ghost of miles

At first glance I thought this thread title said, "Anybody got drugs for sale?"

This week on Night Lights I'll usher in October with "'Tis Autumn," a show devoted to jazz songs and instrumentals about the fall. In addition to the classic Nat King Cole recording of the program's title track, we'll hear Billy Eckstine's 1952 rendition of "Early Autumn" (derived from Ralph Burns' "Summer Sequence" written for Woody Herman's big band in the late 1940s), John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman's "Autumn Serenade," Billie Holiday's Verve-era interpretation of "Autumn in New York," Sonny Rollins performing "Autumn Nocturne" live in 1978, and more... including Beat writer Jack Kerouac reading his piece "October in the Railroad Earth," accompanied by Steve Allen on piano. You can listen to the program live at 11:10 tonight (9:10 in California, 12:10 in New York) or catch it later in the archives. Next week: "Inception: McCoy Tyner on Impulse in the 1960s."

Why has the Capitol Big Bands box evidently been iced? Can't be any licensing problems with that one, I'd imagine.

Yanks wrapped up the division and broke their own team record for home runs--241 now & counting. Huzzah!

Television and Jackie McLean. Both still within the realm of possibility...

I'm possibly going to play McCoy Tyner's 1964 recording of Ellington's "Mr. Gentle, Mr. Cool" tonight & am trying to determine when Ellington first recorded this... first appearance that AMG lists would seem to be LIVE AT THE BLUE NOTE 1952. It was co-written by Duke and Harold Shorty Baker; for some reason, I'm thinking Duke debuted it in the late 1940s.

Anybody looking for the material that never came out as THE DUKE'S SMALL GROUPS V. 3 on Columbia would be well-advised to pick up the 1939 and 1940 volumes in this series... Also some Blanton-Webster material on the 1940 one (I think) that predates the RCA Victor box-set. Prime Duke, that's for sure!

Anybody else a fan/follower of this late-1960s British folk group? They were quite an influence on the Beatles circa '68... they're coming to the Bluebird here in Bloomington on Oct. 19, and I'm probably going to go see them, having been a fan of theirs for the past several years. Supposedly they're playing material only from their first five albums.

I've been boning up for a radio interview w/a local Beatles expert & came across a reference to Apple's having MJQ on their late-60's roster as a "prestige" signing. Probably not news to many here, but news to me! Evidently they released two records on the label: and another one called SPACE. There's been so much negative writing about Apple, because of the botched finances, etc., but the label itself seems to have put out some pretty good material. Is there an online discography anywhere?

I hadn't realized how close Suzuki was to Sisler's hits record--a record I hadn't thought about in a long time. Of course, there's the old 154/162 saw!

Man, this thread is making me hungry...

Dexter Gordon, BOPLAND.

I actually came across a copy of the Herman Jolson tribute at the station but haven't had a chance to listen to it yet.

THE CRITIC rocked! "Buy my book... buy my book..."

Gotta love the Internet yet again--I did a search and discovered that the Indestructo Steel Ball comes from a 1959 cartoon entitled "Wild About Hurry." Unfortunately, it's not on either of the Looney Tunes DVD box-sets. There is, however, an online catalogue for all ACME products! ACMEIndestructoBall

... not to mention the inevitable "living leads to dying" revelation!

Yep, I'm already planning on getting this, because it has "I Love to Singa," for starters. I'd love to find the Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote episode that features the "Indestructo Ball." One of the most hilarious sequences from that whole series.

Excellent! Thanks, Mike.

I'm almost positive I saw an allusion to this in another thread recently, but couldn't find it using search... It was a TV show starring George C. Scott, as arch-hipster "The Baron," scored by the Max Roach Quintet. (Description taken from Rhino's BEAT GENERATION box-set.) I'm going to go check the Roach Mosaic booklet, since that covers the same period, but I'm just wondering if any of the Quintet's music for the show was ever released in any form (especially if it was a soundtrack album).

The Herbie Nichols Project program with Frank Kimbrough is now archived.

I've been intrigued by this book ever since I first heard about its storyline a few months back. Roth has written a "what-if" novel of 1940s America that posits Charles Lindbergh running as a Republican and defeating FDR in the 1940 election. (According to Roth, a storyline inspired by a throwaway line in a recent Arthur Schlesinger memoir--evidently there were some in the GOP who wanted to nominate Lindbergh for the '40 race.) My reading of Roth has been pretty sporadic--GOODBYE, COLUMBUS and THE COUNTERLIFE are the only two I've read, in addition to the hilarious satire OUR GANG (which just came up in conversation with a buddy earlier today--we were concocting a contemporary political satire, and I suddenly realized that my inspiration was coming, in part, from Roth's 1972 take on the Nixon administration). The Plot Against America

Thanks, Big Al! I'll probably nab all of these, save the Kirk (part of the Mercury box, isn't it? In which case I already have it).

Damn, Dan. Know that we're thinking about you & all of the other posters in that region of the country...

Re: Pedro/the 8th last night, as a very wise man once said, "It's deja vu all over again." Dan, your one consolation about Martinez may well be that Steinbrenner signs him! He's always willing to throw a few million at a once-great, now-aging pitcher...

Probably not old enough to be considered classic, but finally coming to DVD: Seinfeld Haven't read through this thread yet, but has "Hill Street Blues" made it to DVD yet? I used to watch "S.W.A.T." when I was a kid just for the opening theme music.