonious Monk in there. I'll post Part 2 tomorrow.

I was trying to sneak him in, Lester-Bangs-like.

Happy b'day & best wishes, NoF, for a good year ahead.

That's by Organissimo forum member Mark Stryker--and Doug Ramsey, who writes one of the most frequently read jazz blogs, linked to it today.

Rereading, after many years, Chandler Brossard's WHO WALK IN DARKNESS.

Mark, thanks for letting us know, and thanks again for your reassurances and advice last summer when our kitten got out and was missing for two days. I have two 18-yr-old boy cats & am grateful for every extra day that they're here... and grateful that you're here on this board as well.

We will be re-airing this program tonight at 9 p.m. Central Time on WNIN and at 11 p.m. EST on WFIU. It will also air Sunday evening at 10 EST on Michigan's Blue Lake Public Radio. Since it's a repeat, it's already archived for online listening. You can also watch the movie's trailer as well as a clip from the film itself (featuring Susan Hayward as a partying Barbara Graham). Next week: "Jazz and Jack Kerouac."

Happy b-day to Monsieur Solal... we'll be featuring him on Afterglow tomorrow evening. Also just found out that I'm sitting in this afternoon for our weekday jazz jock, so maybe I'll slip a little Solal into the set list!

Yep--posted that version of "A Train" to the Night Lights When Betty Met the Duke page. How's the Basie number?

Good Lord! And trying to remember... when did they go to the "3 innings=save" stat definition? They shoulda called off Game 2 & shown Bad News Bears films for the rest of the night.

A friend of mine last week played me an acetate of Kerouac, John Clellon Holmes, and Seymour--Weiss, I think? not Krim--doing a vocalese rendition of Tristano's "Intuition" and "Digression." This was circa 1950... not as bad as you might think. I have a soft spot for THE SUBTERRANEANS and parts of VISIONS OF CODY. Have not read DESOLATION ANGELS or BIG SUR, but on the basis of this thread will make a point of checking them out. (And how's DR. SAX?) Probably the reverse of most folks, but I've actually come to like Kerouac better than I did when I first read him around age 19 or 20. I think I may have been prejudiced by the two or three awful Kerouac disciples in my creative writing class (but I shouldn't have been throwing stones, living as I did at the time in the big Glass house of J.D. Salinger devotion).

Jazztropic, I played some of the sides mentioned above on a Night Lights program... it's archived here along with a playlist if you're interested in hearing some of the music under discussion.

Thanks for the tip--I've passed this one over several times at the local record store... your description is pretty close to the vibe I had about this title.

If anybody has 1-2 tracks from previous issues w/Monk soloing on any of the tracks Brownie listed... I'm still hoping to find them in time for the show I'm taping this week. Seem to have pretty much exhausted the usual local options.

Chuck, I pulled that info off Mike Fitzgerald's page--or at least what I think is Mike's page: Monk discography project I was aware of the Spotlight on 52nd St., just assumed there was another club with same name in D.C. Anyways, not sure if that's Mike's site or not (looking at it again, I'm not sure it is), but I'll contact whoever runs it & advise them of the mistake.

That is fantastic news, Chuck. Thanks for sharing--adding that one to my "to-get" list for the fall for sure.

Can't wait to read it... radio/writing assignments piled up till Labor Day Weekend, but NYCalling should be here by then & I'll spend the holiday reading it. Might sound weird, but the title kept dialing up Ornette for me... probably because of the two Blue Note CDs (NEW YORK IS NOW and LOVE CALL). I got the Clash reference but forgot about the Jackie.

Allen Lowe is a man of many talents--and identities!

Thanks much for the discographical info, Brownie--that's a huge help! Hoping to run those tracks down within the next day or so.

Does anybody have Dizzy Gillespie's big-band performances with Monk on piano, May/June 1946 at the Spotlite? They came out on Hi-Fly 101 (LP) and on Dizzy Gillespie MASTERS OF JAZZ V. 7 and 8 (2-CD set). I'm trying to find 1-2 tracks that might feature Monk soloing...any assistance very welcome if you can contact me via PM or at johnsond@indiana.edu.

Dooooood--you played bass in Van Halen!

Does he solo at all? I assume you're referring to this date: 1946 Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra Dave Burns, Talib Dawud, Kenny Dorham, John Lynch, Elmon Wright (tp) Dizzy Gillespie (tp, vo) Leon Comegys, Charles Greenlea, Alim Moore (tb) Howard Johnson, Sonny Stitt (as) Ray Abrams, Warren Luckey (ts) Leo Parker (bars) Milt Jackson (vib -8/11) Thelonious Monk (p) Ray Brown (b) Kenny Clarke (d) "Spotlight Lounge", Washington, DC, May-June, 1946 1. Our Delight Hi-Fly H 01 2. Ray's Idea - 3. Cool Breeze - 4. One Bass Hit - 5. Groovin' High - 6. Second Balcony Jump - 7. unknown title - 8. 'Round About Midnight - 9. Oo-Bup-Sh' Bam - 10. The Man I Love - 11. Things To Come - * Dizzy Gillespie '46 Live At The Spotlite (Hi-Fly H 01)

"The Duke Pearson Songbook" is now archived.

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Still a bit mystified--nobody was changing opinions in the two cases mentioned... I just thought the book looked really good, ordered it, and wanted to tout it here--esp. since two board members are involved. My initial post pretty much pegged the other contributor besides Allen Lowe, and 7/4's initial response identified that contributor directly. (And that's all he did... no attacks or praise involved either way.) It occurred to me afterwards that the contributor might not WANT to be so readily ID'd in these parts, so I made the ID much less overt... if he/she wants to acknowledge their role, I'm sure they will. It looks like a book I & some other board members might or will like, and I wanted to draw attention to it--that's all.