ghost of miles

on youtube, set to "Wish You Were Here"... pretty cool, although, as a JC poster pointed out, a couple of the shots in the film are actually of Bob Dylan (including one from DON'T LOOK BACK).

Man, and I had gone on a renewed Barrett kick just a couple of months ago... in fact, a picture of him was my avatar for awhile. That "Astronomy Domine" performance on Youtube is amazing to watch. PIPER is still my favorite Floyd album... those songs are close to timeless and remain stuck in my brain. Fascinating man and artist, and it's too bad that the damage he suffered--both from fame and drugs--pushed him into creative silence for the last several decades of his life. PIPER and the early singles are pop masterpieces. Long may we listen, and RIP to the Scarecrow.

Ironically enough, I was just talking about Sinatra to a friend of mine a couple of days ago, and that's basically what we said. I can't stand the swingin' Rat Pack Vegas stuff... kinda dig COME FLY WITH ME, but a little of it goes a long way. ONLY THE LONELY and IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS are the two albums I go back to the most, along with the ballads from the Columbia era. And Chaney hipped me to the fantastic small-group jazz sides that FS did for his radio show circa 1953-54--a real shame that he didn't record in that format more often (check out some of the boots from the sextet tour for more of it). But yeah, I much prefer the "I'm drinking alone at 3 a.m. because I'm never getting over Ava" side of Sinatra's material. And heartbreak never gets old or goes out of style, unfortunately.

"Frank Kimbrough's PLAY + Duke Ellington's Pastel Period 1943 broadcast" is now archived on the Afterglow website. It's all in Hour 2 of the program, although there are a couple of performances by Kimbrough & his wife in the first hour as well.

Richard Linklater's on Fresh Air right now, talking about the movie... it's on my "must-see" list, too. I'll post the audio link once FA has archived it. Scanner Darkly website

To the Guy!

Hey Allen, hope everything goes OK. Think there's any chance you could get coverage of your sets in the NY Times Arts section, or maybe a review from Whitehead on Fresh Air? IMO they merit that.

Yikes...

I was at a small dinner party last night, and they were playing Sirius' Pure Jazz 72. Pretty much classic stuff--Bill Evans, Miles, Monk, Brubeck, etc.--and it sounded very good, esp. as I heard it more in the context of folks who don't know the history of jazz inside & out (unlike us wizards here, eh? ). I'd still be more tempted to go with XM, if I did go satellite, but that would have less to do with the jazz & more with the fact that XM offers major league baseball . For now, I'm more than content listening to Lazaro, WGBH, and a couple of other Internet sources to feel the need to turn to satellite for jazz.

Apologies if this was posted earlier in this sprawling thread: The New Yorker on FIFA Interesting article about the president of FIFA.

Speaking of Marlowe, I noticed that the famous/infamous "Marlowe's viewpoint" LADY IN THE LAKE is part of the newest film noir DVD box-set: Film Noir 3 box

Lon, what did you think of Dick Powell's portrayal in MURDER, MY SWEET (adaptation of Chandler's FAREWELL, MY LOVELY)? I found myself pleasantly surprised... thought he was pretty effective, playing Marlowe with a slightly-more-unhinged quality than Bogie did. (Powell, by the way, has an Indiana jazz connection--sang with the Charlie Davis Orchestra in the late 1920s. I have some scratchy recordings done at a radio station.)

Will definitely do something on Helen sooner or later. Up for broadcast right now on WFIU.

This week on Night Lights it’s Vibin': Roy Ayers in the 1960s. He’s been called “the godfather of acid jazz” and modern-day hiphoppers refer to him as “The Icon Man,” but before his R & B success in the 1970s vibraphonist Roy Ayers was renowned by his colleagues for his 1960s jazz performances. He played with West Coast stalwarts such as pianist Jack Wilson and saxophonist Curtis Amy and was also a member of Gerald Wilson’s illustrious big band; as a leader he made records with the likes of saxophonist Joe Henderson, pianist Herbie Hancock, and trumpeter Charles Tolliver. We’ll hear selections from three of Ayers’ leader dates, as well as his sideman work with Amy and Wilson. “Vibin’” airs Saturday, July 8 at 11:05 p.m. EST on WFIU and at 9 p.m. Central Time on WNIN-Evansville. It also airs Sunday evening at 10 p.m. EST on Michigan's Blue Lake Public Radio (FM 90.3 and 88.8). The program will be posted Monday afternoon in the Night Lights archives. Next week: "Do It Again: Jazz Re-makes." Albums & their subsequent revisitations from June Christy, Gerry Mulligan, Helen Merrill, Curtis Fuller, and more.

Tell me about it... I gotta follow this guy on Sunday nights now! Feel like a mere Murcer to his DiMaggio, with aspirations of perhaps one day at least reaching Mantle-dom.

Apparently removed... sorry I missed it.

Tonight on Afterglow I'll be featuring pianist (and Organissimo poster) Frank Kimbrough's most recent Palmetto release, Play, which finds him in the good musical company of bassist Masa Kamguchi and drummer Paul Motian. In between sets of Play we'll hear an entire Duke Ellington "Pastel Period" broadcast, recorded at New York City's Hurricane Club in the summer of 1943. The Pastel Period broadcasts were a sort of Ellingtonian "mood music" set that emphasized the quieter side of the orchestra. Afterglow airs this evening at 10:05 p.m. EST on WFIU and at 10 p.m. Central Time Saturday night on WNIN-Evansville. The program will be posted Monday afternoon in the Afterglow archives.

Ah--okay. I recently purchased the hybrid of Big Star's #1/RADIO CITY, and I think it's housed in such a unit. I'll take a closer look at it when I get home from work tonight.

Give the drummer some!!!

Any of our European-based posters familiar with this rollout from Universal? New three-tier CD packaging

Been awhile since I read the relatively recent (boy, is that phrase's definition beginning to elongate) Chandler bio, but my memory is that they canned the earlier, 1944 version because Bacall's followup to TO HAVE & HAVE NOT--an espionage/war flick co-starring Charles Boyer--had bombed, and her career was thought to be in danger. (I believe it was CONFIDENTIAL AGENT--based on the Graham Greene novel?) Therefore some scenes meant to recapture the sizzling chemistry she had with Bogie in the earlier film were added. For noir, Chandler, and Bogie-Bacall buffs, the chance to see both versions is a real treat (current DVD has 'em both). Re: who killed whom, there's a story that the filmmakers called up Chandler to ask who was responsible for killing the man in the car that's being lifted out of the dockside water at one point--and he admitted that he didn't know.

Green is one of the better reissue sellers for modern-day Blue Note, correct? Mention of George Braith brought back memories of the famous BNBB thread, "We demand the release of the Braith and Wilkerson Doubletimes!" Anybody else remember that old chestnut? I also remember the suggestion being made to Michael Cuscuna to release them as "The Complete Recordings of Grant Green With Don Wilkerson/George Braith." I think MC thought that was stretching it a bit too much.

Catesta might know--doesn't he hang with her in NYC from time to time? I miss her too & hope she's doing well.

It's an incredible relief today to hear her meowing and walking happily around the house, like she always does--though right now she's sleeping her big adventure off in our barrel-style scratching post. I'm going into work in the evening after my wife gets home, so that one of us is with Lilly all day... she really is like the new baby in the cat family. Later on I'm going to walk around and take down the flyers; it's really remarkable how many people in the neighborhood seemed concerned and promised to keep an eye out for her. Late last night, after we found her, I just stretched out on the couch and listened to that four-minute take of "In a Silent Way" from the box set, then KIND OF BLUE, and it was as if that by-now-very-familiar music was tingling and sparkling anew all the way through me. What joy! I'll try to post our cellphone photo of her later on (current attachment that I tried is over my file space limit).

Best birthday wishes to Barak!!! You should invent a special b-day drink and call it "bone 'n bari."