ghost of miles

"Light Made Lighter" was outstanding. have you heard his first trio disc on DIW? Yeah, I actually have it... got it after I discovered him via James Carter's early records. Is LIGHT MADE LIGHTER the one that came out last year? Sadly, I haven't kept up w/Taborn as much as I should have... but I know he put something out last year that got good notices.

Wasn't there a thread like this back on the BNBB that parodied such reviews? Seems like somebody dug it up and re-posted it here after the Big Exile...

The will stipulates that I be parked right next to you.....spinning your favorite LP for all eternity. B-) Well, you'll have to play it awfully damn loud to drown out my karaoke version of "Still Crazy After All These Years."

"Yeah, I'd like to complain about my neighbor over there in Plot 2307... he's making enough racket to wake up the dead!!"

Talk about an underground music scene! B-)

Forget it! They're going to the triple reinforced vault w/me when I expire! What kinda sound system you going to have in that thing?

No, but does his publicist Mr. Beal Z. Bub ever have a deal for you! Just meet him at the crossroads down yonder, round about midnight...

Oh, my!

and a great disk too! My sentiments exactly! Another wonderful find from the Bastards' "Jazz in Paris" blowout sale!

Garth, I was poking around in the "Jazz From..." series on Prestige last night... how much, if any, of the "Jazz From Sweden" material has been reissued on CD?

Ironic... I was reading this thread while listening to Le Jazz Groupe de Paris' JOUE ANDRE HODEIR, and suddenly "Jordu" came on. Vibes courtesy of Fats Sadi (there's a great jazz name!).

Skip Spence was always a figure who intrigued me... I read an interesting piece about him in MOJO several years back.

Does Phineas Newborn still count as overlooked?

This January PBS is broadcating Ken Burns' new documentary about Jack Johnson, the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion. Burns' is not the first film about the boxer; in 1970 William Cayton made a documentary as well, with a soundtrack by Miles Davis. This edition of Night Lights features music taken from the Sony/Legacy box-set MILES DAVIS: THE COMPLETE JACK JOHNSON SESSIONS, including recordings done from February to June of 1970. Musicians appearing here range from John McLaughlin and Billy Cobham to Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett. Although BITCHES' BREW remains the best-known of Miles' "fusion" or jazz-rock dates, some critics now contend that THE JACK JOHNSON SESSIONS more suitably represent the fruition of Davis' stylistic evolution in this regard. The program airs this Saturday evening at 11:05 (8:05 California time, 10:05 Chicago time, 11:05 New York time). You can listen to it live on WFIU, or on Monday when it will appear in the Night Lights archives. More information on both the Jack Johnson sessions and Davis' own interest in boxing can be found here. In addition, there is an online interview with Michael Cuscuna and Bob Belden, co-producers of the Legacy set, which sheds some light on Teo Macero's editing methods as well as the production approach to the new collection.

Absolutely right, Garth. I'll throw in Lou Levy as well.

LaMont Johnson Craig Taborn Christopher Gaddy John Dennis

What do you think of the Henderson book? I've had a chance to browse through it and it looks pretty well done.... I just started it this past week and am only about 25 pages in. A modern-musicologist approach, which suits me just fine--very much influenced by Deveaux and THE BIRTH OF BEBOP. I'll be interested to see how he depicts FH's relationship w/his brother Horace.

Thanks much, Phil! Boyd Raeburn is definitely on the horizon (I have two of the Heps plus a single Savoy CD and a vinyl copy of the old double-LP JEWELS), as is Sauter-Finnegan; and funny that you mention Earle Hagen, as I've developed quite an interest in him of late... will definitely do something on Hagen at some point as well.

I'm not sure, but AMG lists these vinyl releases: 1946 Allen Eager, Vol. 2 Savoy 1946 Tenor Sax Savoy 1946 New Trends in Jazz, Vol. 1 Savoy 1946 New Trends in Modern Music, Vol. 2 Savoy I'm sure there's some overlap there, but also sure that there must be enough material for a single Savoy CD... or maybe even several Classics, if sideman appearances of note are included as well.

In addition to the many fine names listed above: Johnny Guarnieri Dick Twardzik (though he's gaining more recognition, and the imminent publication of the Chambers bio may raise his profile even more) George Cables Arnold Ross Joe Castro Norman Simmons

Wow, I'm impressed! Thornhill grew up just down the road from here... in Terre Haute. I'm afraid we haven't done as much to honor his memory as we should have. His centenary is coming up in 2009--I hope to do whatever I can to commemorate it via the airwaves.

Up for broadcast now.

I wish somebody would get around to re-issuing Eager's Savoy sides--C. Classics, if Savoy themselves won't do it.

Looking here, I see only a NEW SOUNDS FROM ROCHESTER entry by the Contemporary Jazz Ensemble (in addition to the James Moody NEW SOUNDS FROM FRANCE and the multiple Sweden titles that you mentioned). Of course, that site lists Prestige 130 simply as CHARLIE MARIANO, so perhaps others were issued under individual names.

I'm listening to Charlie Mariano's BOSTON ALL STARS re-issue on Fantasy right now. According to Ira Gitler's liner notes for the original release on Prestige 130, "As the first album in a series devoted to the modern music being played in the various sections and more particularly cities of the United States, PRESTIGE presents Jazz in Boston." Where there other releases in this series? Or was this Prestige's sole geographical modern-jazz entry?