ghost of miles

Happy b-day to a very jazz-savvy guy!

Have a great one and drink liberally!!!

Oh yeah!!! I'm there in a big way. Or a big-band way.

Oh yeah - I didn't send yours. ← haha The moose is left out in the cold again. ← Oh, he'll probably still get it--but it'll be covered with green chewing gum.

AMG track listing here. Clunky, I can't remember the exact rundown on V. 2--I'll check the CD when I get home from work tonight and report back tomorrow. I remember enjoying it just as much as V. 1.

From where? ← If I lived here, I'd already be home now!

Thanks a-plenty, one and all. The above titles should keep me occupied in this area for, oh, the rest of my life! I've always been a history buff, and in the past several years I've begun to develop some new interests--Asia being one of them, and the origins of Christianity another (outside the Biblical narrative, with which I'm pretty familiar owing to childhood upbringing. Anybody else ever read the Sunday Pics [Pix], btw? We used to get them in Sunday School--sort of a Classics Illustrated version of the Bible).

David Hadju (LUSH LIFE) is the reviewer. Just got posted to the Coltrane list: Dinah bio The book's been out for awhile, but I haven't had a chance to read it yet. The author also did the liner notes for the Roulette Mosaic.

Several months ago a poster here sent me some great recommendations in response to an inquiry about good religious-history books. Anybody here (and I think there are several who might be more than capable and willing) care to offer up suggestions for reading about the historical Jesus?

I'm a real junkie for all things WPA and Federal One-related, so this new one is right up my alley (and in my neck o' the woods):

Thanks for the tip, Jim. I've been wanting to do a Gonsalves show for the past year or two and have been picking up titles here & there... will add this one to the list.

Shout! Factory did the big Lenny Bruce box that came out not long ago. I think they're also Solomon Burke's label as well.

My sentiments as well, Conrad. My heart goes out to you on this stuff, my friend... I wish I could offer more specific medical advice, but you and your mom & dad are in my thoughts and prayers.

I'm getting them both... but I'm no model of discretion. I've snapped up every single Select so far. The Richards samples sound great! Going to listen to the Slack ones later on.

I'll look into that, Jaffa--thanks for the tip! Yes, the title was "LST Party," and it was a reference to the large tank-carrying vessel in which the Donahue band crossed the Atlantic in early '44. The show aired last Friday night; hopefully we will have it archived soon, and I'll up this thread. I'm going to do a later show on the Donahue civilian orchestra, but man, that navy band was smokin'!

How about this one? Saw it used the other day--debating whether or not to pick it up:

Tonight on The Big Bands we'll hear Duke Ellington's Treasury Department broadcasts from June of 1945. Ellington was on the road promoting the war-bond drive, and some of this program's selections come from a June 16 Evansville, Indiana concert. In addition to "Indiana," we'll hear the Ellington orchestra performing "Body and Soul," Ellington's extended instrumental "New World a-Comin'," the title song from his musical Jump for Joy, the "Blues Cluster" (a romping pre-Newport version of the "Diminuendo/Crescendo" medley) and classic Ellington songbook numbers such as "What Am I Here for?" "Jumpin' Punkins" and "Warm Valley." The program airs at 9 tonight (7 p.m. California time, 10 p.m. NYC time) on WFIU.

Garbo/30s film-lover alert: Ninotchka out in early September.

I'll buy it too. Is "River Ballad Suite" the same as "Suite from the River" that the DSO recorded several years ago? Assuming it is...

Happy b-day, Alfred!

Saw a promo copy of this on our director's desk yesterday. Hoping to squirrel it home for the weekend!

Not sure... it's one of the numbers from Jump for Joy that he managed to record in 1941, but Adderley passed it over when he did his version in the late 1950s.

Thanks for the heads-up, Elis. Will it be re-issued on DVD as well?

E-mail reply from Mosaic today: At least they'll be available, though I would've rather gotten them through a Mosaic set. Given Collectables' rep for bad sound, are any of the Capitols out as imports?

There's already a "forthcoming" thread that seems more devoted to imminent sets... thought I'd start this one by posting the e-mail reply I received today: Bummer about the Staton... would've much preferred Mosaic's treatment of that. The Pomeroy refers to my previous suggestion that they do a Select of the 1950s EMI-owned material. Anybody heard anything lately about the Boswell Sisters set?