ghost of miles

They said she was different... they were right. Excellent article about her in WaxPoetics circa 2007/8 that’s worth tracking down. RIP Sister Soul.

Probably right, and too bad. I have a 2-CD anthology of Colpix material that Rhino put together (iirc) and one of the CD reissues of her Bethlehem album. The later Philips and RCA sides have definitely been done more justice over the years. Didn't Collectables reissue most of the Colpix albums as twofer CDs at one point?

One more go-around for Portraits In Black: Jazz Tributes To African-American Heroes this past week.

So glad you’re enjoying it! I picked up Reynolds’ book on rave culture recently, though I’m not sure when I’ll get around to reading it. He’s certainly a writer for whom I like to make time. Reading this very interesting volume from PM Press right now. They have similar essay collections about both radical sci-fi and depictions of youth culture in 1950s/60s/70s pulp paperbacks. (A world still so prominent when I was a kid, just before the advent of VCRs, cable TV, and the eventual rise of digital tech.)

I can't seem to turn up a chronological accounting of Curtis Fuller's sideman appearances in 1957, and he made a number of albums as a leader that year too--so not sure he qualifies for the parameters of Dan's thread. (Do you mean a first year *minus* leader recordings, or only musicians in their first year who made *no* leader recordings?) Anyway, throwing this Night Lights link in because it was such an exceptional debut for any jazz artist in general: Rookie Of The Year: Curtis Fuller '57

Also enjoyed Lathe of Heaven. Thanks for the heads-up on this one.

We re-aired Later: Bobby Hutcherson In The Mid-1970s this past week, and it remains archived for online listening.

New book by a friend, fellow Bloomingtonian, and native Southerner about the band the Drive-By Truckers:

Ryo Fukui:

AL-LEN!!! AL-LEN!!! AL-LEN!!!

Saw him at Small’s several years ago, bought a couple of his CDs and chatted with him afterwards—seems like a very nice guy, and definitely a talent deserving of more recognition.

Reprint of a 1964 book penned by a writer who spent several months with the Beatles in late 1963 and early '64... very candid, matter-of-fact account of them navigating Beatlemania:

Whisper not—Benny Golson turns 93 today.

Disc 4 of the most recent Rhino Replacements box sets--a live set taped for radio in February 1981. I'd forgotten how good Westerberg's material and the band's sound were right out of the gate; this collection has been a surprisingly pleasant reminder in that regard. Hopefully there'll be future similar sets for Let It Be and Tim.

Agreed, except that things in a general sense look pretty dark to me right now, and will most likely get worse, sooner rather than later. As a pessimist, I always hope to be proven wrong! In that regard I tend to be frequently disappointed.

Same here.

Final Miles re-aired again last week and remains archived for online listening.

My first set was the Andrew Hill Blue Note 1963-1966 set, shortly after it came out in 1995. I was working in a record store at the time and read about it as an upcoming release in ICE Magazine; when I mentioned it to my friend and frequent jazz customer Sascha Feinstein, Sascha said "Oh yes, it'll be excellent--but it's Mosaic, you'll have to order it by mail." That was my introduction to the label, and one that I still love. Another early purchase that I love as much is the Jackie McLean 1964-66 Blue Note box. The Sam Rivers set that came out around that time, the Illinois Jacquet... I fell hard in the mid-90s.

Freddie Redd's Music From The Connection with Jackie McLean on Blue Note--does that qualify? I know The Connection began as a play, but both Redd and McLean also appeared in the film version that shortly followed. Btw there's a Night Lights show coming up in late February that pairs Odds Against Tomorrow and Anatomy Of A Murder--part of a series I'm starting on Black jazz composers in Hollywood.

I agree that a large-scale CD revival seems highly unlikely, though I wonder what the impact of the logistical issues that have been plaguing new vinyl production will ultimately be on that format's success going forward. After I shared this same story to Facebook, I did get a fun text from my youngest brother, informing me that he'd sent the story to my 16-year-old niece because she likes to listen to CDs on an old boombox. And her younger sister informed me at Thanksgiving that she loves CDs and flip phones. Undoubtedly my family's youngest generation is an outlier, but it's still a kick to hear such retro inklings from them.