ghost of miles

Disc 3, the Montreal concert:

Hooked on Desmond tonight.

I’d definitely be interested in a CD version of this reissue—like Jsngry and Lon, no interest in the vinyl.

I'm definitely in! Thanks for the heads-up.

The new Blondie box set:

Some news from Mosaic that Scott gave me the go-ahead to post: New and Forthcoming From Mosaic: Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Clark, JATP

I deliberately sought out the UK edition when I read it a couple of years ago. The US version is abridged and about 200 pages shorter. It's a great book!

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