ghost of miles

In the past two weeks I have twice heard Richard Carpenter referred to as "the composer of 'Walkin,'" by people who I assume know better but don't want to go into the details... Correct me if I'm wrong, but "Walkin'" may have been written by Miles, it may have been written by Gene Ammons, it may have been written by Tadd Dameron (sounds like it to me), but it was not written by Richard Carpenter. My readings in jazz history so far have yielded only bad news about this guy--he allegedly ripped off every musician with whom he ever dealed. My apologies if I'm reading incorrect histories; but if said histories are right, can we start putting an asterisk after his name when it comes to composer credits?

Damn, Bol, did you buy that at TD's? I saw that last week and nearly picked it up... I gotta be more quick on the draw, now that I know another gent of similar fine taste is stalking B-town's jazz CD haunts! B)

Well, I don't know--I read JUNKY, and it didn't really scare me, but it gave me the "feel" of heroin addiction enough to douse any curiousity that I had about it. That was one drug I never messed around with.

King Ubu, are these available anywhere online besides Sagajazz? And actually, I'm not sure their website has an ordering option... at least I couldn't find it. Thanks for the tip on this CD! I'll definitely have to pick this one up.

There's been discussion of this possibility before... I once queried Mosaic about the Basie & Ellington Columbia holdings and got a reply from MC himself, saying they'd like to do it, but that Sony was still holding off on giving them the "marquee artists ." (Basie, Duke, Billie Holiday & Armstrong were the artists to which he was referring--this was before Sony's LADY DAY set came out.) Maybe the Goodman is a sign of good things to come.

There isn't a specific link to the page on Jump the Shark about Starsky & Hutch, so I copied the very long entry there directly:

Hey, no problem, I'm just glad you didn't bite at a higher price... on the Sweet Adeline board somebody reported that a seller recently netted $80 for it on E-Bay.

One of the jurors was quoted as saying "We would have loved to have heard the other side of the story." Sounds like the defense's decision not to put Martha on the stand was a mistake... the result couldn't have been any worse than this.

Much, much thanks and congratulations to the Organissimo band members and to all of the forum posters. There are very few days when I don't either visit the board or mention something that I've seen posted here. Many of us were sad a year ago that the unique community of the BNBB seemed in danger of vanishing forever... and yet something has emerged here that (IMO) is even better! This site is a pure reflection of the love that we all feel for jazz (well, with the possible exception of that firezone known as the politics forum... but it's a damned fine firezone!). Organissimo, you're beautiful, baby!

Hey, is this show gonna be timely or what? BTW, picked up the Willner CD... much thanks to everyone for their suggestions!

Suicide Squeeze has re-issued the last Elliott Smith single, "Pretty (Ugly Before)/A Distorted Reality Is Now a Necessity to Be Free," which came out just a couple of months before his death last year. Vinyl only, just like the last time around. You can find it here (it's the third item down from the top of the page).

I was a grade-school student then, and many of the girls in my class shared that feeling, Bev, especially after he started showing up on radio crooning the likes of this:

Wasn't FDR's son James involved with them in some business way? Ah, yes. Just followed your link, Lon, which confirmed it! I love the Duke soundie of "C Jam Blues," where the musicians come into the room one by one... one of my faves. Used a soundie of "Bli-Blip" for the Jump for Joy special, too.

Don't know much about Baranco, but I too would like to learn more. He's on one of the mid-1940s Heps that I have with Benny Carter and Gerald Wilson (there may be some overlap with the Jubilee box--haven't compared them yet), and I like what I've heard a lot.

I believe BMG is still offering the Don Wilkerson set.

Let the bashing begin!

I think much of the Half Note material has been booted before, but I've never heard it, and I'm sure the sound will be much-improved over previous boot and tree issues. Great news!

I got this via Mr. Tanno not long ago and concur with Jim Sangrey--you might want to wait for a domestic re-issue. For a better (IMO) album coming out of a somewhat similar sociological concept, check out Elmo Hope's SOUNDS FROM RIKER'S ISLAND, which includes John Gilmore, and which recently got re-issued by Fresh Sounds.

The Ocium is pretty decent. (Some of the material is replicated on Sony's recent Basie set.) Thanks for the tip on that live CD, Lon, I'll keep an eye out for it.

I picked up a bunch of the Goodman Heps not long ago, in large part because I was tired of waiting for Sony to do more with their Goodman catalog... but I'll take the Mosaic bite if they do a full-sized Goodman, for sure. I'd also like to eventually get that Ella Mae Morse Bear Family as well.

No, not that they did it, but tvland has been showing the shit latter episodes with no Barney, and when Opie is turning into Richie Cunningham. Oh yeah... and then it was on to Mayberry RFD.

Are you saying that TVLand colorized Andy Griffith? Of course, that could be interpreted in more than one way. (Were there any African-Americans in Mayberry? I don't remember seeing any... seems kinda odd for a Southern town.) Re: Starsky and Hutch, J.J. Johnson did some scoring for the show.

Tried to stir up some interest on the "Hot Stove" thread, but no takers, so I'll try here--what do Cubs fans think of Greg Maddux's return?

Benny Goodman on Columbia as a Select? What's the theme? Small groups? Small groups without Christian? (Since that material has already been issued, quite recently.) I'll admit I don't know much about Freddie Slack, although he backs Joe Turner on the version of "Rocks in My Bed" that I used for my Ellington special.

HUGE Shaw fan here--in fact, this thread's timing is great, as I just took down SELF-PORTRAIT and began listening to it again just the other night. If you can find it in the $50-60 range, by all means get it. Great overview of Shaw's entire career. KING OF THE CLARINET is a wonderful Hindsight set of Shaw live on the radio circa 1938-39, 3 CDs and usually quite affordable... Hep has also put out some great Shaw titles, including EVENSONG, which features the early 1940s band that was frequently supplemented with strings, and 1944-45, a 3-CD set that extensively documents one of Shaw's underappreciated (IMO) big bands. Richard Sudhalter has a good chapter on Shaw in LOST CHORDS. Mosaic's quote doesn't surprise me; I think Artie would be very reluctant to entertain thoughts of a complete anything from his career--he has some pretty withering things to say about some of the material that he recorded. I have some friends who have the Complete Bluebird/Victor LP sets that were issued in the 1970s, and they swear by them... doubt we'll hear them on CD anytime soon, however.