ghost of miles

Great album! Right now:

Ugh—I didn’t notice the disclaimer at the bottom of the article. That should be at the top. I despise this kind of stuff and will avoid the Discogs “blog” if it’s going to engage in it. (The marketplace part of the site remains an outstanding resource.) … or presented as such. The data in the article may be accurate, but the credibility of any such piece tanks for me when it turns out to be an advertorial.

The Discogs blog weighs in: Three trends that prove CDs are making a comeback

Last week’s Night Lights, a centennial tribute to arranger and composer Ralph Burns, is now up for online listening. It focuses on his early years with Woody Herman’s big bands and also includes sides made with Charlie Barnet, Serge Chaloff, Sam Donahue, Lee Konitz, and Ben Webster. Midcentury Maestros: Ralph Burns

I started it years ago but bogged down a bit, though I don’t think that’s to Marcus’ discredit… often happens when I’ve started too many books at once. I do recall being rather staggered at how much meaning Marcus could wring out of a simple chord choice or such. Going to give it another crack, given the subject matter and my respect for and enjoyment of what Marcus I’ve read.

The 6-CD Complete Basement Tapes? I have it and concur! In fact, taking it off the shelf as soon as I finish listening to the original release. (Also pulled out my Greil Marcus and Sid Griffin books about these Dylan/Band sessions, as I can feel a renewed obsession coming on.)

Bill and other UK posters would find this one of interest, methinks. Rob Young has also written an excellent book about 1960s/70s English folk music (Electric Eden) as well as a biography of the group Can; I have yet to read the latter, but given the quality of his other work, I’m sure it would be a worthy read as well. The Magic Box explores the strange and fascinating realm of 1950s-80s British television:

I remember this being quite a big deal when it came out..37 years ago?!? Wasn’t it one of the first major pop-rock box sets to be issued on CD?

I keep coming back to this one in recent years:

All quiet on the midwestern front here in Bloomington. No charge to my credit card or shipping notice yet. Sounds as if the pipeline is opening, though!

Both amazingly well-done productions. I actually ordered the British versions on DVD several years ago because they're complete, as opposed to the slightly-truncated episodes that aired on America's PBS.

You guys are too kind! The show has certainly benefitted from all the years I've spent hanging around this joint (going on 20, and 20+ if you count the old BNBB as the predecessor to this forum). Ralph Burns centennial program on the way tomorrow.

An old and sentimental favorite, the first Chaloff I ever picked up before getting the Mosaic set:

Fans on Twitter are awaiting his breakdown of the brawl like it's a Marvel or Tom Cruise summer blockbuster movie. ... and it just went live!

In Lee Konitz: Conversations On The Improviser's Art, there's this exchange on page 82: Andy Hamilton: Did you know Bob Graettinger, the arranger? Lee Konitz: We played something he wrote for saxes on a standard, "You Go To My Head." It was very unique. I just met him at the rehearsal, I didn't really get to know him. He was a very interesting composer, but I guess wasn't able to take care of himself. Some of what he wrote, "City Of Glass" maybe, didn't have much jazz indication; it sounded like modern classical music to me, with some saxophones added. I love to hear nonconventional orchestration, but I feel that it was kind of forced in some way. I haven't listened to that work for many years--I'd be curious to hear it again, maybe I'd hear it differently.

That is odd--forgot about that, but just pulled out the CD and you're right. Not sure why they did that for the reissue, except that the prevailing mentality for Blue Note/Capitol and Mosaic reissues and sets in the early/mid-1990s often seemed to tack towards preferring to put recordings in chronological sequence. If Graettinger and/or Kenton did intend to order those pieces in the sequence that originally came out, seems like a disservice to have undone that when the "This Modern World" material was included on the City Of Glass CD compilation. Good liner notes for that CD reissue, btw, by Max Harrison.

Apparently Seattle buzzed Trout’s head the night before. Hilarious observation about the bullpens running in together… imagine a second scrum happening out there as well! Oh, and Jomboy’s working on it

One more go-around this past week for Our Delight: The Music Of Tadd Dameron

Quite the brawl in yesterday’s Angels-Mariners game:

Judge also hit the roof of the Marlins' retractable roof twice during the 2017 home run derby--something that was supposed to not even be possible: Judge hits Marlins' stadium roof twice