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Up for broadcast in just a few minutes on WNIN-Evansville and about an hour on WFIU (at links posted above). Also a quick note that this same show will indeed air tomorrow evening at 10 p.m. EST on Michigan's Blue Lake Public Radio, as they have pushed their fund-drive back to early November. Tune in early for a Fats Waller documentary that they're broadcasting at 9 p.m. as well.

This week on Night Lights it’s “Away From the Spaceways: John Gilmore.” Tenor saxophonist John Gilmore, who influenced John Coltrane and helped to pioneer the challenging techniques of 1960s avant-garde saxophone, spent most of his career with Sun Ra and his Arkestra, recording outside of Sun Ra’s band on only a handful of occasions. (Much discussion of Gilmore in the thread I started here while working on this program). His powerful, edgy style combined aspects of hardbop and outside playing; we’ll hear examples of it with pianists Andrew Hill and Paul Bley, as well as recordings that Gilmore made with McCoy Tyner, Elmo Hope, Pete LaRoca, and Art Blakey (a rare broadcast version of the ballad “I Can’t Get Started”), in addition to his 1957 Blue Note date with fellow tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan. “Away From the Spaceways” airs Saturday, October 21 at 11:05 p.m. EST on WFIU and at 9 p.m. Central Time on WNIN-Evansville. It will be posted Monday afternoon in the Night Lights archives. Next week: "Down at the 90th Floor: Dick & Kiz Harp."

I dunno--my experience listening to Byron has increasingly been that the idea's more interesting/appealing/what-have-you than the record that follows it.

From Ran's e-mail newsletter: I love I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE--great underrated 1940s horror/noir film. Not the first time I wished I lived in the Boston area!

Interesting. As a kid, I got hooked on The Six Million Dollar Man in large part because of its opening theme (imagine my surprise decades later when I found out it was penned by Oliver Nelson):

A 75-trumpet salute for Mr. A!!!

Is the Oct. 25, 1926 date listed in AMG correct for date of birth?

PM sent on the McCann.

Yes, that's the same one I used for the Night Lights show. OOP but a fair # of used copies seem to float around online. Mulligan also recorded a couple of the Mandel compositions with the CJB (they're on the Mosaic box).

Another option: if you ever come across a cheap copy of LITTLE JAZZ: BEST OF THE VERVE YEARS, pick it up. It's a good one-disc overview of the material that later came out on the Mosaic set. Certain musicians didn't resonate for me upon first, second, or even third listen, and then eventually something clicked (although I fell in love with Eldridge's sound right off). Roy might not ever "click" for you, but be prepared for a happy payoff if some day he does!

Picked up SOUL OUTING in the recent Concord blowout and ended up playing it three times today... one of those records I come to with nonchalant expectations and then find myself pleasantly compelled to put on again. Any chance MANHATTAN FEVER will ever get reissued on CD?

Glad you caught the Roche--one of the better recent ones IMHO. Some suggested older shows, if you haven't heard them already: Teddy Charles: the Early Avant-Garde, Jazz Goes to the Cold War, Songs Everlasting: Don Pullen & George Adams on Blue Note, or Nina Simone on Philips.

I think the possible analogy I drew before the playoffs--the 2000 Yanks--is even more apt. Same horrible September, same nearly invincible October. have you forgotten how the White Sox did their best to give away the division to the Indians? No, but I prefer to think in NY analogies. A Detroit-Mets series would be great.

This program will re-air this evening at 11:05 EST on WFIU. It will also air at 9 p.m. Central Time on WNIN-Evansville, where it will be followed by Afterglow, featuring the Pacific Jazz recordings of Gil Evans. It will also air Sunday evening at 10 EST on Michigan's Blue Lake Public Radio (tune in beforehand to catch Lazaro Vega). This program and its sequel, "The Jazz Workshops Part 2," are already archived and available for listening under the dates of October 16 and November 27, 2004. Next week: "Away From the Spaceways: John Gilmore."

I think the possible analogy I drew before the playoffs--the 2000 Yanks--is even more apt. Same horrible September, same nearly invincible October.

Saw it on late-night TV a few years back... struck me as very self-indulgent. Much prefer Ornette's soundtrack, which I snagged as a Borders musicseller around the same time (re: Chuck's post, didn't the guy who made the film say something to the effect of, "Ornette's music was too beautiful," or some such? )

Another thumbs-up for this set--it & the Anita were both "wish-come-true" Mosaics for me. If you do a title search under "Eldridge" in the Mosaic forum, you'll pull up several previous threads where there was some discussion of it.

Any word on possible forthcoming volumes in the DETS Treasury series?

Clem, Don't know Mr. Spottswood, but he sounds like a very interesting/heavy guy. Here's a link to that Bear box: West Indian Rhythm

Holy crap!

Hey all, I've been thinking about buying the 2-CD "deluxe" edition of the Coltrane Impulse album COLTRANE. Did they ever fix the "Big Nick" mistake on the initial reissue? It was supposed to be a previously unreleased quartet version, but what appeared instead was the version recorded with Ellington... just wondering if it was ever corrected & if there's a way of telling the "right" edition from the "wrong" edition.

Many thanks, compadres. Not really related, I suppose, but looking over this thread (and my query re: the early Afro-Cubans material, which I think came out on Decca), I was reminded of what a radio friend told me yesterday: Bear Family's about to put out a huge box of 1939-41 calypso music that came out on the Decca label.

If anybody has a copy of the Quincy Jones CD reissue THE PAWNBROKER/DEADLY AFFAIR, could they PM me? Thanks much!

The Cardinals were such a great team in the mid-1960s... I'd like to read a book about that team. Gibson was my favorite player for awhile when I was a little kid, even though he was in the twilight of his career; one of the first baseball cards I ever got was a Topps '74 of BG. Halberstam covers the '64 team in one of his books.