ghost of miles

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.

It sounds familiar to me, but I can’t think of where I came across it. Are you putting this question to the Jazz Research listserv? Decent chance that someone there might know the answer. I can also post your query to the Ellington Facebook group I’m in, unless you’d for any reason prefer that I not. This quote pops up a lot through Google searching, but I can’t yet find a solid source for attribution. Is it the one of which you’re thinking? "If you have a great band with a mediocre drummer, you have a mediocre band. If you have a mediocre band with a great drummer, you have a great band!"

Revisiting these two albums via a new coupled-together reissue. Man, I sure miss this guy.

Man, I’d forgotten how much I enjoy these Earle Spencer sides (which Chuck Nessa hipped me to many years ago on this site) that make up disc 11. Vera and Wenzel in their notes say that the band in its time was thought of as “the poor man’s Stan Kenton.” How about “the less bombastic man’s Stan Kenton”? (said as one who likes many Kenton recordings from this era as well)

Shameless plug for a Night Lights show about this era: The Second Great Trio: Ahmad Jamal On Impulse

I'll definitely pick this one up if it ever comes out on CD.

We recently re-aired First Fusion: Jazz-Rock Before Bitches Brew, and it remains archived for online listening.

This excellent Yardbirds collection that I revisit every few years. Great booklet, too.

Juan Soto traded to the San Diego Padres … they’re going to have a freaking Murderers’ Row in SD with their #2-5 hitters.

Aaron Judge on the trail of Maris ‘61: Judge is just the fourth Major Leaguer (and second Yankee) to hit at least 43 home runs through his club’s first 104 games of a season, joining Babe Ruth (44 in 1921), Mark McGwire (44 in 1998) and Barry Bonds (45 in 2001). “Beyond special”: Judge hits #43 in Yankees’ win over Mariners

Got this as part of a recent University of Chicago Press sale—really looking forward to the diverse array of albums and artists he covers:

Any fans of the Evans “Last Trio” would not regret picking this one up:

Some Graettinger anecdotes in this Kenton book (different from the one discussed earlier in the thread): The Kenton Kronicles