ghost of miles

Came out a couple of months ago, at long last... I'm listening to it right now. Working on a Night Lights show about the 1950s jazz revival of P & B and just came across this thread today, which mentions several of the versions that I'll be using: Miles/Gil Ella/Louis Hank Jones Mundell Lowe The MJQ (came out in '64, but I'm probably going to include it anyway) Bill Potts Carmen/Sammy The Bethlehem version (which I must admit sounded awful when I first put it on... but it's grown on me a bit and has its moments. An editorial comment on Amazon claims that this 1956 version spurred the many that followed... true? I thought it stemmed more from the advance publicity for the film that finally came out in '59.) Didn't know about the Buddy Collette... that sounds good indeed. I'll keep an eye out for it.

Rita's weakened to a Category 3... maybe a bit of mercy for the folks in Texas. Hope it continues to diminish before it comes ashore.

Yes, it's only a matter of time before the drugs, the appearances on Piano Jazz, and visits to this website from the suits at the Big O label, who will depart in a shocked and distraught state after seeing Berigan's Tyra Banks thread.

This week on Night Lights it's "The James Dean Story," in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the actor's death on September 30, 1955. In 1957 a young Robert Altman (future director of Nashville, MASH, and The Player) co-directed a documentary about Dean, with a soundtrack written by Leith Stevens (who also scored The Wild One, subject of a previous Night Lights program). The score was recorded by a group of West Coast jazz musicians led by trumpeter Chet Baker and alto saxophonist/flutist Bud Shank; we'll hear selections from it, as well as dialogue clips from Altman's film. More information about the death of James Dean can be found at James Dean in death. "The James Dean Story" airs on WFIU at 11:05 p.m. (9:05 p.m. California time, 12:05 a.m. NYC time) on Saturday, September 24. It also airs an hour earlier on WNIN-Evansville, and will be archived by Monday afternoon on the Night Lights website. (Item not in the program: Robert Altman was initially wary of doing a film about James Dean because of his negative experiences with a young actor while making the movie The Delinquents. The actor was in awe of Dean and imitated the bad-boy stories he'd heard about Dean's behavior on the set of East of Eden, maddening Altman. The actor? In his debut role, Tom Laughton--the once and future Billy Jack.) Next week: "The Victor Young Songbook."

Yeah, I love that one too... and that's played the way that only a master like Freeman can do if he manages to get to 75 or so in good shape.

Sounds as if it will be quite a service:

Simon?

Those interested in hearing this trio in transition (granted, they were only together two years, but that's a lifetime in certain great jazz groups) might want to check out the bootlegged 1960 Birdland recordings. The emotion/musicianship/whateveryawanna call it comes through a little less refined--and for that reason, I sometimes prefer those dates to the justly-celebrated Vanguard '61 albums.

Like one hand clapping.

No wonder I was thinking about Elliott Smith earlier today and jonesing for another dose of BASEMENT... hope you're having a great one.

Excellent news, guys. Is Listen Here archived?

I'm in--PM on the way.

Among the Big Three, this is the only board where one may post links to the other two, or simply mention them, without fear of deletion, reprimands, and other forms of policing.

Pretty sure that Joe Christmas is still posting over at JC--and yep, he's Navy too.

Arrgghhh... not budgeted to get this for at least another month or so. I'll just have to live vicariously through your guys' posts.

I have the EN CONCERT AVEC EUROPE1 CDs... have the Ronnie Scott's LPs from the same year (1969) ever been reissued on CD? The CBBB just gets better and better as I listen to them.

"Perfectly Frank" is now archived.

Are you hearing bad advance notices? I like Linklater a lot... hope he does a good job with it.

My vote too!

Anita want a whole lotta love?

There's a bohemian classic for you... and one that gets overshadowed by Orwell's other books. Finally finished The Magnificent Ambersons and am giving Conrad's The Secret Agent another go. Also perusing Gene Lees' Arranging the Score.

I just finished reading THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, and ironically enough, it sounds as if the original film version somewhat altered the ending. The book ends in George's hospital room, on a note of reconciliation and hope. By focusing on Fanny's plight instead, Welles somewhat darkened Tarkington's conclusion. I think we may have the original script for the film here in the library--there's a ton of Welles material deposited in the Lilly collection (including part of his proposed treatment for Ellington's JUMP FOR JOY). Indiana mystery writer Terence Faherty wrote a book, COME BACK DEAD, which is a fictional speculation about Welles coming to Indiana in 1955 and attempting to re-shoot the film. He had to change names for legal reasons--the film, for instance, is called THE IMPERIAL ANDERSONS.

James Dean was slated to star in that when he died... it was one of several roles that Newman inherited from him. (He also beat out Newman for the part of Cal in EAST OF EDEN.)

Yanks won again today, but so did the Bosox... so the lead remains at 1. And they're tied w/Cleveland for the wild-card. Tom Gordon actually got a save... first in 8 chances.

I find this statement to be troubling, and perhaps even outright bullshit. ← Well, WTF is Gopnik doing writing about jazz for the New Yorker? My apologies if he's a secret jazz expert... but shouldn't he stick to his occasional notes from Paris?