ghost of miles

Lon--what about THE SYMPHONIC ELLINGTON? That's one of my favorites, though not really obscure. I'll second Nate's comments on the Konitz/Axel String Quartet record. And Paul, one of the cellists on EASTERN MAN ALONE was David Baker. That record was done in Indpls. in 1967, and I plan on mentioning it in my Indiana jazz series.

That's good news, I think. Anything that improves U.S. distribution for Hep is a happy event in my book. Just got Artie Shaw's IN THE BEGINNING yesterday, the last part of a purchase I made from Collector's Choice, which is currently selling many of the Heps for $12.95 or 3 for $35. I've heard very little of this particular edition of Shaw (the first big band, with a string quartet augmenting it); only disappointment is that this CD, which claims to contain nearly all of the band's recordings, doesn't include "Interlude," one of the most famous early Shaw pieces.

Hoping to finish TINKER when I get home from work tonight--after stopping at our local used bookshop to look for those two titles.

Yeah, I really like that one too, Berigan--I think he wrote it for some kind of composition contest in the early 1930s (I'll have to check Sudhalter's bio again). Sounds rather Bix-influenced, don't you think? (Fancy that!)

Hey all, I'm just now beginning to assemble material for both a five-part radio series on the history of Indiana jazz, as well as a 2-CD anthology of said music, and am going to have to go in search of vinyl for several items... outside of E-Bay, what online sources might you recommend?

Wife taunting me on the phone just now: "Hey, you got some junk mail today that I'm going to go ahead and toss for you..." Me: "It wouldn't happen to be from somebody named Nessa, would it?" Her: "Yeah, that's it. Probably some Michigan mail-order outfit... don't worry, I'm pitching it out right now!"

Dr. Rat, Just remembered another book that might interest you: SWINGIN' THE DREAM: BIG BAND JAZZ AND THE REBIRTH OF AMERICAN CULTURE, by Lewis Erenberg. Here's Booklist's description of it: I picked this up used awhile ago and am just getting around to starting it--will let you know what I think.

The Ink Spots, SWING HIGH SWING LOW Byrds, FIFTH DIMENSION Duke Pearson, MOSAIC SELECT Paul Desmond, QUARTET LIVE Stan Getz/J.J. Johnson, LIVE AT THE OPERA HOUSE Tristano/Konitz/Marsh, COMP. ATLANTIC RECORDINGS

Been listening to FIFTH DIMENSION today (I'm sitting in as host of a morning pop/rock show tomorrow & really itching to play a couple of tracks off it--"I See You" and "What's Happening"). "Mr. Tambourine Man" is what hooked me as a kid, but this album is what made me a trueblue fan. Guy, you're right about "CTA 102"--that song is a big blemish on YOUNGER THAN YESTERDAY to me, wish they'd junked it, just too goofy. Here are a couple of websites: byrdwatcher Byrds Did Johnny Rogan's bio, TIMELESS FLIGHT, ever come out? And, last but not least, any other fans here of Husker Du's cover of "Eight Miles High"? I still have the 45 and saw 'em do it live once--wow!

THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD?

That's what my wife's reading, too. What's the deal with that book? It seems like the "hot" title lately.

Now reading--and totally engrossed in--John le Carre's TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY. (Also coming out on DVD very, very soon.) I'll definitely be forging on to the rest of the Smiley trilogy after this.

I saw them three times on the GOO tour (once when they opened for Neil Young at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis--now that was bizarre, seeing SY playing in front of 12,000 people, and I think only about 100 of us were there to see SY--though I surely stuck around for Neil--in any case, some older hippies in front of us kept booing them and saying smart things like, "They don't even know how to play their f#@%in' instruments!" ). Wish I'd been able to catch them even earlier--still kicking myself for not blowing off work to go see them at Chicago's Metro during the SISTER tour. Are they breaking up? I'll admit I haven't kept touch with their records for the past 10 years or so, outside of hearing (and admiring) "Diamond Sea" and MURRAY STREET. SY are big advocates of free jazz, btw, and both Ranaldo and Moore have worked with some free-jazz musicians.

I'd run, not walk, to buy the complete Basement tapes. I've spurned the bootleg versions in hopes that Sony will eventually put all of the material out.

Any of our German posters, or others, familiar with this book? I just came across it by accident in the library: Jazzrock&rebels

HoagyJSP

From Alan's page: Not quite as excited about this one as I have been about earlier entries in the series, but I'm sure I'll eventually pick it up.

Ghost, That is the MCA box set, covering the years 1931 to 1957. Wish someone would do better than just a greatest hits box set, but then again, how could I afford it? Damn, good eyes though! Here is the Columbia Box I do have, just 3 cds, crap sound, but great liner notes from Michael Brooks(who met his hero Bing, to be let down a bit by the real Bing) with may alternate tracks, and rarities, which most people buying set would not be aware of! You're right, Berigan--I got my boxes mixed up. It is indeed the CBS one that I covet, though, even though I now have some of the material in the BIX RESTORED CDs. I love early Bing. Have you read Gary Giddins' bio? Hopefully the second volume will come out soon, but jazz lovers of the 1920s and early 30s will find much to enjoy in A POCKETFUL OF DREAMS.

B, give me your Bing Crosby Columbia box! B) Say, wasn't that Trumbauer done by the same guy that did the Bix? Yeah, I paid an arm and a leg--well, maybe a prosthetic arm and a leg--for the Bix version. Worth it, though, if you're a fan.

Any Mosaics in your birthday future? Have a great one!

Hey, Wesbed, Larry Kart wrote the liner notes for the Tristano box--you might ask him if you have any remaining doubts. Just trying to give you that last, little helpful nudge.

We can only hope that he didn't return to the Four Freshmen box--his last report on it indicated that he was approaching a coma-like state!

Hey, great news, Chuck! Hopefully mine will arrive in the next day or so. Just came across another mention of the album in Larry Kart's liner notes to the Mosaic Tristano box, which I've been re-visiting lately.

With any luck, the Jedi Mind-Meld that I've been working on will have taken hold by then... and Brother Berigan will be overjoyed at such a result!

Many Hep-py returns to our resident Georgia hepcat!