ghost of miles

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!

Posted this in the Indiana jazz thread, but thought I should post it here as well for those in the Indiana area:

I'm actually going to get to see Baker & Young play this Saturday in Bloomington. David wants to recreate the sound of the band he had at the Topper, a bar in late-50's Indpls; it was this band that was absorbed into the George Russell Sextet:

Hey all, Inspired by some conversation between BruceH & me in the Cole Porter thread (Cole was a Hoosier, from Brazil, IN) and my latest radio project, I thought I'd start a thread on jazz musicians from Indiana. I'm about to commence work on a five-part series that will air on Indiana public radio stations in October 2005; I'll also be compiling a 2-CD set and writing liner notes for a compilation to be released simultaneously by the Indiana Historical Society, which is parterning with my home station on the series. So if you have any stories, anecdotes, interesting facts, etc., please feel free to post them here. BruceH mentioned how many great jazz musicians came from Indianapolis; here's a list off the top of my head, and feel free to tell me if I've left somebody out! J.J. Johnson Freddie Hubbard Wes Montgomery Buddy Montgomery Monk Montgomery David Baker Slide Hampton The Hampton Sisters Leroy Vinnegar James Spaudling Larry Ridley Carl Perkins Mel Rhyne David Young Paul Weeden Jimmy Coe Killer Ray Appleton

Bruce, sure, I'll be happy to, but the series won't be airing until October 2005... I'm submitting the budget next Monday and don't anticipate finishing production until early next summer. I'm also putting together a 2-CD compilation for the Indiana Historical Society, and there will definitely be a couple of Porter songs on that one, done by Indiana musicians. Jim, "Miss Otis" is one of my favorites too. Another, non-Porter song I like, is this one, by Rodgers & Hart:

Porter's fantastic, of course. One of the episodes in my Indiana jazz series will focus on singers & songwriters, and he'll figure heavily in that, you can bet! My favorite right now is "Night and Day," for romantic, sentimental reasons. For more barbed Cole words, I always enjoy "I'm Always True to You in My Fashion" (Ella's version was considerably abridged):

Two more I thought of last night: East of the Sun You Don't Know What Love Is

A lot of people also thought that they were a Clash ripoff--or a Clash/U2 hybrid ripoff. And there's some truth to that, I think. I liked first EP and DECLARATION but dropped 'em after that, partly for the reasons of which you speak.

That's so ironic, Dan--I've been thinking the same thing lately, and just a few minutes ago I was rooting around in old "Is the BNBB dead?" threads... then I saw this thread title and realized you'd already had the same idea. I'm quite grateful for this board, and some celebration is indeed in order--I'll try to swing by at the appointed moment.

You lucky son-of-a-gun, you son-of-a-weizen! How's the booklet for that Brooks box?