ghost of miles

Hey all, the "Holiday Happening" program I did for Night Lights last week is now in the archives. It features music from Booker Ervin ("White Christmas" from his 1966 album SOLID STRUCTURE), Ahmad Jamal ("Snowfall"), Sonny Rollins ("Winter Wonderland"), Babs Gonzalez ("Bebop Santa Claus"), Bill Evans (a rare and amusing vocal take of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"), an excerpt from Dylan Thomas reading "A Child's Christmas in Wales," and more. "Holy Ghost: Albert Ayler" will be airing this Christmas night... more info to follow. Happy holidays and good listening to you all.

Wow... I placed two orders, both of 'em fairly hefty, and looks like every title I ordered has been filled, save for the Byas BEBOP (sold out, but I just found it elsewhere for a good price). DG must've had a bevy of them.

a hundred of manhood and a wimmering of weibes. Big went the bang: then wildewide was quiet: a report: silence: last Fama put it under ether. The noase or the loal had dreven him blem, blem, stun blem. Sparks flew. He had fled again (open shunshema!) this country of exile, sloughed off,sidleshomed via the subterranean shored with bedboards, stowed away and ankered in a dutch bottom tank, the Arsa, hod S.S. Finlandia, and was even now occupying, under an islamitic newhame in his seventh generation, a physical body Cornelius Magrath's (badoldkarakter, commonorrong canbung) in Asia Major, where as Turk of the theater (first house all flatty: the king, eleven sharps) he had bepiastered the buikdanseuses from the opulence of his omnibox while as arab at the streetdoor he bepestered the bumbashaws for the alms of a para's pence. Wires hummed. Peacefully general astonishment assisted by regrettitude had put a term till his existence: he saw the family saggarth, resigned, put off his remainders, was recalled and scrapheaped by the Maker. Chirpings crossed. An infamous private ailment (vulgovarioveneral) had claimed endright, closed his vicious circle, snap. Jams jarred. He had walked towards the middle of an ornamental lilypond when innebriated up to the point where braced shirts meet knickerbockers, as wangfish daring the buoyant waters, when rodmen's firstaiding hands had rescued un from very possibly several feel of demifrish water. Mush spread. On Umbrella Street where he did drinks from a pumps a kind workman, Mr Whitlock, gave him a piece of wood. What words of power were made fas between them, ekenames and auchnomes, acnomina ecnumina? That, O that, did Hansard tell us, would gar ganz Dub's ear wag in every pub of all the citta! Batty believes a baton while Hogan hears a hod yet Heer prefers a punsil shapner and Cope and Bull go cup and ball. And the Cassidy--Craddock rome and reme round e'er a wiege ne'er a waage is still immer and immor awagering over it,a cradle with a care in it or a casket with a kick behind. Toties testies quoties questies. The war is in words and the wood is the world. Maply me, willowy we, hickory he and yew yourselves. Howforhim chirrupeth evereach

Hmmm... they seem less than impressed. I like a lot of OFN, but have to disagree w/them on this one.

Yeah, I even taped it. I wish more radio shows reviewed jazz...it's great when the reviewer can play you clips of what he's talking about. Seriously. WFMT supposedly has such a show in the works. I'm a little bit wary, though... it's being hyped as "in the spirit of Click and Clack." Now, I love Car Talk and all, but somehow that description doesn't exactly infuse me with anticipation.

Speaking of the Savoy Sultans, no airchecks/live recordings have ever turned up, correct? Which is too bad, if so--I have that Chronological Classics CD & like it, but I'll bet a bundle they sounded much better live.

Is this the same Horsecollar to whom either Jackie or Herbie refers to in A.B. Spellman's book as "a ruined musician who chewed Benzedrine all day" and who had a somewhat out philosophy re: music? I actually think it's a different Horsecollar--or a horse of a different collar?

Yep, it's a beauty. Everybody I've played it for has loved it.

To think that we knew Chuck before the millions, the feted soirees in Manhattan, the lavish trips to Las Vegas, the fifteen-foot-high security fence, the third home on Mackinac Island, the multi-CD "concept" records, the Trump-ish hirings and firings, the governorship and the biopic, the decision to invade Wisconsin...

Great, great news, Chuck, and much deserved! And kudos to Mr. Kart and Mr. Sangrey, too, for their contributions to the liners.

This is the same as the last session on the Verve box, correct?

You said it, pal... there goes my holiday-overtime check.

Did this get re-printed in the Monk reader that came out several years ago? I've read it in an anthology somewhere...

What's wrong with sex shop owners supporting politcal causes? All citizens have a right to oppose taxes that that go straight to the pockets of baseball team owners. Didn't read the article, but you would think that particular industry would support a new sports team as being good for business in the long run.

Then there's this poor sap... sounds as if he needed more mental activity!

In the spirit of the serial-trombone-killer thread going on in the Musicians' Forum, I offer this shocking news report! I read it on the Internet!

Oh yeah...I heard him say he was a Kerry supporter! :rsmile: His statement makes him sound more like a Bush supporter.

Or Dixieland.

Drive-by boning, perhaps. Or maybe bonicide? Homislide.

Been bingeing on Frank lately. I got a deal last night (and I mean a DEAL) on the Dorsey/Sinatra box, and just ordered a bundle of Capitol-related material from BMG today. Hoping to eventually pick up that Columbia box as well. Now playing: ONLY THE LONELY.

Anyone? Big Al, try L4LC2. Just worked for me--I picked up a heapin' helpin' of Sinatra with it.

Has that one circulated at all? I'll have to check Dahl's bio when I get home from work.

What do Pepper fans here think of the Village Vanguard sessions? I was thinking of them while reading Larry's piece on Bill Evans in his new book--in particular, his postscript analysis of the impact of cocaine on Evans' TURN OUT THE STARS dates, which I've always thought do indeed have the "feverish" or frantic air that Larry imparts to them. ("Brittle" is another word that comes to mind.) From what I've read, Pepper hardly slept during the VV stand as a result of his stimulant intake, and yet I don't hear a distorting impact on his music. Perhaps I'm not listening deeply enough... I find the VV box a satisfying experience. Then again, I'm somewhat of a Pepper devotee, putting him right up there with Bird, Jackie, and Lee in my alto pantheon.

Came home tonight to find your book in the mail, Larry, and just reading the table of contents sent me in search of a sedative... So far I've read only the Bill Evans piece, but I'll say this--as a Bill Evans fan, I think you made very compelling, thought-provoking, and valid points. It's the "sound of surprise" made manifest in words. This one will stay on top of the book stack until I finish it.

Does it include the "new/last" song that finally surfaced last year?