ghost of miles

jaimie branch's Fly Or Die followup, which I sadly never got around to picking up until after her death last week. As good or even better than the first one IMO: ... and now on to some Joey:

We re-aired Jazz Tonight With Steve Allen this past week, and it remains archived for online listening.

Thanks for the heads-up, Larry. Here’s the link.

Suits my mood for the end of this downbeat week:

We did a tribute to Michael and his WFIU years yesterday, with remembrances and reflections from some Bloomington area musicians and advocates who knew him during his 1970s/early 80s run at the station before moving on to New York City. Anon, Anon: Michael Bourne, 1946-2022

Nate Chinen has moved from WBGO to WRTI-Philadelphia, where another former WBGO colleague, Greg Bryant (who co-hosted the excellent Jazz United podcast with Nate) has also started as the new weeknight jazz host, taking over for the venerable Bob Perkins: Transitions, Transitions

In the mood for some Trane 65:

This. Love that place so much. And glad you scored the Armstrong Decca 1930s/40s set, with IMO some of the best notes Dan Morgenstern's ever written (which is saying something, given his always-high standard).

Quote from her website: "All the music that ever was and ever will be is here now. It exists in a cloud just above our heads and when we play, we pluck it out of the ether for a lil while before sending it back up.”

The physical edition of this set seems to have gone OOP (weirdly enough, I’d pulled mine off the shelf just several hours before news of Taylor’s death broke—it includes Michael Bourne’s old WFIU theme music, Joe Farrell’s “Follow Your Heart”), but used copies are floating around online, and it’s on Spotify. Highly recommended as a CTI overview, along with the expanded CD reissue of California Concert: CTI: The Cool Revolution

Way, way too soon. Heartbreaking.

One more go-around this past week for Caravan: Martial Solal, The Early Years, and up in honor of his 95th birthday.

Nate Chinen’s obit

https://twitter.com/clichedout/status/1561542083134963714?s=20&t=qxtVbrH4APY6RdR9GFXTvQ

Josh Jackson of WRTI is reporting on Facebook that Michael Bourne passed away at the age of 75 last night. The afternoon jazz slot that I host here at WFIU in Bloomington, IN was Michael's from 1972 until 1984, when he left for New York City and ultimately landed at WBGO, making a global name for himself as a DJ. Still much-missed and loved by older listeners here in Bloomington who remember hearing him.

We re-aired Out Of The Shadows: Percy France this past week, and I’m upping the thread today in honor of what would have been his 94th birthday.

This is such a good series:

Yes, I believe so. I’ll check with a colleague who has a scanner and see if he can do them tomorrow.

Do you have Stanley Dance's The World Of Duke Ellington? I was skimming it last night to see if I could find the quote, and there's some interesting commentary from Greer in there on pg 62-69. I can try to scan or photograph and send it to you if you'd like.

I had the same thought. My copy’s at the office, so I’ll try to check later on. I just posted the question to the Duke Ellington Society group on Facebook as well.