ghost of miles

Way late, but hope it was a great one--and thanks, as always, for the info & updates.

Keep on spinnin'!

I think so too. I find myself going back to this one more than I did WHAT GOES AROUND.

I vote for "Scream Thy Last Scream."

I think I have it, but it's somewhere at home... will have to check later tonight. Is it on the Billie Holiday V-disc, or is that just her singing it?

I don't think the Commodore material will be included--Scott's e-mail specified a set of Sony/BMG holdings, and Commodore currently falls under the Universal umbrella. Still, what a great set! Sounds as if they're constructing it along the lines of the Berigan. And anything done under the auspices of Victor should be included (BMG).

"Jazz Studio 1 & 2" is now archived.

Jim, have you thought about e-mailing MC at Mosaic? It's an interesting question... I wonder what he'd say in response. Seems unlikely that it was an unconscious decision on their part, though you never know!

Big Al, the Night Lights Young Chet program back in January was devoted to three of the above (excluding the big-band session). There are several vocal tracks in the show, so you may want to fast-forward your cursor past them! Anyways, you can at least hear some entire music samples.

belated b-day wishes, Bertrand--I was away from the board yesterday. Hope you had a great one!

I think Django joined the Ellington tour not long after that--making his debut with them in Indianapolis.

BTW, the show airs at the usual time: 11:05 p.m. (9:05 California, 11:05 Central Time, 12:05 a.m. NYC time) on WFIU. It will be posted by Monday afternoon in the Night Lights archives. I'll be doing a program on JAZZ STUDIO 3 & 4 on the first Saturday of July, and a program on 5 & 6 on the first Saturday of August. Next week: "Juneteenth Jamboree," a program in celebration of the holiday, with music from Louis Jordan, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Count Basie (the "King Joe" track--thanks much to EKE BBB!), Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln, and others.

Can't remember whether or not I mentioned the Liberace connection on tonight's program, but I didn't realize that his father (Liberace's) was a French horn player. I'll certainly let you know the date well in advance if I schedule a program devoted entirely to your uncle (quite possibly either very late this year or very early next year, just so that it's not too close to the Jazz Studio shows).

Don't know what Borders is like these days, but when I left, they were talking about moving towards a rotating monthly playlist. I'd generally rather hear what the clerks are playing than what the company wants you to hear (probably whatever artists are on the co-ops that month). I'm surprised you heard gangsta rap on the overhead (if it was indeed a chain store). We did have a policy against playing anything w/profanity in it (which kept my fave Elliott Smith off the overhead, as he occasionally liked to throw in the word "f*&$ing" in the middle of a beautiful ballad), which eliminated, oh, 98% of gangsta rap.

graaspiano, you beat me to the punch! I was about to post a topic for the show tonight... You'll be happy to know that I pronounced your uncle's name correctly. I didn't talk very much about your uncle in tonight's show, as I was trying to fit in as much music as possible from the JAZZ 2 album; I plan to talk about him more on next month's "Jazz Studio 3 & 4" program. I've also put his name down on my "possible-future-shows," which would delve into the JAZZ LAB albums and some of his other projects. How did you find out about tonight's show? I think I mentioned it in one of the Jazz Studio threads, but hadn't publicized it yet... There is an extremely long piece from JAZZ STUDIO 1 that takes up most of the first half of the program (after starting off w/one track from JAZZ STUDIO 2); after that, it's all JAZZ STUDIO 2. Anyway, very happy that you've been checking it out, and very happy to have you aboard here.

That has gotta be some kind of tech glitch. Doesn't that happen sometimes when changes are being made to the board?

This week on The Big Bands it's "A Summer Song," featuring music from Benny Carter, Frank Sinatra, Quincy Jones, Nat King Cole, Woody Herman, Julie London, Artie Shaw (with an epic version of "Summertime") and--believe it or not--a collaboration between Stan Kenton and country music star Tex Ritter. "A Summer Song" airs Friday, June 10 at 9 p.m. on WFIU (7 p.m. California time, 10 p.m. New York City time). And btw, I am very close to finally having these puppies archived. Comments, feedback, rotten tomatoes, etc., welcome as always.

I even enjoyed it when he ragged on bands that I liked:

When I was an indie-rock kiddie (back in the days of my troubled youth, dear readers), I used to read Melody Maker on a weekly basis. Around 1989 they began to carry a column by Mr. Abusing, later re-named Mr. Agreeable. Probably more amusing if you're familiar with British/indie rock circa 1990. The format was simple: a one or two-sentence music news report, followed by Mr. Abusing's profanity-laced response, as in: Sounds a bit like Achtung Dr. Freud on a mean cocaine binge, doesn't it? The history of Mr. Agreeable

Raw excitement.... that's all I can say.

Hoping that mine will be awaiting me when I get home tonight.

Upcoming TV DVD releases (McCloud!) Movie DVDs on the way Upcoming specialty titles (Dan G.--note Red Sox World Series box! Myself--note Noir V. 2 box!) Fully loaded DVDs

This is the one I had--and still have! (Lost the thermos, though). Front: Back: I actually started using it again a few years ago when I worked all day at a local record store.

Funny that this thread got revived today; on the way into work, I had a sudden hankering to watch Fat Albert again. Is there anything like that on the tube for kids today?

FWIW "You and Lee" is one of the titles available for download on the Verve site. ← Yep--Chuck beat me to it. That's the route I'm going to choose, eventually.