ghost of miles

Wolff, the recently-reissued VME AFTER HOURS WITH MISS D is one small-group date. I just picked it up as a freebie through BMG. Ya know, I picked up THE BEST IN BLUES about a year ago or so and just got around to listening to it today. I already have some of this material, but what a great compilation this CD is! Lately, when it comes to classic jazz singers, I find Dinah overtaking Billie in my listening habits... this may just be a reflection of the considerable time I've spent listening to Billie's entire catalogue, whereas I'm still discovering Dinah's album by album.

Healthy Choice "Beef Merlot"--sorta yum!

Found used yesterday for $7 apiece... Lee Konitz w/Metropole Orchestra, SAXOPHONE DREAMS (still sealed!) Clifford Jordan, THE ADVENTURER ... just ordered Jean Goldkette, GOLDKETTE BANDS 1924-28 (Timeless). Now on the wagon till July 1.

Two of the Thornhill Heps that I have include Lee: 1948 1947 Great to have in & of themselves... there may be a more targeted collection out there that focuses exclusively on the pieces in which LK solos.

John le Carre, SMILEY'S PEOPLE.

Wesbed, do you have the late 1940s LK recordings with the Thornhill band? Some great stuff there as well... Been awhile since I listened to BIRTH OF THE COOL, but how much does Lee solo on that record?

Found this sealed for $7 yesterday, Jim. Thanks much for the rec! Am listening to it right now...

"Hi, ma... sit, hairball!! HILL STREET BLUES had a bunch of 'em.

Such a legendary episode now! Man, I remember how worried everybody was in my fifth-grade class about Fonzie's motorcycle jump (was that the end of season two?). By the time the shark jump came about... well, "Happy Days" had already jumped the shark.

Outrageous, isn't it? Maybe we can work out some kind of double-bonus system with Mike.

Heads-up for holiday shoppers--the "Buy 3, get 1 free" sale ends after this weekend.

May have been mentioned earlier in the thread (I haven't read the whole damn thing ), but Borders is still conducting a "Buy any 3 jazz CDs, get the 4th one free" sale--I think it runs through this weekend. Last night I picked up the new RVG of Jimmy Smith's ROCKIN' THE BOAT, Carmen McRae's SINGS GREAT AMERICAN SONGWRITERS, Charles Mingus' REINCARNATION OF A LOVEBIRD (yes! finally have all 4 Candids), and Sarah Vaughan's AT MR. KELLEY'S.

Yes, thanks, Guy! Those 60s BN recordings of McLean/Moncur/Hutcherson remain among my favorite jazz albums of alltime. Must have been a joy to see them playing together in any form...

Stanley Cowell, BRILLIANT CIRCLES. And amen to Sonny Criss on Prestige!

In addition to Dmitry's dead-on recommendation, I'd also suggest the posthumous NIGHT BIRD SONG, which was recorded in 1992. If you really get into Chapin, pick up the ALIVE compilation that the Knitting Factory put out, which includes both records & much more. Nice to see some Thomas Chapin discussion around here! I'd better start hanging out in the "Funny Rat" thread, I guess...

Wow--darker than YANKEE?

"One never knows, do one?" Article by Gary Giddins on Waller (as well as Glenn Miller) here.

Double that wow and welcome! MY PEOPLE is an album I often play on the radio during Black History Month in February. And I'll have to pull out the Dolphy Prestige box tonight and re-visit the Latin jazz date.

Good to see you again, Pete! This place is like the ol' BNBB, but even better--tastes great, with less corporate filling...

Stop, stop! You're gonna make me go back... I got the Pierce Boston late-40's Hep several months back... some early Charlie Mariano on there... highly recommended to anybody who's into that particular Boston scene (I am in a big way!).

I wasn't aware that Giddins had stopped, but I catch the VV only on occasion... why did he quit? I guess that explains why he's in the New Yorker this week. Is Davis still working on a Coltrane biography?

On the radio most of the day--will be doing a jazz "Songs of Remembrance" program late in the afternoon. After that I'll probably have hot dogs & potato salad with my wife and watch a flick from either the new Marx Brothers or Universal Monster DVD box.

Hey Deus, Gary Giddins has an article on Miller (as well as Fats Waller) in this week's New Yorker. I posted it in Jazz in Print: MillerWaller I'm still hoping to pick up the 4-CD Air Force Band box on the cheap myself... BMG has a single "Best of" drawn from it.

Wonder if Mosaic might ever be interested in doing a box of Fischer's Pacific Jazz work...

R.E.M.'s MURMUR, although in recent years Elliott Smith's EITHER/OR has given it a run for its money. Jazz-wise, along with the usual suspects--KOB and ALS--Bud Powell's early Verve sides, which I once had as a 2-LP set (and now have as Disc 1 of the Verve box) are essential for my listening habits. I still listen to those sides every six months or so, 10 years after hearing them for the first time.