ghost of miles

I think your concerns are valid, wesbed (about money drying up) and the idea of a graph sounds like it might be a good one... not that it's my board or anything! Maybe when the new CD comes out they could offer a Organissimo-board-supporter option of paying $1 more (with said dollar going to the board fund).

In memory of Gil Melle and Robin Kenyatta--and to the future good health of Organissimo and its denizens--please accept another small donation.

Many happy returns from the other side of the political fence.

I still haven't learned any "stragedy." How about "strategiosity?" B-)

You're kidding, right? I've played a few games in my time... Swingin Swede is a chessplayer as well. Ghostie says he was a 1500-1700 player at one time...can't remember the exact rating; but he said so in a pm long ago... Yeah, when I was 13... then I "retired." Well, I kept playing throughout high school, off and on, and ended up on a couple of Indiana state championship teams, and then I really did "retire." My grandfather taught me to play when I was 6. I'd say 5 or up is fine, and who knows? If you have the next Bobby Fischer on your hands, then even earlier... just keep 'em away from the anti-Semitic literature.

Wow--didn't know that one was on the drawing board. I have a fair amount of that material, but I'm sure I'll hitch a ride down the Mosaic highway yet again... Ah, one of the advantages of being relatively new to the music: other than April in Paris, I don't have any. If that's an advantage... Checked last night & I have only 4 CDs: APRIL IN PARIS AT NEWPORT KING OF SWING W/JOE WILLIAMS ...so I guess there's a lot I don't have (maybe even more if they don't include the Newport concert--will this set be all recordings or just studio?)

Yeah, a friend of mine hepped me to the story several years ago. I've searched in vain for a recording of "The Mysterious Axeman's Jazz, " but I'm not sure if one was ever made or not.

Dan, My issue should be coming in the mail any day now... really looking forward to it. Kudos to you for landing it in the first place.

Very sad news.. thanks for posting it. I'll have to break out the BN & Prestige sides when I get home tonight.

Yes! OMG, I was about to recommend that Thompson CD in this forum, in part because of the beautiful Lucky/Tommy chemistry... it's been spinning a lot in my player the past 2 days. Must be in the air, eh?

Dan, I think I'll pass on your offer , but congratulations nonetheless. I know how agonizing last year was for you, and I'm sure this year made up for it in a big, big way. I've harbored an affection for the Bosox since the days of Freddie Lynn (my favorite player when I was a kid) and was truly happy to see them win it if NY couldn't. Now we can all dwell on the Curse of the Barber!

Happy birthday to the superlative Daniel A.!

Happy birthday, Maren! Long may you jam...

Happy birthday from across the pond to one of the coolest guys in France!

Gene Harris?

This week on Night Lights it's "Strange Enchantment," a program of Halloween-related jazz, including music from Duke Ellington ("Stalking Monster"), Bill Evans ("Witchcraft"), Kay Starr ("The Headless Horseman"), Rahsaan Roland Kirk ("Haunted Feelings")and a very young Gil Evans with Skinny Ennis ("Strange Enchantment") as well as tracks from Andrew Hill, Miles Davis, and Lenny Bruce's Dracula-as-roadweary-musician monologue. You'll also hear the true story of the New Orleans Axeman, who wreaked bloody mayhem in New Orleans in 1918-19 and who promised to spare anyone who happened to be playing jazz. You can read more about the New Orleans Axeman here. The sheet music of the song "The Mysterious Axman's Jazz," written in response to the killer in 1919, is pictured above, taken from the 1947 WPA book YA YA GUMBO (a collection of Louisiana folk tales). The program airs on WFIU at 11:10 Saturday night (9:10 California time, 12:10 a.m. New York time). You can listen live here, or hear the archived edition next week in the archives. Next week we'll be launching our first-ever Night Lights fund-drive program. I'll be giving away copies of the 4-CD HOWLS, RAPS & ROARS box-set (featuring Lenny Bruce and Allen Ginsberg, among others), the Herbie Nichols Project's STRANGE CITY, the CD/book of Frank O'Hara reading his own poetry, Duke Ellington's FAR EAST SUITE, and more. (I'll also be giving away some Art Farmer/Jazztet Verve Elites to anybody from Organissimo who pledges.) Because of the time change, Night Lights will be airing at 12:10 a.m. instead, but I'm happy to report that discussions are underway to retain the program in its current time-slot.

Wow--didn't know that one was on the drawing board. I have a fair amount of that material, but I'm sure I'll hitch a ride down the Mosaic highway yet again...

I think/thought that it meant playing behind the beat & was an allusion to the effect of heroin on one's musical performance... but I could be very, very wrong here. The legit musicians around this joint can probably elaborate much better.

You're as much of a geezer as I am now! Hope you have a great, great day and that your staff isn't hounding you to do paperwork. You better not be working, dammit! Hopefully you're playing your way through a choice stack of Fantasy jazz CDs... or something like that.

Man, how many posts have there been today? I just scrolled through 3 pages, and that's from after midnight on! Lots of pent-up posting energy, I guess...

Up for broadcast in about 1 hour and 45 minutes.

Vy-a-duck, vy-a-no chicken? To get to the other side? There is no dark side of the chicken. It's all dark. THAT is a duck. Mmmmmmmmmmm...duck! Dialectitious!

Was couw for dialectics before he was against it?

This week on Night Lights it's "The House in the Heart: Lester Young in the 1950s." Even as his physical health declined throughout the 1950s, tenor saxophonist Lester Young remained capable of moving and beautiful performances. We'll hear tracks with pianists John Lewis and Oscar Peterson, a reunion date with Teddy Wilson in 1956, live recordings from December of that year, and Lester Young himself speaking with jazz writer Chris Albertson in 1958 about modern-day saxophonists. The program concludes with readings from "The House in the Heart," Bobby Scott's memoir about traveling with Young on the 1955 Jazz at the Philharmonic tour, and "There Will Never Be Another You," from Young's last studio session, recorded just two weeks before his death in March 1959. You can listen live on Saturday at 11:10 p.m (9:10 California time, 12:10 New York time) at WFIU; the program will be posted next week in the Night Lights archive.. Next week: "Strange Enchantment," a Halloween Eve program featuring Lenny Bruce's "Enchanted Transylvania," Duke Ellington's "Stalking Monster" (from his "Night Creature" suite), Bill Evans' "Witchcraft," the true story of the New Orleans Jazz Killer, and more.