ghost of miles

If you like all of the above, you should check out Frank Hewitt. He was a disciple of Elmo's.

Today: The Mosaic set DESTINATION OUT LET FREEDOM RING NATURE BOY

Up for broadcast in just a few minutes.

Funny, this one's been on my mind of late, and I've been meaning to pull it out again... btw, how's the sound on the new reissue compared to the 1990s one? (That's the one I have.)

Bobby Scott's "The House in the Heart" memoir about Lester Young (found in this book) is probably one of the most moving pieces of writing about a jazz musician that I've ever read.

i have her on shirley's sounds, i think, doing a kickass version of BACK HOME IN INDIANA, which probably wouldnt interest you. :cool:duvivier and i dont recall the drummer. Aw, sure it would! I just used Julie London's version of said song on Afterglow... surprisingly good! (From the 1957 JULIE album.)

During my one-year spell of hosting The Big Bands, I did two programs devoted to CBBB... if anyone wants to take a listen, check out the Sept. 23, 2005 and May 20, 2005 programs in the archives. Just got the MIDNIGHT MOOD cd and haven't had a chance to play it yet. I think CBBB is, hands-down, my favorite post-1960 big band.

Salutations, Mr. Bivins! Good to see you over here in Organissimoland.

This is probably what you're referring to: From David H. Rosenthal 'Hard Bop' Oxford University Press 1992. Quote from McLean: "The first record I made was not with Miles. I made a rhythm-and-blues piece with Charlie Singleton's band called 'Camel Walkin' where I played baritone sax, no solo." If Bird had been taking part in the session, I am sure McLean would have mentioned this! Brownie, right... and there's some more mention of it in Spellman as well. The paragraph in full: That last line... some to go with the anger and the grief. Not just an incredible musician, but what a human being.

I'm pretty sure I remember Jackie mentioning this in an interview... Spellman? The Mosaic set? I'll dig around and see if I can find the allusion to this session.

Son of a bitch! I'm sorry, this just really tears me up. His music meant SO much to me. His "voice" just got to the core of me somehow. When I first started getting into 1960s jazz, two of the first things I got were DESTINATION OUT and the Mosaic set. Last night I was listening to the RVG of Mobley's HI VOLTAGE and appreciating Jackie's contributions there... goddammit. I don't feel like the usual polite respects; I'm still mad that any of us has to die, especially Jackie. I've told people before that I consider him one of the patron saints of Night Lights. Goddammit!!

I think both stations usually take a day or two to put together a tribute... I'll be listening when they air.

This week on Night Lights it’s “Electrifying: Miles Davis at the Cellar Door.” In December of 1970 Miles Davis took what some consider to be his last great quintet into a Washington, D.C. jazz club for a four-night stand. Columbia Records recorded all four evenings, but until recently, only material from the last night, when guitarist John McLaughlin joined the group, had been released (and then in edited form) on the album Live/Evil. Now a 6-CD compilation of the Cellar Door performances has come out, giving listeners a comprehensive portrait of this particular Miles ensemble in all its rock and funk-influenced glory. In his book Miles Beyond, Paul Tingen describes the band as denser, more aggressive, louder, and funkier than previous Davis electric groups. Musicians included Keith Jarrett on both electric piano and organ, Gary Bartz on alto and soprano saxophones, Michael Henderson (a 19-year-old who’d played with Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin) on bass, and Jack DeJohnette on drums. They were joined at the Cellar Door by percussionist Airto Moreira. We’ll hear Joe Zawinul’s composition “Directions,” as well as Davis compositions such as “What I Say,” “Inamorata,” and “It’s About That Time.” “Electrifying” airs Saturday, April 1 at 11:05 p.m. on WFIU and at 9 p.m. Central Time on WNIN-Evansville. The program will be posted in the Night Lights archives Monday afternoon. Next week: "We'll Keep Loving You: Jackie McLean."

I thought the March 10 program, with the sets featuring Dick & Kiz Harp, turned out pretty well.

Artists in all walks of aesthetic life tend to be a bit defensive when questioned about influences that seem obvious... I wondered the same thing when I read Guy's post and did not take Holland's denial to necessarily be the end-all of the question.

Some other items in the clearance section, in addition to the Oscar (the Nat King Cole 4-CD box was there, but is now gone): Roy Ayers, COFFY $1.99 Count Basie, AMERICA'S #1 BAND (4-CD Columbia box) $9.98 Jaki Byard, LAST FROM LENNIE'S $1.99 Grant Green, GOIN' WEST $1.99 Charlie Rouse, BOSSA NOVA BACCHANAL $1.99 Jimmy Rushing, FIVE FEET OF SOUL $1.99 (this one's going oop, right?)

Gad, I'm so sick of that... and I'm a so-called "person of faith" myself (a phrase that really sets off the ol' barf-o-meter these days). But I'm sorry, that doesn't make you any better or any worse than anybody else.

More fantastic news! Hope we get to see you guys in Indiana soon.

Yes, I'm sorry--here's a direct link to the archives. At this point it's looser than Night Lights, more of a mix program with a featured CD, artist, or sometimes a theme for each show. There are also a few modern/contemporary recordings making their way onto the playlists (I played our Internet hometown heroes Organissimo on one of the very first programs that I did); in any case, right now it's more of a "vibe" show than a thematic/historical one, hopefully good late-night smoking/drinking/wondering jazz, with a strong twist of GAS (aka Great American Songbook). Here's the April-features rundown: April 7--Mulligan Mosaic Select April 14--Songs of the Season (Spring) April 21--Mark Murphy's HIP PARADE/PLAYING THE FIELD & Julie London's JULIE/LOVE ON THE ROCKS. April 28--Blossom Dearie's 80th b-day and Cassandra Wilson's THUNDERBIRD.

Is he smelly?

Web-page still in progress, but the programs are now archived. Featured for March 31 WFIU/April 1 WNIN: Red Garland, AT THE PRELUDE.

Parker and Coltrane were also attacked early on for their "shrill" and "ugly" tones. Being so far removed from their arrival on the scene (and departure from it), it took me years of listening to comprehend how such charges could ever have been made... not that I now validate them, but at least I think I finally got the context. To my modern, relatively-youthful ears, Bird and Trane's tones sound wonderful.

Jackie McLean - Destination Out (click to buy) I first heard this album in August 1995, around the time that Blue Note put it out in the Connoisseur series (it's now available as an RVG and as part of the Moncur Mosaic Select set). The pleasantly oppressive nature of the opening Moncur composition, "Love and Hate," and the overall brooding mood of the album served as a perfect soundtrack to Bloomington during that hot, humid, and listless spell in early August, after summer sessions have ended and the students have not yet returned for the fall. Three of the four compositions here are by Moncur, in fact; "Esoteric," which features some terrific vibes playing by Bobby Hutcherson, and the blues "Riff Raff" are the others. This particular incarnation of the McLean/Moncur band has Roy Haynes on drums instead of Tony Williams (not sure why--had he already left for Miles at this point?), and maybe that's why this record seems slightly more subdued--in a good way--than the records made with Williams, which I also love. I know that the subject of "avant bop" is distasteful to some, but to me, this is one of its most successful records.

This program is re-airing tonight and is already archived (drop down to the March 5, 2005 listing). Next week: "Electrifying: Miles Davis at the Cellar Door."

Verily, you speaketh the truth.