ghost of miles

Teddy Powell, RIDIN' THE SUBWAYS Paul Gonsalves, GETTIN' TOGETHER Chico Hamilton, THE DEALER Dave Brubeck, DAVE DIGS DISNEY Dodo Marmarosa, DODO'S BACK Blanche Calloway, 1925-1935 The Three Sounds, OUT OF THIS WORLD

Alexander, be sure to check out WITNESS as well, Douglas' album that was influenced by Edward Said. Much talk there from Douglas about his--er, ideological leanings. I won't say more outside of the politics forum! Forgot to mention that I'm coming off a huge Paul Gonsalves binge. Just went nuts on Gonsalves CDs (outside of the Ellington orchestra) for quite awhile...

I'm curious as well. Just ordered You 'n Me to fulfill my BMG obligation... it was "Buy 1, get 3 free," so I thought I'd take a chance on Al & Zoot.

Leeway, here are a couple of earlier threads: Boogaloo1 Boogaloo2 (although the second thread contains only one review, per se... mostly anticipation and/or discussion of Smith)

Thanks for posting this, Bol. I've long hoped for a Mosaic treatment of the Giuffre material (I have only the twofer w/Konitz and THE EASY WAY). Not familiar with either the Brookmeyer or Mulligan, but I'd love to be!

Obit from the Indpls. Star:

Nice interview with Hamid Drake in the new issue of Cadence. I met him once, and there's a real radiance to the man that comes through in this interview (and in his playing as well, obviously!).

Oh my God... I had not heard that. I'm sure it will be announced at the concert tonight. I just saw him play not all that long ago. He played with Charlie Parker in Jay McShann's band (told me a story last summer about doing nutmeg with Bird when Bird wasn't able to score!). That's so sad. Damn.

I've always found Bud Powell's version especialy moving and a little disturbing. Yes. Powell's version is quite haunting and one of the better later Verve sides IMO.

My sentiments exactly! Butler was amazing--in fact, I remember feeling a bit jealous at how much my girlfriend ooed and ahhed about him afterwards. And the MIRROR MOVES songs came across quite well live, better than on the record, as you said. They opened with "India," which was just a killer anthem (the intro even more drawn out, I think, than it was on the original PSYCH FURS album) and ended with an extended "Forever Now"... "The Ghost in You" also received a longer treatment as well. That show remains one of my favorites from that era.

Eric, This sounds to me like a scene described in Richard Boyer's 1944 New Yorker profile of Ellington, "The Hot Bach," which is reprinted in THE ELLINGTON READER.

Yep--they will definitely get mentioned, as will Eddie Condon, who was also born here. Also Jack Purvis, the Condoli Brothers, Claude Thornhill, and, of course, Hoagy Carmichael.

Found used on my dinner break: David Fathead Newman, IT'S MISTER FATHEAD, for $13 (one copy listed on Amazon for $55 right now) and the TOJC of the Three Sounds' OUT OF THIS WORLD for $7.99 (going new for $37).

Claude Thornhill, Joe Mooney, and Duke Ellington have been getting the most play of late. Thornhill because I recently picked up most of the Heps and have long wanted to explore his music comprehensively. Mooney because I stumbled across a reference to him in Gunther Schuller's THE SWING ERA and grew very intrigued (I have the two late-40's Heps); never thought I'd be digging an accordion-led jazz quartet! Very hip stuff and "idiosyncratic," as Joe Milazzo put it. Ellington because I just finished a special on him, and because those three Sony Legacy re-issues just came out, and because... well, I can never hear too much Duke.

No, no, that's exactly what I had in mind... I forgot about Prima's involvement with THE JUNGLE BOOK, and I'm not sure I knew about Peggy Lee's involvement with LADY AND THE TRAMP. I'll try to run down that material as well. Thanks, Simon.

Uh--we were too late! All 30,000 spots have been reserved. I am now mini-training for 2005, and that's coming along fine. Up to 3 miles a day, 4-5 days a week--should be well on pace for May of next year!

Just found a used copy of the old 32 Jazz 4fer (?) on my dinner break and am listening to PRESENTS. Livin' up to the hype!

Oh...my... God. That is the album I was trying to think of last night! There's a longtime trumpeter here in B-town, a guy named David Miller, who is a real Ra freak--I think he might have this. I'll run it by him. Thanks, man, one way or another there will definitely be some Disney Ra on this show!

Wow--I'll see if I can track that down. Thanks!

Wildcard: Charlie Parker, "Tico Tico." This song was introduced to American audiences in Disney's 1943 good-neighbor-propaganda film, Saludos Amigos. (In fact, one of the jazz reference sources I was consulting last night argues that this film helped introduce samba to American audiences.)

Hey all, I'm putting together a "Jazz goes Disney" program for Wednesday, March 10, and wondered if you could think of any other Disney material interpreted by jazzers. Here's what I have so far: Dave Brubeck, DAVE DIGS DISNEY Duke Ellington, MARY POPPINS Louis Armstrong, SATCHMO SINGS SONGS THE DISNEY WAY Bill Evans Trio, "Alice in Wonderland" Miles/Trane, "Some Day My Prince Will Come" Trane, "Chim-chim-cheree" Sonny Rollins, "When You Wish Upon a Star" Also, Kenny Drew apparently recorded an LP in 1983 called FANTASIA, which appears to be a "jazz goes Disney" work... hoping we have it on vinyl at the station. As always, any comments/input appreciated.

Hey Dan, I just found a used TOJC copy of Out of This World in excellent condition for $7.99 on my dinner-break... good buy or no? Probably won't get to listen to it until tomorrow.

Rachel, no, I didn't know about it! There have been several lengthy dissertations written about Indiana Avenue as well, and you can bet I'll be looking into those (I'm devoting one entire episode to Indiana Avenue, and several people from it will factor in another episode). Thanks for the tip--I'll get in touch with Dr. May. Crispus Attucks played a HUGE part in the Indianapolis scene, to be sure. Long ago, on the BNBB I think, I started a thread about the unsung heroes of jazz history--the high school music teachers, particularly in segregated African-American schools, who were early tutors of so many jazz greats. Attucks had several such teachers, and they factor in the jazz histories of Los Angeles (CENTRAL AVENUE SOUNDS) and Detroit (BEFORE MOTOWN) as well. Sorry you won't be able to make the show, Mark! That one at the IHS in November was a smoker, wasn't it?

My mother said there were three incidents of people being struck by lightning while working on the set of The Passion... is this true? How long till CHRIST II: THE RESURRECTION?

Anybody around here a fan of the English Beat? I liked them quite a lot, as well as the first album that Dan Wakeling and Ranking Roger put out as General Public... actually saw General Public on that tour when I was a freshman in college. Quite a dancin' concert! Also caught the Psychedelic Furs around the same time on the MIRROR MOVES tour. Some really good bands used to come through here, but these days it's all programmed for the older crowd. Last semester we had Art Garfunkel. I mean, I like S & G and all, but I'm thinkin', man, if I were an undergrad, who cares? Of course, I'm getting close to becoming part of the "older crowd" myself!