ghost of miles

Missed this thread before, it is a great movie! And Jane Greer.... Yes, Jane Greer's a--ahem, well, an attractive woman. Hopefully THE BIG STEAL, another movie she did with Mitchum, will eventually make its way to DVD. LAURA was slated for DVD release last November; Amazon had it listed for pre-order, and then it mysteriously vanished (how appropriate, eh?) just before street date. Thankfully we hung onto our VHS copy... hopefully any rights issues will get worked out eventually.

Score! You might check with Mosaic and see if they have any replacement boxes left that they can sell you. (Does Mosaic still do that--at least with OOP sets?)

Thanks for everybody's input on this--I'll definitely be picking it up!

It's a sax-bass-drums trio, consisting of Mark Turner, Larry Grenadier, and Jeff Ballard. I read about it in the new Downbeat & am thinking about giving it a try:

Thanks for the tip, David.

Uneven, IMO, but enough works here for me to call it "promising"--ironic word, I know, for an artist as established as Krall. I agree with RonF that "Narrow Daylight" is a highlight, and it's too bad that they didn't include "I'll Never Be the Same" on the American edition. "Almost Blue" is another track that worked quite well for my ears. I'll have to re-listen to the Cole tribute; it's what turned me off from Diana Krall, but that was many years ago, and maybe I'd hear it differently now.

...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...