ghost of miles

Yes, Donald Clarke's WISHING ON THE MOON, which I think is the best of the bunch. I've also approached Coltrane in the same composite manner that you suggest; even Porter's book doesn't cover everything as much as I'd like (I'm thinking in this instance of the '61 VV recordings and the entire year of 1965).

LWayne, not long after reading your post yesterday, I heard a story about Wright on NPR's All Things Considered. Story here.

Bought this some time ago, listening for the first time today: These guys ain't bad... they do anything else of note?

Late, I've begun to work on the Teddy Charles program--it's slated for 7/23 broadcast.

This week on Night Lights it's "Ain't He Funky Now: Grant Green in the Early 1970s." In 1969 guitarist Grant Green, who had been sidelined for several years by drug problems, returned to Blue Note Records and the jazz scene. The albums he made for Blue Note in this period reflected the influence of contemporary R & B, with Green covering artists such as James Brown and the Isley Brothers. We'll hear his interpretations of their tunes, in addition to the radio hit "Cease the Bombing" and an extended workout of Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage." The music Green made during this era would enjoy a revival with acid-jazz and house-music enthusiasts in the late 1980s and early 1990s; it remains popular with younger listeners today, and Blue Note has released three new compilatons from which this program is drawn. "Ain't He Funky Now" airs at 11:05 this Saturday evening (9:05 California time, 12:05 NYC time) on WFIU. You can listen live, or wait until Monday afternoon, when the program will be posted in the Night Lights archives. Next week: "Decca Jazz Studio 3 & 4: John Graas and Jack Millman."

Upping this only to add a note of thanks to EKE BBB for his assistance with this particular program.

Oh yeah, I have the Gunns also... forgot about them! Don't know why... I blew through most of those shows when I first got the sets for Christmas. Wish JOHNNY STACCATO would come out too.

Vibes, Didn't most of these originally come out as 78s/singles? I know they eventually showed up on album compilations...

There was a Vee-Jay album released under that name.

This week on The Big Bands it's "Overtime: Dave Holland." Bassist Dave Holland is well-known for his small-group recordings with Miles Davis and the Circle Quartet, in addition to his own work as a leader (the Gateway Trio & other groups), but in the past several years he's charged to the forefront of jazz polls in a new category: big-band. His orchestra features musicians such as trombonist Robin Eubanks, saxophonist Chris Potter, and vibraphonist Steve Nelson. We'll hear selections from his new CD OVERTIME (released on Holland's own label Dare2), including movements from his "Monterey Suite," as well as Eubanks' composition "Mental Images." "Overtime" airs Friday, June 24 at 9 p.m. (7 p.m. California time, 10 p.m. NYC time) on WFIU. Next week: "Duke Ellington: The Treasury Shows, July 1945."

Mike, Yes--this thread on Virgo Vibes.

Wal-Mart's the only one on my list. When I was a kid, my mom's car gave out at a shopping mall. She needed a cup of water for the radiator... Burger King wanted to charge her a quarter for it. We didn't eat at Burger King again for more than 15 years.

How does it compare to the recent Charlap release on Venus?

Finally archived. My apologies for the delay.

You're kidding! I'll try to place my order after I'm done taping...

Larry Sanders Season 1 & Dick van Dyke Season 3. My wife has quite a few of the Poirots and the Sherlock Holmes. Still waiting on Hill Street Blues...

To be followed, no doubt, by the Rare Booty Grooves series!

Blue Booty?

Any more biographical info on Millman? I'm taping a program on Jazz Studio 3 & 4 tomorrow... nothing about him in Gioia's WEST COAST JAZZ. I've done some Google-searching but haven't turned up much yet.

But I feel yer pain, Moose... I want those titles too, and have long held off on the regular issues in anticipation of an RVG. Were you around back in the day for the uproar over the Wilkerson & Braith Connoisseurs?

Jaffa's confirmation echoed in Worlds Records' mailing today:

Hey, that's exciting news, impossible! I've got a Winchester show in the Night Lights queue... maybe I'll wait till the bio comes out. He died playing Russian Roulette in an Indianapolis nightclub.

Spent some time w/my dad, one of my brothers & his wife, and my wife & my grandmother watching the last two hours of the U.S. Open, giving Dad the OOP Criterion Hitchcock box, and chowing down at a local Italian eatery.

... According to a missive from a colleague.

Isn't she Davey Jones' father? ← Vorse... she vas his boyfriend!!