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Listening right now. Great show! Beats most of what we get in Boston. I'm excited about the prospect of syndication. I'd love to have your show available locally. I write for The Boston Globe on occasion and would love to help with the launch of your show on the local airwaves. Please keep us advised of any developments... Kalo, thanks much! Just saw your post today... I'll certainly keep you advised. Does WGBH play Hewitt at all? Steve S. posts here from time to time as SteveBop.

Indy folks--sheldonm, rachel, jazzmessenger, etc.--how about Fountain Square's Decadent By Design for Organissimo?

Wasn't aware that the guy had changed instruments. At the very least! Friend of mine worked in a record store years ago where Benny Green would sometimes call & always ID himself by saying, "Hi, this is Benny-with-a-Y Green."

Thanks much, Berigan... I might have to pick up the double-movie DVD as well.

Hey all, I'm truly hoping to ramp up Night Lights for syndication this year (right now it's on one other station besides our own) and am trying to get a list together of stations that might be open to carrying it. If you care to, can you list your local/regional station that plays jazz? In most areas we'll try the NPR station first, as we're a member station ourselves, but I realize that many NPR stations carry little or no jazz these days--they've either gone all-talk or triple A. If you think there's a station around your parts that might be interested, NPR or not, could you either post it or drop me a PM? Many thanks! David

Night Stalker is on DVD, and I also loved the theme, written by Gil Melle! Gil Melle wrote the theme? Get outta here! That makes the show even cooler IMHO...

David Levering Lewis has a review in this week's New Yorker. I read the account of LBJ's "we shall overcome" voting-rights speech last night, and it was riveting.

Noal Cohen posted this to the Hardbop list, and it got re-posted to Yahoo Songbirds... so third time's a charm for Organissimo!

Just got this in the mail today... it's a 4-CD reissue of the 1954 Decca 5-LP set, with more than a disc's worth of material added from films, film shorts, and publicity discs. Definitely worth picking up if you're a Bing fan. Here's Avid's description of the set: I got mine from Overstock.com for $35 total--seems to be the best deal on the Net.

Friend of mine had dupes of this and just passed one along to me... looks to be a great listen!

Don't be a stranger, man! Nate is a wonderful trombonist who's traveled back & forth between Texas and Indiana in recent years, working closely with David Baker as an AI at the IU School of Music. Very cool guy, and I hope he starts posting here if he can find the time. Hope you have a great day, and a Curtis Fuller CD is still coming your way.

As the reporter notes--and as many have noted before--these films are pretty problematic in their depictions of African-Americans. (And noted by many in the black community when they first debuted in screen--remember Ellington's scathing reference to GREEN PASTURES in "Jump for Joy"?) Still, they have a place in cultural history:

Yeah, I used to catch this show occasionally when it was syndicated for reruns in the 1970s... I much preferred Frawley. William Demarest creeped me out (as your photo serves to remind me!). Speaking of older TV shows (and probably NOT one for the kids, though, if they're like I was, they'll seek it out, heh, heh) has Night Stalker made it to DVD yet?

Thanks for posting this--I had just looked Leff up on the Internet a couple of days before Christmas, because he's mentioned in William Zinsser's EASY TO REMEMBER, and was surprised to find that he had just passed away (surprised because I didn't even think he'd still be alive--and Zinsser didn't either, when he actually got to meet Leff in the late 1990s). My grandmother actually has some of the original sheet music with Leff's images on the front.

Re-posted from Yahoo Songbirds--a great list, btw, for anyone who's interested in jazz vocalists:

Re-posted from the Yahoo Songbirds list. Something I thought our Bay Area posters might be interested in:

In the early 1970s, as recording opportunities for more adventurous hard-bop musicians dried up, trumpeter Charles Tolliver and pianist Stanley Cowell started their own label, Strata East, partly in order to document the activities of their quartet Music Inc. The aesthetic results were in some ways an extension of the musicans with whom Tolliver had worked in the 1960s—Jackie McLean, Max Roach, and Andrew Hill. On this edition of Night Lights we’ll hear live performances from the quartet from Slug’s Saloon in New York City and from a concert in Tokyo, as well as recordings the quartet made augmented by a big band. “Charles Tolliver on Strata East in the Early 1970s” airs Saturday, January 21 at 11:05 p.m. (8:05 California time, 10:05 Chicago 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: "Piano Noir: Ran Blake."

Great original cover! I prefer that one too.

Thanks much--great opportunity to snag SLACKER at a halfway decent price.

Track listing. According to Will Friedwald, it's a straight chronological ordering (BF's usual approach, isn't it?): Disc 1: 1. I'd Rather Have the Blues 2. I Hear Music 3. My Heart Stood Still 4. My Heart Stood Still (alt) 5. I Never Knew 6. Tea for Two 7. Nothing Ever Changes 8. Breezin' Along with the Breeze 9. Someone You Love 10 . What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry 11. Takin' a Chance on Love 12. Don't Blame Me 13. It Could Happen to You 14. I Surrender Dear (alt) 15. I Surrender Dear 16. Little Girl 17. Imagination 18. April in Paris 19. Love Walked In 20. I See Your Face Before Me 21. Stella by Starlight 22. I Didn't Know What Time It Was 23. If I Could Be with You 24. Autumn Leaves 25. I Get a Kick Out of You 26. Intro to: We Are Americans Too 27. We Are Americans Too Disc 2: 1. There Will Never Be Another You 2. My Dream Sonata 3. Let's Fall in Love 4. Love is a Many Splendored Thing 5. Ask Me 6. Just One of Those Things 7. I Want to Be Happy 8. You Are My Sunshine 9. Up Pops Love 10. Take Me Back to Toyland 11. Love Me as Though There Were No Tomorrow 12. Too Young to Go Steady 13. Dreams Can Tell a Lie 14. Back in My Arms 15. Mr. Juke Box 16. Dame Crazy 17. I Just Found Out About Love 18. I Got Love 19. My Personal Possession 20. Stay 21. Believe 22. That's All There Is to That 23. Night Lights 24. The Shadows 25. To the Ends of the Earth 26. I Promise You 27. The Way I Love You 28. Never Let Me Go Disc 3: 1. Unfair 2. Make Me 3. Sometimes I Wonder 4. Once Before 5. I'm Willing to Share This with You 6. I Need a Plan 7. The Story's Old 8. You Can Depend on Me 9. Candy 10. Sweet Lorraine 11. It's Only a Paper Moon 12. Route 66 13. Don't Let It Go to Your Head 14. You're Looking at Me 15. You're Looking at Me (alt) 16. Just You, Just Me 17. I Was a Little Too Lonely 18. How Little We Know 19. Should I 20. Ballerina 21. Caravan 22. Lonely One 23. Blame It on My Youth 24. What Is There to Say Disc 4: 1. Sometimes I'm Happy 2. I Know That You Know 3. When I Grow Too Old to Dream 4. Two Loves Have I 5. True Blue Lou 6. Like Someone in Love 7. I'm Shootin' High 8. Tangerine 9. One Sun 10. You Are My First Love 11. Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much 12. Love Letters 13. I Thought About Marie 14. Where Can I Go without You 15. Stardust 16. Love Is the Thing 17. It's All in the Game 18. When I Fall in Love 19. Ain't Misbehavin' 20. When Sunny Gets Blue 21. At Last 22. Stay as Sweet as You Are 23. When Rock and Roll Come to Trinidad 24. China Gate 25. Blue Moon 26. With You on My Mind 27. Don't Try Disc 5: 1. Send for Me 2. Let's Make More Love 3. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 4. The Song Is Ended 5. You'll Never Know 6. Just for the Fun of It (alt) 7. The Song of Raintree County 8. Who's Sorry Now (mono) 9. Who's Sorry Now (stereo) 10. These Foolish Things 11. Once in a While 12. Just for the Fun of It 13. Just One of Those Things 14. I Should Care 15. The Party's Over 16. A Cottage for Sale 17. I Understand 18. When Your Lover Has Gone (mono) 19. When Your Lover Has Gone (sterreo) 20. There's a Gold Mine in the Sky 21. Around the World 22. An Affair to Remember 23. Fascination 24. How Did I Change 25. It's None of My Affair 26. Angel Smile 27. Nothing in the World Disc 6: 1. Overture: Love Theme/Hesitating Blues 2. Harlem Blues 3. Chantez Les Bas 4. Friendless Blues 5. Stay 6. Joe Turner's Blues 7. Beale Street Blues 8. Careless Love 9. Morning Star 10. Memphis Blues 11. Yellow Dog Blues 12. St. Louis Blues 13. Make It Last 14. Thank You, Pretty Baby 15. Looking Back 16. Just as Much as Ever 17. Do I Like It 18. I Wish I Knew 19. This Is All I Ask 20. The More I See You 21. I Found a Million Dollar Baby 22. Making Believe You're Here 23. My Heart Tells Me 24. Dont Blame Me 25. Cherchez la Femme 26. The Very Thought of You 27. Paradise Disc 7: 1. Cachito 2. Noche De Ronda 3. Maria Elena 4. Lisbon Antigua 5. Acercate Mas (English) 6. Tu Mi Delirio 7. El Bodeguero 8. Come to the Mardi Gras 9. Come to the Mardi Gras (alt) 10. Te Quiero Dijiste 11. Arrivederci Roma 12. Quizas, Quizas, Quizas, 13. Las Mananitas 14. Adelita 15. Acercate Mas (Spanish) 16. There Is no Greater Love 17. Magnificent Obsession 18. Cherie, I Love You 19. Impossible 20. But Beautiful 21. For All We Know 22. Too Much 23. Lovesville 24. Can't Help It 25. I Got Love 26. She's Funny That Way 27. Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere 28. I Want a Little Girl 29. Mood Indigo Disc 8: 1. The Blues Don't Care 2. Avalon 3. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home 4. The Late, Late Show 5. Welcome to the Club 6. Look Out for Love 7. Wee Baby Blues 8. Madrid 9. To Whom It May Concern 10. Love-Wise 11. In the Heart of Jane Doe 12. My Heart's Treasure 13. You're Bringing Out the Dreamer in Me 14. Give Me Your Love 15. Coo Coo Roo Coo Coo Paloma 16. Non Dimenticar 17. Bend a Little My Way 18. This Morning It Was Summer 19. A Thousand Thoughts of You 20. For You 21. Crazy She Calls Me 22. Until the Real Thing Comes Along 23. You Are My Love Disc 9: 1. Ain't Gonna Study War No More 2. Everytime I Feel the Spirit 3. Standin' in the Need of Prayer 4. Go Down, Moses 5. Steal Away 6. I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray 7. I Want to Be Ready 8. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen 9. In the Sweet by and by 10. Sweet Hour of Prayer 11. Oh Mary Don't You Weep 12. I Found the Answer 13. The Best Thing for You 14. Dedicated to You 15. Anything for You 16. This Is Always 17. I Had the Craziest Dream 18. I Wish I Knew 19. Be Still My Heart 20. As Far as I'm Concerned 21. Lorelei 22. This Holy Love 23. Peace of Mind 24. You Made Me Love You 25. Tell Me All About Yourself 26. When You Walked By 27. You've Got the Indian Sign on Me 28. My Life 29. If You Said No 30. That's You 31. Something Happens to Me 32. Sweethearts on Parade 33. When You Belong to Me Disc 10: 1. Unfair 2. You're My Thrill 3. Laughable 4. For the Want of a Kiss 5. Again (mono) 6. Again (stereo) 7. I Must Be Dreaming 8. The Night of the Quarter Moon 9. Midnight Flyer 10. Sweet Bird of Youth 11. The World in My Arms 12. Time and the River 13. Whatcha Gonna Do 14. In a Mellow Tone 15. Perfidia 16. Nadie Me Ama 17. Aquellos Ojos Verdes 18. Fantastico 19. El Choclo 20. Suas Maos 21. Capullito De Aleli 22. Nao Tenho Lagrimas 23. Caboclo Do Rio 24. Ay Cosita Linda 25. Ansiedad 26. Yo Vendo Unos Ojos Negros 27. Brazilian Love Song 28. Ninguem Ma Ama Disc 11 : 1. Back in My Arms 2. Unfair 3. One Sun 4. There's a Gold Mine in the Sky 5. Around the World 6. An Affair to Remeber 7. Fascination 8. Nothing in the World 9. Thank You, Pretty Baby 10. Just as Much as Ever 11. Bend a Little My Way 12. I Had the Craziest Dream 13. I Wish I Knew 14. Be Still My Heart 15. You Made Me Love You 16. Sweethearts on Parade 17. You're My Thrill 18. For the Want of a Kiss 19. Again 20. I Must Be Dreaming 21. Midnight Flyer 22. Sweet Bird of Youth 23. The World in My Arms 24. Time and the River 25. Brazilian Love Song

Second time in recent weeks that I've jumped on that "60% off & free shipping deal"... don't miss out! Picked up three doubles--Coltrane's HALF NOTE, Hubbard's NIGHT OF THE COOKERS, and Neil Young's DECADE--for a grand total of $29.

Yeah, what did? I was a big fan back in the day...

Does that say 1955-1959? Actually, I have more of that material than I do of the early 1960s stuff... perhaps they're going to do a sequel as well?

UPDATE!! UPDATE!! Posted to Yahoo Songbirds last night:

The past couple of days I've gotten "cannot find server" several times when I've tried to launch a search. Problem w/my computer, or is anybody else experiencing this?