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  1. Mosaic says they'll look into a James MGM set. BTW, I also asked about the Goodman, and they say they're still contemplating a set of pre-WWII big-band material.
  2. Starting some preliminary work on a J.R. Monterose Night Lights program. I've already got JAYWALKIN', the Blue Note, THE MESSAGE, IN ACTION, and LIVE AT THE TENDER TRAP. Have the Charles, Mingus, Eardley, and Jazz Prophets material as well... and I think we may have the Munich on LP at the station. Any other recs from the dates listed in Mike's discography? Thanks much, as always.
  3. Been listening today to this one: ...and it's "very fine" indeed, as you say, Chuck. Liner notes say James did nine albums all together for MGM... I have one other CD, THE SILVER COLLECTION, which has no overlap with the Verve comp above (all material on both CDs drawn from the MGM recordings to which Chuck refers). Evidently a couple of the LPs were attempts to go "modern," to some extent, and tracks like "Walkin'" on the Jazz Masters anthology sound pretty good in that vein. I'm going to e-mail Mosaic and ask if they've ever thought of doing something from this period of James.
  4. Excellent news if that proves to be the case! Thanks for the update, Roger.
  5. "I'm tellin' ya, I see a coat like that, I wanna eat hot dogs and potato salad off of it!!"
  6. Up for broadcast later tonight on WNIN and WFIU at the links above--forgot to mention that there is a previous Mary Lou Williams Night Lights program, devoted to her sacred music, that's posted online here. Some discussion of the Mary Lou Williams Collective (headed by Geri Allen) re-recording of The Zodiac Suite (a fine CD in and of itself) here and here.
  7. You can find other recent Grimes-related releases on his website.
  8. Hey, if you want rage in a red sport coat, have I got the guy for you! Of course, Mr. Knight's second-preferred sport is bowling-for-referees:
  9. This week on Night Lights it’s “Mary Lou Williams’ Zodiac Suite.” In 1945 pianist, composer and arranger Mary Lou Williams debuted her first extended work, The Zodiac Suite, with musical movements for each sign of the zodiac. Williams was 35 years old, already a veteran of the swing era; she was playing regularly at New York City’s Café Society, hosting a weekly radio program, and had begun a fruitful recording relationship with Moe Asch’s label (which would eventually become Folkways). She was also at the center of a circle of emerging bebop greats that included Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell. In the midst of this busy period she composed The Zodiac Suite, a series of modernistic sketches that were dedicated to various friends and fellow musicians. In addition to the recordings she made for Asch’s label, she also performed the work live on several occasions; we’ll hear excerpts from two of those, one a December 31, 1945 concert at New York City’s Town Hall, the other a 1957 appearance at Newport with Dizzy Gillespie’s big band. We’ll hear a number of the original Asch sides as well. “Mary Lou Williams’ Zodiac Suite” airs Saturday, November 25 at 11:05 p.m. EST on WFIU, 9 p.m. Central Time on WNIN-Evansville, and at 10 p.m. EST Sunday evening on Michigan's Blue Lake Public Radio. The program will be posted Monday afternoon in the Night Lights archives. You can read more about Mary Lou Williams and her career here. Next week: "The French Connection."
  10. What I find rather ironic about the fallout from this is the talk that Richards' career is "over" "finished." Uh--just glancing at his credits in IMDB, I'd say it's been "finished" for about six years now. OTOH, as my brother observed, this does put the lie to the cliche "there's no such thing as bad publicity."
  11. Ruth Brown, Robert Lockwood Jr., Anita O'Day, and now Betty Comden. Maybe I'll just avoid all media for the weekend:
  12. Yeah, it's hurting even more today than it was yesterday, even though the news wasn't entirely unexpected. Listening to some of the early sides with Krupa right now.
  13. Very sad news--another one of the greats gone. I interviewed her over the phone several years ago, and it was one of the biggest thrills of my life--I had so much love & admiration for her singing and her remarkable ability to endure as a person.
  14. Only two Delta Four sides--"Swingin' On That Famous Door" and "Farewell Blues." They're also on a Decca/GRP comp called 52nd Street Swing that I bought years ago when I was first working in a record store. Here's the track listing from AMG: 1 Get Goin' Morton, Benny & His ... 3:14 Performed by: Morton, Benny & His Orchestra 2 Get Goin' Morton, Benny & His ... 3:15 Performed by: Morton, Benny & His Orchestra 3 Fare-Thee-Well to Harlem Morten, Benny Orchestra 3:05 4 Tailor Made Morten, Benny Orchestra 3:12 5 The Gold Digger's Song (We're in the Money) Morten, Benny Orchestra 3:10 6 Call of the Delta Bailey, Buster & Hi ... 3:09 Performed by: Bailey, Buster & His Chocolate... 7 Call of the Delta Bailey, Buster & Hi ... 3:03 Performed by: Bailey, Buster & His Chocolate... 8 Shanghai Shuffle Bailey, Buster & Hi ... 2:47 Performed by: Bailey, Buster & His Chocolate... 9 Night Wind Jordan, Taft & The Mob 2:40 10 If the Moon Turns Green Jordan, Taft & The Mob 2:45 11 Devil in the Moon Jordan, Taft & The Mob 2:55 12 Louisiana Fairy Tale Jordan, Taft & The Mob 2:56 13 Swinging 'Em Down Jenkins. Freddy Harlem Seven 2:49 Performed by: Jenkins. Freddy Harlem Seven, 14 Old Fashioned Love Jenkins. Freddy Harlem Seven 2:49 Performed by: Jenkins. Freddy Harlem Seven, 15 Nothin' But Rhythm Jenkins. Freddy Harlem Seven 2:53 Performed by: Jenkins. Freddy Harlem Seven, 16 I Can't Dance (I Got Ants in My Pants) Jenkins. Freddy Harlem Seven 2:52 Performed by: Jenkins. Freddy Harlem Seven, 17 Toledo Shuffle Jenkins. Freddy Harlem Seven 2:43 Performed by: Jenkins. Freddy Harlem Seven, 18 Lovely Liza Lee Jenkins. Freddy Harlem Seven 2:54 Performed by: Jenkins. Freddy Harlem Seven, 19 Swingin' on That Famous Door Delta Four 3:00 20 Farewell Blues Delta Four 3:03 21 Who? Harris, Ace & His S ... 2:33 Performed by: Harris, Ace & His Sunset Royals 22 Rhythm 'Bout Town Harris, Ace & His S ... 2:29 Performed by: Harris, Ace & His Sunset Royals 23 Hurly Burly Harris, Ace & His S ... 2:45 Performed by: Harris, Ace & His Sunset Royals 24 One Little Word Led to Another Harris, Ace & His S ... 2:29 Performed by: Harris, Ace & His Sunset Royals Going to listen to V. 2 tonight.
  15. A Hep I've been enjoying this Thanksgiving Eve: Pretty sure the only session on here that I already had was the Delta 4. The Jenkins/Bernard Addison sides (with Joe Turner on piano) are particularly good--make me want to hear more of Addison's guitar work. Teddy Wilson is the pianist on the Taft Jordan date (just got Jordan's Fantasy twofer not long ago & didn't realize he'd done leader sessions in the 1930s). Anybody who likes 1930s small-group hot jazz would be pleased with this comp... looking forward to cracking open V. 2, which covers the early 1940s, tomorrow (Pete Brown, yeah!).
  16. Lon, you & your wife are in my thoughts & prayers--you too, Aric. I hope the coming days bring all of you some moments of happiness.
  17. In that case, even more reason to eventually go for the Mosaic Bix--you'll get some Texas T as well.
  18. From a budgetary viewpoint, probably the JSP. Great as the Mosaic is, Bix is on only half of it. If you really want to get into BB, I'd recommend the Bix Restored series--especially the first three volumes. Lots of alternates here & such (don't know if you like that or dislike it); probably the most thorough aural picture we'll ever get of Bix. Edit: Jazzbo & I are talking about the same series.
  19. He didn't quite make the cut--but if I ever find those long-rumored sides the Faces did with Ayler...
  20. Sorry, meant the live one--At the Jazz Standard/Days of Wine and Roses. I think it's due out some time this month. Yeah, Sky Blue is the next studio one, still in the works.
  21. Clem, have you checked out the 33 1/3 entry for PIPER? Not too bad, as those things go... I've lobbied Sangrey to submit a ms for that series & think you should too. Dunno, might not be your cup of literary tea, probably just my selfish desire to read an extended essay from either of you on any LP you really dig. (Larry, too... no jazz entries that I'm aware of in that series so far.)
  22. I couldn't watch the Letterman appearance--something too painful about the whole spectacle for everybody. Richards should lay very low for awhile. I was never a Seinfeld fan, so I don't feel any "investment" in all of this... but what's disturbing to me is the sense that Richards is far, far from being alone in containing that kind of rage and racial animosity.
  23. Rehab time? When was it I heard that last? Member of Congress? Actor? BB poster? ??? Yeah, who knows what propels folks to rude outbursts in nightclubs--or on bulletin boards, for that matter??? Soul Stream, I watched that video & FWIW I don't think it had anything to w/substance abuse. More like a guy with a lot of bottled-up rage letting a really ugly side come out. But that's just a guess... I don't know anything about Mr. Richards.
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