ghost of miles

Man! I'm not even a football fan anymore, but Manning breaks Marino's record on a last-minute scoring drive... the Colts convert the two-pointer... and then win on a FG in overtime? Pretty amazing. The Dome must've been rockin'.

Anybody have a copy of this, or know where I might find it? It's a leader date by Indiana tenor saxophonist David Young (same one who played w/George Russell). 1972 release date, Mainstream 323.

Of course it can. You think I'd post this much about stuff like this if it wasnn't? But... but... I thought we were paying you! We should be, anyway.

...therefore you listen? Or you listen, therefore you think? As Ornette says, "dancing in your head." I'm not much for ass/brain dichotomies anyway.

Will do, Mike. I think I have a printout of the bio that Chambers had online and can work with that, in addition to the passage in Gavin's Baker volume... was just hoping to incorporate any new material (and I assume there is some) that appears in the book. We already have the show listed for Jan. 29 in our monthly guide, and I could tape it as late as Jan. 26 or 27.

What's going on with this? A few advance copies that were floating around online have all vanished or been marked up to ridiculous prices. An Alibris seller had one listed yesterday for $17, and I ordered it, but got an e-mail today saying the item was "unavailable." I'll try to call Berkeley on Monday & find out more... have an upcoming show about Twardzik to record, so hopefully I can at least get them to send me the galleys or something.

My two cents: can't pleasure be intellectual as well?

Was that Jefferson Starship with the silhouette-fellatio-effect?

Figured I'd get the ball rolling, now that Christmas has passed... Warne Marsh, ALL MUSIC (but of course!) Woody Herman, COMP. COLUMBIA 1945-47 Woody Herman, ROAD BAND 1948 (Hep) Ahmad Jamal, CHAMBER MUSIC OF THE NEW JAZZ Miles Davis, SEVEN STEPS TO HEAVEN BOX Mary Lou Williams, BLACK CHRIST OF THE ANDES Claude Thornhill, 1949-1953 (Hep) Many more that I'm already forgetting... didn't list any of the RVGs because I already had nearly all of them, but I'm sure they'll show up on other folks' lists. What about the Ayler box? Outside of the tree, very little of that had come out before, correct? Therefore, is it classified as "new release" or "re-issue"? Guess we had the same question about PASSING SHIPS last year.

Inspired by Clem's Revolutionary Ensemble post--what are yours? Here are a few of mine: Frank Kimbrough, LULLABLUEBYE Joel Frahm/Brad Mehldau, DON'T EXPLAIN Joe Lovano, I'M ALL FOR YOU Ben Allison, BUZZ Frank Morgan, CITY NIGHTS ... and the Ayler box, if it's classified as "new release."

Takes awhile for it to load, but... OMG, truly abysmal, in even such a small dose, but also the best laugh of the day so far. "The Holy Grail of Crap" indeed! THE PHANTOM MENACE is a masterpiece next to that.

Oh, my. I wonder how long this will be able to stay up: StarWarsXmasspecial

Man, this is terrible... I hadn't really checked out the news yet today and just saw the reports: tsunami

Thanks, Jim, I'll keep an eye out for that. Wonder if Comstock is on the Carter sides in the Capitol Mosaic box--I'll have to take a look when I get home. That was a damned good band.

Garth, I'm wondering if the title of his 1970s album THE TRIP is a reference to the Synanon "trip" detailed on the link I posted. Until now I just always assumed that it was a 60s drug-cliche title, but after reading about the Synanon trip--guess I should find & read the liners to the album and see if there's any reference there.

MusicalMarine, did you catch the piece on Maugham in a recent issue of the New Yorker? I'll see if I can find it online... I've read only THE RAZOR'S EDGE, but the NY article reawakened my interest. I should give RISE & FALL a whirl, but I haven't even made it through THE WORLD AT WAR DVD set yet. As far as military histories, I'm hoping to find Beevor's FALL OF BERLIN 1945 at a good/used price one of these days--liked his STALINGRAD book quite a bit.

If this were Tolkien, you'd have to sing a song.

The party line that seems to have developed over the years is that Miles was in an artistic cul-de-sac during this period and irritated by music that he couldn't yet fully assimilate--then along came Tony/Wayne/Herbie, etc. There are probably valid reasons for that party line, but did Miles ever end up liking--or respecting--Cecil and/or his music at all?

Doing some online research about Synanon while I'm on the board this afternoon at WFIU, and came across this: From this site.

Playing some material off HOLY GHOST on Night Lights this evening--"Green Dolphin Street," "Spirits Rejoice" (w/Peacock and Murray), "Children" (w/Don Cherry), "Japan/Universal Indians" from Newport '67, music from Coltrane's funeral, etc., as well as remarks by Ayler and Don Cherry. It's on WFIU at 11:05 tonight (8:05 California time, 10:05 Chicago time, 11:05 NYC time) and will hopefully be archived by Tuesday morning. Next week: "Resolution: Jazz From Rehab," featuring Joe Pass' SOUNDS OF SYNANON and Elmo Hope's SOUNDS FROM RIKER'S ISLAND.

Had a very HEP Christmas--got the following: Artie Shaw, ARTISTRY OF Claude Thornhill, 1949-1953 Charlie Barnet, 1941 TRANSCRIPTIONS Slim Gaillard, LIVE 1946 Ray McKinley, CLASS OF '49

I salute you, sir, for your indefatigable writing, research, and discographical work. Look forward to reading whatever you publish next--you are one of a number of people who regularly raise the intellectual temperature around these parts.

Some recent reading: Larry Kart's JAZZ IN SEARCH OF ITSELF Dan Morgenstern, LIVING WITH JAZZ Gene Lees, SINGERS AND THE SONG II Ira Wolfert, TUCKER'S PEOPLE Gunther Schuller, THE SWING ERA Jonathan Lethem, THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE Only one I've actually finished is the Lees... the others all still in progress. Time, give me more time!

More on Hagen, from the AMG bio. He played w/Isham Jones, Goodman, and Dorsey in the 1930s:

I've had a recent curiosity about the composer of the theme music for The Dick van Dyke Show. Learned the other day that it was Earle Hagen--looked him up on the web and found the following listing on Space Age Pop (a fun website, btw): Earle Hagen He wrote "Harlem Nocturne," which was news to me, as well as the theme for The Mod Squad and The Andy Griffith Show. The whole transition of jazz writers, arrangers, and performers to the 1960s studio scene really fascinates me. Has anybody written a book or lengthy article on the topic?