ghost of miles

I'm hoping to get Night Lights to a level where I can offer it to XM... possibly for the Real Jazz channel. Several issues to overcome, but my goal is to get it to that standard by the end of the year. My station programs about 13 hours of jazz a week... obviously it's very difficult, if not impossible, to compete with satellite when it comes to jazz lovers. The points you make are certainly valid. We try to focus a lot on our local jazz community, having musicians on the afternoon weekday program as guests (today's is David Baker, since the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra is playing here Saturday night). And I want to produce jazz programming that meets a global standard--that sounds good to jazz listeners anywhere--and that offers something a bit different from the usual. So we're basically pursuing a "localism/globalism" strategy.

Chico Hamilton's soundtrack for THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS. Charles Tyler, SAGA OF THE OUTLAWS (though Chuck can tell you why it hasn't). Herb Pomeroy's 1950s UA/Roulette albums. Didn't some of the Dixon/Shepp Savoy material resurface on CD several years ago?

Ironically enough, I'm listening to Johnny Richards' take on "Theme from the Concerto to End All Concertos" as I read your post here. Mike, I remember the Piscopo send-ups, and they were pretty funny. I think SNL also did a satire of the DUET sessions in the 1990s. As for Paul Anka, it's been all downhill ever since Girls Town afaic.

I dunno, Lon... you've piqued my interest here.

First rave at Stonehenge?

The 2,000-year-old-man turned 1000... right?

Allen, I actually mention this story in the show and attribute you as a source--can't quite remember where it occurs in the program, but I gleaned the info from a previous post you had made here on the topic.

"Decca Jazz Studio 5 & 6" is now archived.

Yael's here at the station tonight and says yes, she's had Camilla's chicken & it's well worth trying--she says it's "fusion cuisine." She describes it as "moist, multicultural, and succulent."

In other words--we're getting half a Half Note.

She ( ) may have indeed... I'll check w/her. She's about to give birth any day now.

Oops--my mistake. Pardon my rather salacious interpretation!

Has THE COOL WORLD ever come out on VHS or DVD? I have the Verve Dizzy soundtrack (not the same, I believe, as the version that you have, Chris).

Yikes--shades of Aric's "jazz meets porn" thread!

Yep. Just got it last week, and it sounds great. Wonder if Mosaic will ever do a Select of Mr. Roach--wasn't his output for the label around 5 LPs?

Heard about this on NPR this morning while driving into work. You can hear the audio file here. (There's also a link to an earlier story on Betts.)

Very sad to hear of this this a.m. Of the Big Three, Jennings was always my favorite. On 9/11 we had just moved into our new house and had no TV--it was Jennings I listened to on ABC Radio, and he did an incredible job of covering the horror almost literally right in front of him. RIP and thanks for all the class.

Just told my co-worker and fellow announcer Yael about this--turns out Yael is friends with the Chicken Queen herself!

Check out Mike Fitzgerald's Andrew Hill discography at his discography page.

C'est moi... I'm adding this one to the wish-list.

Sounds to me like she's winging it.

I saw an advance copy of Guralnick's Cooke bio in a used bookstore last night. Refrained from buying--I'd rather wait for the hardback w/an index and corrections, and also throw some coins Guralnick's way. High hopes for this, given PG's excellent Elvis bios:

Digging into my Hoosier literary roots with Booth Tarkington's THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS.

This week on Night Lights we conclude our summer tour of the Decca Jazz Studio series with the fifth and sixth (and final) volumes. V. 5, led by pianist and arranger Ralph Burns, includes trumpeter Joe Newman and little-known alto saxophonist Dave Schildkraut, who was once mistaken for Charlie Parker by Charles Mingus during a blindfold test. Selections include Burns' originals "Cool Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Nocturne," as well as Alec Wilder's "I'll Be Around." V. 6 was led by French hornist/pianist and Jack Kerouac collaborator David Amram along with tenor saxophonist George Barrow; both were members of Charles Mingus' Jazz Workshop, and this date bears a highly modernist stamp. "Jazz Studio 5 & 6" airs Saturday, August 6 at 11 p.m. (9 p.m. California time, midnight New York City time) on WFIU. You can listen live, or wait until Monday afternoon, when the program will be posted to the Night Lights archives. Next week: "Alexandria the Great." Late 1950s/early 1960s recordings of jazz singer Lorez Alexandria.

This week on The Big Bands it's "Duke Ellington: Treasury Shows August 1945." In that month the United States' war with Japan ended suddenly, and the war bonds that Ellington promoted every Saturday on "Your Date With the Duke" turned into "Victory Bonds." In this program we'll hear broadcasts of "Work Song, ""The Blues," and "West Indian Dance" from Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige Suite, "Creole Love Call," the World War II song "He's Home for a Little While," and "Blue Skies." The show airs Friday, August 5 at 9 p.m. (7 p.m. California time, 10 p.m. NYC time) on WFIU.