ghost of miles

Yes, Eke BBB, look around online, because this one was made available to retailers, and I think you still might have a decent chance of finding it. Good luck!

Charlie Parker, LEGENDARY DIAL MASTERS V. 1 Casa Loma, MANIACS' BALL Teddy Edwards, TEDDY'S READY! Duke Ellington, HISTORICALLY SPEAKING Georgie Auld, 1940-45 (Classics) Lil Green, 1940-41 (Classics)

Ah... may I suggest that you consult the following expert for interpretation/consultation: Dr.AFC

Weizen, you have my sincerest, most heartfelt sympathy. Be brave, my good man, and fortify yourself with some of Europe's finest brewed beverages.

I'm on the radio from 12-5:45 p.m. (new-kid-on-the-block duties, but I actually love programming jazz on the holidays), and then my wife & I are driving up to Indpls. for that rarest of events--the convergence of my entire family in one spot. Hoping to sneak in some time to watch the new 2-disc DVD of THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, which is a perennial Thanksgiving Day favorite of ours.

Yikes! This cover has to be by the same artist who did the Atlantic COLTRANE'S SOUND, correct?

I don't remember what his source for it was, but I first encountered this story in James Gavin's recent bio of Chet Baker. Congratulations, Dan. You, sir, appear to be on a bit of a roll!

How long before we begin to see articles on "the sinister Texas-Organissimo cabal"? Or "The axis of Texas," as it were... I myself would like to see more Hoosiers--I think sheldonm & I are the only ones. Here's hoping we hear from you again soon, Aggie.

Per another recent thread, I dibs Art Blakey.

I keep thinking "Summertime," but then I always seem to hear a version of it that sounds just a bit different, just a bit more interesting--nonetheless, I still find myself wishing a five-year-shelf plan upon it.

Dan, would that be Barr McClellan's BLOOD, POWER & MONEY by any chance? The author is the father of Bush spokesperson Scott McClellan. He offered a terse no-comment when asked about the book at a White House press conference. BTW, where's the CIA in your poll? Or do they go under the O. Stone "warmongers" category? Two well-done (IMO) fictional recreations of events leading up to the JFK assassination are Don DeLillo's LIBRA and James Ellroy's AMERICAN TABLOID.

Freddie Hubbard, HUBCAP (RVG edition) Carmen McRae, BIRDS OF A FEATHER Hampton Sisters, A JAZZ TRIBUTE Wes Montgomery, COMP. W/LIONEL HAMPTON Joe Williams, THAT HOLIDAY FEELING (disappointing--glad it was only 5 bucks) Gerry Mulligan Mosaic (disc 1--starting my third time through the box)

Dean Young (who used to live here in Bloomington), Paul Celan, Ingeborg Bachmann, Rilke, Hart, Crane, & some of the radical proletarian poets of the 30's whom Alan Wald has been championing in recent years. I also like Kevin Young, a poet who now teaches here at IU. I go through phases w/poetry; haven't had one in awhile and feel another coming on. The Library of America has begun an American Poets series and will be publishing three more volumes next spring. Currently reading Alan Furst's DARK STAR.

It may have been on the 1990 CD release, actually. I know this only because I was hunting around for a jazz version of "Happy Birthday" last year (don't ask!) and came across a listing for Elvin doing it at the Lighthouse. When I checked my Mosaic box, however, there was a note saying that it had been left off the set... I think it's just the crowd singing to him, actually. I'm sure that Cuscuna & co. felt pretty safe in leaving it off the box.

There's an odd case here, I think, of the LP containing something not on the Mosaic set: the crowd singing "Happy Birthday" to Elvin. Not that that's a primary reason for going the vinyl route here...

I didn't see that sale on the website either. I recently cancelled my membership and signed back on with the return invitation offer--it really is a great deal if you work it right (waiting to buy your obligation until it's a "Buy 1, get 3 free" month, etc.). Holiday jazz fans take note: Joe Williams' THAT HOLIDAY FEELIN' is currently in the bargain bin for $1.99 plus shipping.

I dibs Ornette's bitter, tap-dancing progeny.

Yeah, just got an e-mail about this. With the Television re-issues already on my Christmas list, looks like some Rhino product will be dropping through my chimney come Dec. 25.

Same thing here, Lazaro. I played it on July 4th this summer & got several phone inquiries. Amazing what Duke does w/it in what, 4 minutes? 5?

Terence Faherty, KILL ME AGAIN. He's an Indianapolis mystery writer, known best for his Owen Keane series (involving a failed seminarian); this is a re-print of the debut of his Scott Elliott character, a former actor & WWII vet who's trying to pick up the pieces of his career by working as a private investigator in late-40's Hollywood. The plot concerns an attempt to make a sequel to a Casablanca-style movie (Faherty originally used the actual movie and the actual stars, but was told by the Bogart estate that he couldn't). Also leafing through some books about the Negro baseball leagues.

I'll have to check when I'm at home, but I think Lewis Porter lists an audience tape of the sextet w/Montgomery in the back of his Coltrane bio.

Of all the great suggetions listed above, I wish most for "Moontrane," "Ghetto Walk," and "How Soon Is Now."

I'll buy!

Excellent, Dan! I hang onto a lot of those interviews & will be sure to keep yours w/Higgins once it comes out.

Listening to this right now & liking it very much. Man, such vitality to this guy's playing!