ghost of miles

Hardbopjazz, you might drop Stevebop an e-mail... he hosts a popular Friday night jazz show at WGBH and is tuned in to the local scene.

Has anybody seen a price on this yet? I checked CD Universe last week and couldn't find a listing for it.

What a great set! As a nominal fan of Woody's vocals, I don't mind the vocal tracks a bit--like them quite a lot, actually. And there's a wealth of previously little-heard material here, much of it featuring the arrangements of Ralph Burns and the trumpet of Sonny Berman. The sound is an improvement over the Sony 2-CD set IMO... and Loren Schoenberg's notes are wonderful to read as always. The booklet also includes an interview he did with Herman in 1984.

Yes, as I was looking over the discography I found myself thinking that we need a drooling graemlin...

Herr Jazzbo, you vill listen und you vill learn to love it!

I loved what I heard from COLLATES on the Verve FLYING HOME Jacquet compilaton... I know his entire output for Verve may not be up to that standard, but I still wouldn't mind an Illinois Verve Mosaic.

Wow! I have the Lacy & the Taylor and love them both--will have to run down that Braxton when it comes out.

REMAIN IN LIGHT, FEAR OF MUSIC and MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD--and definitely this Rhino re-issue of THE NAME OF THIS BAND... You'd probably also like SPEAKING IN TONGUES. I retain a bit of a soft spot for LITTLE CREATURES as well.

Oh oh--what would that be? I gave up on them not long after AUTOMATIC and find most of their Warner catalogue unlistenable these days, although some friends have vouched for UP. Some thought "Bad Day" a return to form, which is true in a way--it's a revamped "P.S.A.", a song they were playing on the 1986 PAGEANT tour and which morphed into "It's the End of the World as We Know It." R.E.M. on IRS was transcendental. R.E.M. on Warners--better-than-average pop for its time.

Thanks to Larry & others for their comments--anybody else get theirs yet? Mine should come either tomorrow or Tuesday. I'm finally getting around to reading Gene Lee's LEADER OF THE BAND in anticipation of the Mosaic.

I haven't seen either movie, but it's true (IMO) that jazz has a certain cultural cachet that works both to its advantage and its disadvantage. It's seen as important, serious, and perpetually hip music--but the first two adjectives there sometimes make people go, "Oh, it's supposed to be good for me--they want me to eat my cultural vegetables."

Also check out John Coltrane's BALLADS album, recorded for Impulse around the same time as the Hartmann collaboration. Alexander beat me to it with the Bill Evans piano trio recommendation--any of the Lafaro records (PORTRAIT IN JAZZ, EXPLORATIONS, SUNDAY AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD + the aforementioned WALTZ) plus one of the first post-Lafaro albums, MOONBEAMS (an all-ballads record) make for very nice listening. James Carter's THE REAL QUIETSTORM is much more recent (1995) but is a beautiful late-night saxophone jazz record as well.

Out next Tuesday! NameofThisBand

I'm still searching for THE SWINGIN' NUTCRACKER, which (last I checked) was still out of stock at Fresh Sounds.

To your health, wealth, and happiness!

I really like Impossible's retro design logo and will buy one of those as soon as they're available. May have to throw in a coffee mug as well... howza 'bout a CD opener too? My five-year-old Mosaic one's getting a bit dull from constant use... B-)

I have none of this material and haven't heard any of it either (save for that "Move" track that kicks off the box). Definitely on my October to-get list! Geez, in addition to the Ayler Revenant, the Granz jam sessions, the Miles Seven Steps... ahh, anybody know of an easy bank to knock over?

Heard Lenny Kaye on NPR the other day discussing a new book he's written about the crooners: KayeonNPR YouCallItMadness Sounded interesting. I don't (as yet) have much of an appreciation for the crooners, but I'd like to read some cultural history about them.

Oy. There will be much gloating and grumbling no matter who wins.

Didn't they advise about two million people to evacuate? Man... thoughts & prayers to everyone in the Florida area.

This is Eddie Costa?

Steve, I haven't heard that Xanadu material but look forward to encountering it. HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHTS is fantastic, perhaps my favorite Costa record. I'll try to tune in later tonight.

Hey montg, that just happens to be my choice for AOTW this week! Solitude You picked a good one.

Courtesy of Da Capo, which has brought many other fine jazz books back into print.

JamesJazz (aka Jim Gallert) has registered here, but posted only once--he's involved with one of the websites that Mike posted, and is co-author of BEFORE MOTOWN, a book that you really should check out if you want to delve into Detroit jazz: BeforeMotown