ghost of miles

Thanks for the tip, Moose--sounds like a good 'un. Beware the funny rat!

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) Yes, that's the place. Phew... I guess I almost missed it. Thanks for telling me about that shop. I feel a bit guilty. I hope you did not want it very much. Oh, man, don't worry about it! If I had really wanted it, I would've picked it up the first time around. I'm just glad you found the store.

Great pic, Dmitry! Hey, what happened to Cali? He hasn't posted here since late November... and is O. Bivins here under another name? I remember him from the BNBB.

In some ways, a similarity with Ellington. I think Miles identified with Duke more than we might think, esp. if you take "He Loved Him Madly" into account.

Right now it's LIFT TO THE SCAFFOLD.

I think that joke needs to be moved to the Hollywood Squares thread!

I've been revisiting THE DAWN OF DOO-WOP, and greatly enjoying in particular a couple of sides by the Larks--"My Reverie" (yep, Debussy) and esp. "Coffee, Cigarettes and Tears." Also just ordered a CD of early Ink Spots material (1935-38) for the Indiana jazz series (they got their start as a street-corner group in Indianapolis).

Bad news for a number of Bosox fans...

Westerberg was indeed a great songwriter. I haven't kept up with his post-Replacements work, so I can't speak to that... but I recently revisited his 1980s material and it held up quite well, IMO. Re: the poll, my fave was the Velvet Underground, but I didn't feel inclined to choose "someone else," so I cast my lot with the Byrds.

Picked up the Lateef and Coleman, and glad that I did. Will try to nab the others at some future date...

Duke Pearson, SWEET HONEY BEE Grant Green, GOIN' WEST Yusef Lateef, THE GOLDEN FLUTE Gloria Coleman, SOUL SISTERS Various artists, THE DAWN OF DOO-WOP

Bought TUSK for my wife last year, but hadn't picked up RUMOURS yet... thanks for posting this, Big Al.

Is that your new crew, Catesta?

Jim, count me among those definitely willing to make a donation to the site... whatever we can do to help you out here, man.

Ditto! And do be do be do!

Long, so I'll try a link: MilesintheNation

Hey, I just remembered... this is "the box-set that nobody talks about." We're all in for it now!

Ah, you guys are killin' me! My CDUniverse order still hasn't arrived--hoping it will be there when I get home tonight. I've got the Gloria Coleman & Yusef Lateef Impulses and SWH + GW on tap. I have the McLean Mosaic, but the RVG of RIGHT NOW sounds mighty tempting.

Up for broadcast in 15 minutes (3:30-5:00 p.m.) on WFIU.

"I'm Waiting for the Man" also has a good verse related to the subject at hand:

Hey all, what are the best/cheapest/most reliable distributors for Fresh Sounds? I'm looking for Carl Perkins' CARL PERKINS MEMORIAL, and I'd rather not go through their website. I know that Cadence sometimes carries their titles, but apparently not this one.

I got a similar e-mail from CDUniverse... hoping to see these by tomorrow.

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.