ghost of miles

...not necessarily a bad thing !!! Well, I agree! And I do think that Charlap has his own sound. As far as new piano releases go, it's running second right now to Kimbrough's LULLABLUEBYE for me--and I like them both better than the new Mehldau (although that one, too, has grown on me).

I like the new Charlap a lot--we're adding it to our rotation next week. He definitely has his own sound, though superficially I sometimes hear Bill Evans in his playing.

Same here! And a thinning hair, at that...

Speaking of Andrew news, any word of what he might be up to for his next project? Is he still on Palmetto?

You won't regret getting these, Bol!

Laura Wexler's FIRE IN A CANEBRAKE: THE LAST MASS LYNCHING IN AMERICA.

Yeah, Berigan, I'm thinking about picking this one up... and I'm ordering the Marx Brothers set this weekend.

Man, now that Frank Kimbrough's joined the board, that really was an Organissimo-based show!

Welcome to Organissimo, Frank! Very cool to see you here.

Sorry, Mark! (It's coming out next month, so it should be around for a good long time. Of course, you never know, after that strange Stuff Smith disappearance--and that was a Universal/Verve-licensed set, just like the Farlow... )

Posted this elsewhere, but anybody have an opinion on the three Larry Clinton Heps?

Hey all, I'm putting together an order from Collectors' Choice, and I'm mulling over the three Hep Larry Clinton titles they carry, which cover his big band from 1937 to 1941. Worth checking out at 3 for $35 and free shipping? (I'm ordering a couple of other titles to hit the $50 mark.) Scott Yanow gives him high marks in AMG, but then Scott is a little too kind for my tastes sometimes.

The four most recent Mosaic Selects and the new Mosaic Farlow.

This sounds very intriguing, Bev. Thanks for the thread!

Of course, gratuitous posts in this thread will drive down my politics percentage...

Don't sweat it. Johnny's got you beat by a mile. He 'chain-smokes' the Politics forum. Now I'm up to 40% (sigh). It's the damned administration, I tell you! If Kerry is elected, I wager my percentage will plummet. Actually, I blame it all on Greg Maltz. I was at a decent 25% until he discovered Organissimo and began propagating his view of the world here.

Thanks for the heads-up on the Dinah Washington. I'm just a couple music points shy of a freebie, and that looks like a good candidate...

Cool! It seems like an ideal set for the Select series. I've been intrigued by these sessions ever since reading about them in the original Hill Mosaic booklet.

Politics, unfortunately (39%). It's as hard to quit as smoking...

I love that album and had no idea that Nico was the model for the cover. Fascinating piece of jazz trivia!

I just pulled down my volume of Munro's selected stories last week. Hoping to read a few in the coming month. Now reading Ellen Schrecker's MANY ARE THE CRIMES: MCCARTHYISM IN AMERICA, and Gary Kern and Nigel West's A DEATH IN WASHINGTON: WALTER KRIVITSKY AND THE STALIN TERROR.

Finally, a reason to like the Yankees ... Exactly! I'm quite happy that they initiated the end of this whole bad idea.

This finally arrived from Deep Discount yesterday afternoon. Three airchecks, the first one--from 1937--consisting of only three tracks, unfortunately. Two much lengthier broadcasts, one from NYC's Manhattan Room in September '39 and the World's Fair in October 1940. On first listen I like the first two airchecks the best; Berigan sounds in good form on most of the tracks. Definitely a must-have for Berigan fans, including you, Berigan!

The new Kimbrough keeps growing on me--I played a fair chunk of it on the radio last night. Quirky, catchy original compositions, which I'm always happy to find coming from the pen of a modern player.

Hey, please, rip away! Glad you liked it, Uncle Skid. It's sheer pleasure to play the music of Warne Marsh, Reptet, and Quartet Out on the air... I should've thrown in an Organissimo track as well.