ghost of miles

He's certainly Otis... though not quite as lovable.

Duke Ellington, MASTERPIECES Duke Ellington, UPTOWN Duke Ellington, FESTIVAL SESSION Lennie Niehaus, ZOUNDS Howard McGhee, COOL FANTASY

Interesting piece in the Times today on how Soviet archive information is affecting our understanding of the Eastern Front in WWII:

Just read Michael Tomasky's article in the New York Review of Books on the new La Guardia biography; he basically said it's OK but that the best La Guardia biography is Alyn Brodsky's 1989 bio THE GREAT MAYOR: FIORELLO LA GUARDIA AND THE MAKING OF MODERN NEW YORK CITY, 1933-1945. So I've checked it out of the library and hope to start it in another hour or two.

Hear, hear! To quote Dennis Leary: "I want my coffee black... like my thoughts."

Actually, I haven't mailed it back yet... still sitting on my desk, but I'm sending it out Monday. Kulu, I got the very same wrong cover, so there must have been a bad run... I e-mailed Rhino and got the same response, too. I may burn a copy of the CD itself before I mail it, just in case anything wacky happens, as the total Mayfield run was for only 2500 copies. I wish Rhino would just send me the correct cover/liner notes instead.

That's odd--I thought I heard one of them say that she didn't write the song. Which is correct, of course. But I was in the car at the time, just half-listening...

Has anybody ever been banned from two jazz boards in less than 24 hours? DEEP could be on his way to a new Internet record, folks!

Yeah, but I'm glad they gave the guy a chance, which as you and I both know is more than I would have done. Sometimes being fair is a pain in the ass, but it's still the right thing to do. Thumbs up once again to Jim. liberal You know you want to be one! There is still good in you, Berigan... I can feel it.

I have no interest whatsoever in denigrating that board--however, I do think the arrival of DEEP is a kind of karmic payback for what happened on 03/03/03.

I heard that interview too. I'd like to check out Cash's version of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" that Rubin was talking about. Still have a soft spot for the Von Freeman interpretation as well.

That's right, fellow "core member" Jazzmoose! Let's grab the fraternity paddle and give this Uli fellow what for! In all seriousness, Uli, I can't access it either. I tried several times this morning and finally gave up.

Now all we need is a Nessa-produced Quartet Out release!

I'm not sure about music points, Mark--I know they do accept the vouchers, though, if you have any left over.

In the mail tomorrow a.m.

This is very exciting news, Chuck! (Note Nessa-inspired avatar.)

What?! I've never been able to order box sets w/ vouchers. How were you able to do this? That's their name for the free picks that you get. I got one of the "please come back" offers when I canceled my membership; it was "Get 4 free, buy one, then get 7 more free." I hadn't used up all of them, so I cashed in three more to get the Parker set the other day after Chris posted about it.

Mark, BMG has an absurd list price ($69) but sometimes they run offers that knock it down quite a bit--50% off and no shipping, etc. Or you can grab it w/free vouchers, if you have any left--that's what I did!

Dan Gould, ladies and gentlemen! Dan Gould!

Joe, yes. If you want a copy, just let me know, and I'll send you a CD-R. The program is 59:00 (give or take a second or two), and the production credit/station ID is already embedded in the outro. No compensation expected, either. Ellington's 105th birthday is coming up in late April, which might be a nice time to run it... I'll have copies ready to send as of Friday afternoon, so just drop me a PM or e-mail.

You are much older than I thought! It's the heavy drinking and late nights that keep me looking young.

Patricia, who called you a name? Was it, er, one poster in particular--one with two personalities? (And I don't mean Dr. Achtung or the Red Menace. ) If so, shall we prepare a nice long rail? I'll bring the tar and feathers...

I don't know--I'm going to look into it this year as I'm doing research for the series. Part of the consensus on why the Indpls. scene never got its national props has to do with the lack of recording labels and good studios in the city. Definitely a theme I'm going to explore at some point. I want to ask David Baker about the Charles Tyler ESP session (EASTERN MAN ALONE) that was allegedly recorded in Indy as well, in 1967. (Baker plays on it.)

It's excellent. I've been listening to it a lot lately, as it contains two songs ("Bugle Breaks" and "Stomp Caprice") that were used in JUMP FOR JOY and not recorded for Victor. There are actually a number of tunes here that Duke didn't do for Victor, as well as the first-ever recorded version of "Take the A Train," in which Ray Nance's solo is still being developed, and a nice cover of Artie Shaw's "Frenesi." A fascinating document of the Blanton-Webster band; if you're into them at all, you should really try to snag it before it disappears.