ghost of miles

LeBrion James, no doubt. Take it easy on yourself! Please take care... and really, really glad that you're OK. That hospital music is anything but therapeutic, eh? Of course it can be a motivator for accelerated recovery!

Annoying hipster poses never go out of fashion, unfortunately...hard to even appreciate the points in there that I agreed with to some extent, simply because those quoted were reekin' of the old attitude. And yeah, SGT. PEPPER is somewhat overrated, but hasn't that been said about ten thousand times by previous indiots? (Term courtesy of my friend Linn Tate.) C'mon, kids, get a fresh start--bash REVOLVER for a change.

BIG thumbs-up for this and the announced Quincy Jones set as well.

Many of the 2nd-tier (in name recognition only--in other words, the non-Trane/Miles/Bill Evans OJCs) are vanishing fast...I got much of what I wanted back in Dec. 2005 but am busily trying to fill in a few gaps. No way I'll be able to get everything that's still on my OJC wishlist, but consider myself lucky to have what I already do. Wonder how many of these will potentially ever see the light of day as Japanese imports...just got a newly-reissued Ernie Henry that way.

Excellent--I love Dailey & will try to tune in. We do have one of his leader dates here at the station; I'll try to send you a copy for future airplay.

James Newton has it half-right... here's the history of Juneteenth from the website linked to above:

Klaatu lives!! I was a riproarin' Beatlemaniac as a kid...once made a little diorama of Candlestick Park so that I could reenact the final '66 concert. In pre-mix tape, pre-Lennon-death days, I used to fantasize about putting together an album of the best early 1970s post-Beatles cuts & singles, and pretend that it was a Beatles reunion album. (Actually, don't one or two of Ringo's recordings come close to the real thing?) Then I heard the Ramones, who were really loud, really catchy, and really NOW (at the time). That pretty much killed my Beatlemania, along with the Broadway show of the same name, which seemed dumb, dumb, dumb. (Kudos, though, to a movie called I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND, a charming comedy/period piece about some kids trying to get into Ed Sullivan's show to see the Fab Four's American debut... saw it on a double-bill with ROCK N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL.) Very good piece by Lester Bangs in PSYCHOTIC REACTIONS that was written right after Lennon's death ("Thinking the Unthinkable About John Lennon"). I was going to type out a few passages, but looks like somebody posted it online a couple years back, so here's the whole piece (bold emphasis mine):

Up for the holiday. Broadcast date in the archives is June 18, 2005. Happy Juneteenth! Up again for the holiday & a happy Juneteenth to all. BTW, just read in a review of the new Ellison biography that a scholar's edition of RE's JUNETEENTH novel will be coming out in the next year or so.

I binged: Cannonball Adderley, SEXTET IN NEW YORK. Joe Farrell, MOON GERMS. Sonic Youth, DAYDREAM NATION (new edition) Sun Ra, ANGELS & DEMONS/THE NUBIANS OF PLUTONIA. Art Pepper, NO LIMIT.

From today's NY Times, something of possible interest to our NYC-area posters:

Larry mentioned THE BIG COMBO back upstream in this post.

This week on Night Lights it’s “Nellie Lutcher’s Real Gone Rhythm,” as we pay tribute to the pianist and singer who passed away this past week at the age of 94. In the late 1940s Lutcher scored a series of hits such as “Hurry On Down” and “Fine Brown Frame” that blended jazz, pop, blues and R & B in a way that made her one of the era’s first crossover stars. We’ll hear those songs and some of Lutcher’s later recordings as well, including a duet with Nat King Cole. “Nellie Lutcher’s Real Gone Rhythm” airs Saturday, June 16 at 11:05 p.m. EST on WFIU and at 9 p.m. Central Time on WNIN-Evansville; it will also air at 10 p.m. EST Sunday on Michigan's Blue Lake Public Radio. The program will be posted Tuesday morning in the Night Lights archives. Next week: "Perfectly Frank."

My wife & I are going to see Kurt Elling at the Jazz Factory in Louisville tomorrow (Friday).

Yanks knocked off the Diamondbacks again today, 7-1, for a series sweep, and are now 33-31...have gained six games on the Bosox in the past two weeks. Looks like they might have a decent season after all.

Double Sonny feature!

Mighty Quinn Did the Quinichette LIKE BASIE ever actually come out?

Coming out on DVD! July 31

Yep, that was Hoagy. And IN A LONELY PLACE had a scene featuring Hadda Brooks. BTW, the story that Andy Williams dubbed Bacall's singing parts in TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT is not true, according to Todd McCarthy's Hawks bio, though his dubs nearly were used. The relevant passage:

Enjoyed this one, which floats around as a budget-line DVD: Storyline is one somewhat prevalent in postwar noir: a down-and-out WWII vet getting the shaft (framed for a robbery he didn't commit). John Payne, who plays the vet, will be more familiar to most of you as the lawyer who got Santa off the hook in MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET. Here's a good book for those interested in this thread:

Listening to this one all the way through after picking it up a few months ago, and you've given a very accurate description, Jim. I think most Hodges fans would not regret picking this one up... next in the player is JOHNNY HODGES & THE ORCHESTRA W/BILLY STRAYHORN.

Going through the Bear Family box yet again, as I'm going to do a Night Lights tribute show to her this weekend, and I'm newly impressed by the distinctly Lutcheresque feeling she put into American songbook tunes... that 1956 Liberty LP of such material, OUR NEW NELLIE, is quite good (it's on disc 4 of the Bear box, but it's also available on a Collectables CD).

Right on to the Tony Scott and Hal McKusick references, Garth... I love that music as well & have been introduced to some of it through people like you on the old BNBB (and now here). And cheers to the Early Avant-Garde! (tm Garth J).

Just talked to Mosaic, and the Mercer is now in-house--the Cohn should be arriving later today.

Anybody gotten their Mercer and/or Cohn Selects yet--or, barring that, notice that they've shipped?

Yes--I think it was you who tipped me off to that, and I love Von Freeman's 2002 recording of it w/Moran... have played that version on the radio a # of times over the past several years. Seeing LK's name was a pleasant surprise as I was leafing through the credits on that new Murphy CD.