ghost of miles

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.

There's an archived Goldmine piece on Goodman online that argues, "Scan the Top 40 listings, listen to the hit radio station. There's that Notorious B.I.G. tribute song with the Police's "Every Breath You Take" as the instrumental track. It's followed by White Town's tune with a sample from an old 78. Spin the dial over to the easy listening station, and there's Bruce Springsteen's "Secret Garden" with snippets of dialogue from the "Jerry Maguire" motion picture. Meanwhile, a melange of 11 sports anthems called the "Jock Jams" gets steady airplay, and that's followed by the Jackson Five making an ersatz cameo appearance on Freak Nasty's hit "Da Dip." Dickie Goodman took that first step towards sampling, remixing, and symbolic juxtaposition. He was the first performer to use fragments of other people's hits to build his own chartbusters. Whether it was a Martian with Little Richard's voice, a President copping lyrics from an Alice Cooper track, or a shark with a taste for the Bee Gees, Goodman's "snippet" records became popular Top 40 radio movies." Dickie Goodman as the original mixer?

The Weird Al Yankovic of his time? I thought that he did more than one, but I couldn't remember the followups--or predecessors.

Just remembered this one while I was talking with a younger worker (yikes, am I gettin' older or what? ) Quite popular when I was in the fifth grade...

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?

Is the August 2 date still holding on this? Inquiring jazz programmers looking at their fall schedules want to know!

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.

Now that Sony's merged w/BMG, this might be more feasible.

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.