ghost of miles

Oh, and DVDs. Never collected movies on VHS in particular, but DVD has become a form of cinematic crack for me...

Like Lon, books... books on jazz, of course, old pulp paperbacks, and a long-running fetish for old Modern Libraries with the dustjackets still on them: Also the Library of America series: In both cases I buy only books that I'm really interested in reading... although I've gotten more promiscuous with the Modern Libraries and have snagged a few as curios.

Jazzshrink, Full disclosure--I'm the host/producer of Night Lights, just so you know where to aim the barbed remarks, should the program displease you. I think more & more stations are archiving programs--WGBH out of Boston is archiving some of their regular programs such as "Jazz From Studio 4" and "Jazz With Eric in the Evening" here. WBGO has archived interviews online, but I couldn't find any programs archived there. Other posters can probably hip you to other sources; much discussion about Jazz on 3 in this very forum, though I think their broadcasts are kept online for only a week. I'm taking over WFIU's weekly big-band program starting this week, and that will be archived online at our site as well.

"Boppin' in Beantown" is now archived.

*Paperboy *KFC "cook" *Door-to-door surveyor for Polk *Coffeehouse busser/waiter *Line cook *Police dpt. transcriber *"Sailor" (Alaskan salmon processor) *Data entry for Columbia House *Record store clerk *Borders music manager *Library supervisor *Jazz DJ

Wow! Any Tina solos, by any chance?

I want Harpo's version!

From Filmscoremonthly: In James Ellroy's memoir MY DARK PLACES, he writes that LAURA is the favorite movie of many real-life homicide detectives.

This summary of a Terry Teachout piece seems to indicate that Herman's was indeed the first jazz recording of "Laura." I could've sworn that somebody else waxed it before him... not that that's worth much! What does Schoenberg say in the Mosaic booklet? LAURA is coming out on DVD in March, btw (looks as if it will include commentary from Raksin). It was supposed to come out a year or two ago; rumor has it the hold-up had to do with the rights to the music.

Was that really their slogan?

Just found out she does a cover of Elliott Smith's "Between the Bars" on CARELESS LOVE... interesting choice of material for that record.

Madeleine Peyroux has done a jazz cover of "Between the Bars" on her recent CD CARELESS LOVE. You can hear a 30-second sample here.

Jim, Yeah, I was aware of the connection, though I haven't seen that illustration for a long time... I wonder when the company stopped using it.

A writer who is a favorite of mine and many others, including Matthew (who has not posted here in some time). FWIW he was a jazz fan as well: Each breath we take is a gift. Each moment of life is a grace.--Thomas Merton

Thanks much for the comment, DatDere. The link to the Pullen-Adams program is fixed now--thanks to you and White Lightning for bringing it to my attention.

Okrent's a joke. He didn't say squat when the Times fired a city stringer because he'd been a spokesperson for ACT-UP years ago... and he wasn't even covering gay-beat issues. Yet they keep Judy Miller, who belongs to a neocon think tank, on as a foreign-policy reporter. Talk about conflict of interest!

A cheap used copy of King Curtis' HAVE TENOR SAX, WILL BLOW/LIVE AT SMALL'S PARADISE.

For me, summer of '95... I was working in a record store and in love with Andrew Hill's JUDGEMENT (dare I say I was so in love with the sound of Andrew Hill?). Read in an industry magazine called THE ICE that Mosaic Records of CT was releasing a complete set of Hill's mid-1960s Blue Note recordings. I thought I'd order it into the store and get a nice employee discount until my jazz buddy Sascha informed me that Mosaic didn't do retail... anyways, a friend of mine who lived in Norwalk went over to the Mosaic office and ordered it for me. It came with a catalogue, and the rest is history... the history of a broken wallet.

BMG now has this along with the other recent BN Connoisseurs... I ordered it today as part of the 60% off and free shipping deal. Eager to hear it!

We're one away from 1000. "999 bottles of beer on the wall, 999 bottles of beer... take one down, pass it around..."

A friend of mine & I were talking about this the other day--I hadn't thought much about it since reading an article concerning the film in SPY back around '92 (article is now online here). Like everything, there's now a website devoted to the film, in which Lewis plays a clown forced by the Nazis to entertain children as he leads them to the gas chambers. Bizarre... I actually wouldn't mind seeing it if it ever surfaces.

Jazzmatazz says Aug. 1. Hopefully Jim Gallert can keep us updated on this thread.

Report: Sosa traded to Orioles

Just found out that in addition to overhauling our big-bands web-page, we'll also be archiving all shows that I record, so that--a la Night Lights--they're available to listen to any time on the web. Here's the schedule so far: Feb. 4--"The Uncrowned King of Swing." Recordings of Fletcher Henderson, including the rarely-heard 1945 version of "King Porter Stomp." Feb. 11--"Big Band Trane." John Coltrane's AFRICA/BRASS, as well as big-band versions of Coltrane material from Woody Herman, Gerald Wilson, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and others, plus George Russell's "Manhattan." Feb. 18--"Jubilee." World War II broadcasts from the Armed Forces Radio Service program for African-American servicemen. Feb. 25--"The Uncrowned Brother of Swing." Horace Henderson's 1940 big band, plus Henderson's arrangements for brother Fletcher's band, and a live broadcast from Chicago in 1954. Mar. 4--"The Ladies Who Swing the Band." Mary Lou Williams, Melba Liston, Carla Bley, Maria Schneider. Mar. 11--"Miss Peggy Lee Big Band." Mar. 18--"The International Sweethearts of Rhythm + Ina Ray Hutton and Her Melodears." Mar. 25--"Big Band Jukebox." A monthly look at hits and obscurities. Apr. 1--either Georgie Auld or Jack Jenney. Apr. 8--"Duke Ellington Treasury Shows 1." Broadcasts from April 1945. Apr. 15--"Big Band Jukebox." In May there'll be another Ellington Treasury show (broadcasts from May 1945), as well as programs about Sam Donahue's Navy Band and the Glenn Miller AAF. A show devoted to Mary Ann McCall is also on the horizon. All of these will be archived on the WFIU website.

Thanks for pointing this out, Jim... it's a conclusion I've come to as well. The 1942 strike has long been represented in a negative light, primarily because it kept many great bands and musicians off records during an interesting period in the evolution of the music, but from an economic perspective, it must indeed be viewed as a victory for performing artists.