ghost of miles

Happy b-day and long live ES!

Mine are headed to the local trading block, and I'm holding out for revisiting these sessions till the new set comes out. Wasn't there a scheduled Volume 3 in that series that never came out? I ended up getting most of the later sessions anyway through the Chronological Classics.

Hey, they can't help it--that's just the city they play in! I understand Red Sox Nation's hatred of the Yanks, but Bernie Williams, Mariano, Jeter, Posada--you have to admit that these are classy players. Granted, they're the last of the glorious late-1990s era, but for me they've gone a LONG way in redeeming the aura of the team. That article did make a good point about Brosius--I swear, that guy, just like that whole team, could go 0-22 and then come up with the Big Hit. It was amazing.

Thanks, tm--should've called them myself. Well, it's not like I don't have anything else to listen to! (Just got the Peggy Lee SINGLES box from a BMG sale--and, oh, a few other things... )

This passage: Again, I have NO sympathy for this viewpoint. I liked the part about Jackson taking him out for a talk. A-Rod's been hitting better lately, and I'm pulling for him--he's on the team. The Yankee clubhouse is the epitome of class.

Any word on whether this will be an early, mid, or late-November release? Got my fingers crossed for early...

Scars and barnacles, mateys, I feel like walkin' a plank meself if that Twardzik book don't come out soon. Arrrrr!!

I wish Jeanne Lee could've gotten one when she was still alive.

Review from David Yaffe in the Oct. 2 Nation.

I watched a bit of this with Joe Bourne, our weekday jazz jock, in the newsroom. Does C-Span archive things like this?

Still hoping to eventually see Pennebaker's DON'T LOOK BACK sequel, EAT THE DOCUMENT (Dylan on tour in '66). I know that Scorsese got some of his footage for the recent Dylan documentary from what Pennebaker shot... but that film seems to be all but buried, for some reason. A big thumbs up for THE WORLD AT WAR as well. Be forewarned--Ken Burns is about to coffeetable WWII next year with his own series, though it concentrates primarily on the American homefront, from what I've heard.

Lotsa conservative Dutch Reformed types? I grew up in the church, though thank God (metaphorically AND literally?) our chapter left politics out of it... no defense of South African apartheid that I remember, anyway. I'm a wayward, non-denominational guy these days, though I'm drifting dangerously close to the wild 'n crazy liberal Episcopalian folks here in town.

That is a hell of a collection--right up there with THE COBRA RECORDS STORY and the three-CD Vanguard when I think of my favorite Chicago blues compilations. (AND THIS IS MAXWELL STREET in the running as well.) If it's still in print, those who like Chi-town blues are highly advised to run down a copy.

Steve does a great job--he & Lazaro are my two favorite Internet jazz destinations.

Must've had a taste of vintage Coca-Cola!

Oh yeah! Hey, that might be the second part of my feature! (Can I give an on-air tip o' the hat to "Big Al from Organissimo?")

Re: Webb Pierce, I still intend to pick up that Bear Family box one of these days--still in print, I believe. All I have right now is a single-disc promo I nabbed while I worked at a Chain That Shall Go Nameless. My buddy Greg turned me onto him--Clem, I know you do a ton of listening, but if you're ever bored in NYC on Monday night between 7 & 9 EST (unlikely, I'm sure, but just in case), you might want to check out his show on our community radio station here in B-town: Rhythm Ranch (a lot of the links aren't live yet--he's adding content whenever he gets a chance). He's got an incredible amount of knowledge & music and presents his shows very well... not too much gab, just enough interesting info, and a LOT of obscure folks who've fallen through the cracks of our current musical history. Direct listen live link here. (Though if you happen to tune in tonight, you'll hear a bunch of fund-drive pitches, no doubt... they just kicked off their autumn one. Cool station, though... it's where Greg & I got our start, doing a vintage music show called--thank you, Tina Brooks--"Back to the Tracks.") Based on what I've read here, I won't be rushing out to buy the new Dylan. Wasn't expecting too much from it anyway... he seems to be in a real retrospective phase, which, given his age (65?) seems natural; anyway, at this point I'm more interested in something like CHRONICLES than I am in new recordings by him.

Popped this in the car radio last night while I was out, because I want to play a track from it for Afterglow... and I may just end up featuring the whole album. I remember REALLY liking this when it was reissued, and it sounded even better three years later. Wanted to up this thread, in case the CD's nearing its expiration date (though the whole Verve "available till" thing... how true has that been? I imagine that even after these reach that date that many continue to float around online).

Man, this on top of the recent NY Times feature on Saugatuck as a great vacation spot... look out, Michigan! I've got a sentimental attachment to Holland as well, because my mom went to Hope. (Dropped out to marry my dad and have me, and finished her degree at IU-Indy.) Best places to retire

Clem, I was actually rather nervous when Henry was found. I remember a sense of exhiliration when I read the Signal to Noise interview--HG had long been an obsession of mine, ever since a musician buddy had given me a mix tape that he titled "Henry Grimes, Where Are You?" years & years ago. (I told HG about this, and he thought it was pretty funny.) At the same time, it was clear, from reading that interview, that Henry had found a fragile peace in his existence, and I worried that being thrust back into the modern improv world as a "living legend" might disrupt or destroy whatever equilibrium he had managed to achieve. When he was here at the station last year, though, it really seemed like he was very happy to be playing again... I remember reading the online posts from somebody (Marshall, maybe?) about HG playing that bass that William Parker gave him nonstop in his LA apartment. I know there are varying degrees of opinion about how well Henry plays these days compared to his 1960s level, but to me it's amazing that he put aside the bass for more than 30 years and then could come back the way he has. Did you hear the 100-hour marathon in 2003 on Columbia's station? I heard the interview with him then, and he seemed much more "present," or what have you, when he was here last year. As for the past, yeah, I think he's let a lot of that go, but I think he had to. (A jazz researcher I otherwise respect was fulminating that Henry couldn't remember why a logo was on an instrument from a mid-1960s Impulse session... give me a f*&in' break! I can't account for every day or every moment from five years ago...can't imagine what it's like for someone who's gone through what Henry's gone through.) I did ask Henry at one point during the interview whether or not he ever missed the solitary existence he'd led in L.A... again related to my earlier concern. He dismissed that right away & said there'd been too much "rigamarole," too much tedium in that existence. I think you're right to check any tendency there might be to canonize/valorize Henry, and I've probably had that tendency myself. But I still think it's an incredible comeback story, and that he seems happy--for whatever reason--to be playing music again. (Seems to be working better than Bunk Johnson's erratic, up-and-down comeback.) Hoping I get a chance to see him again.

...not only happy but the most humble man you may meet. For everything he's gone through and to come out of it the way he has is inspiring. I have had several conversations with Henry over the past couple years, the guy is a gentle soul....more should be like him. Despite all that has happened to Henry over the past few decades, you would never know it to speak with him....and his music is amazing!!! m~ My thanks as well, Mark, for the new photos, and, as always, for the day we spent with Henry last autumn. Everything you say about him is true. The greatest comeback story in the history of jazz? Quite possibly.

Posting late as I was away from a computer yesterday--tonight on Blue Lake: This week on Night Lights it’s “Jazz Goes Disney.” Music has been an important part of the Disney formula ever since the studio began making films in the late 1920s, and the enormous success of the so-called “Magic Kingdom” has pushed many of its movie songs to the forefront of popular culture. Inevitably jazz artists were drawn to the Disney canon, and on this program we’ll hear recordings from Betty Carter, Bill Evans, Louis Prima, Peggy Lee, Sonny Rollins, and Sun Ra, among others. “Jazz Goes Disney” airs Sunday evening at 10 p.m. EST on Michigan's Blue Lake Public Radio. The program will be posted Monday afternoon in the Night Lights archives. Next week: "Red Trane"

This week on Afterglow it’s “Nancy Wilson: Something Old, Something New.” Nancy Wilson, the host of NPR’s Jazz Profiles, has been a mainstay on the jazz vocal scene ever since her breakthrough 1961 album with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley. We’ll feature a set of music from her new CD Turned to Blue, as well as selections from new reissues of two classic 1960s Capitol LPs, Broadway My Way and Hollywood My Way. Hoagy Carmichael, Sheila Jordan, Art Pepper, Helen Merrill, and the Modern Jazz Quartet are some of the other artists we’ll hear this week on Afterglow, airing at 10:05 p.m. EST tonight on WFIU and at 10 p.m. Central Time Saturday evening on WNIN-Evansville. The show will be posted Monday afternoon in the Afterglow archives. Next week: "Lee Wiley: West of the Moon."

Where would you like them to go? North Dakota works for me. I hear Fargo needs a minor league team. Hey JP, I passed Comiskular Park the other day on my way through Chi-town and gave it a wave on your behalf.