ghost of miles

The Artie Shaw 1944-45 3-CD set is not to be missed. What a band! And Francois is right on about Sam Donahue--I recently picked up all four of the Heps, and that was one underrated outfit. I've never been a label completist before--not even with Mosaic--but I love what Hep puts out so much that I just might try to eventually snap up everything they've ever released on CD. Is the Teddy Hill still available? Worlds Records doesn't seem to have that one, and I'd really like to find it--early Diz and all that.

Yes, you can. I got it about a year and a half ago--it's one of their "on-demand" titles, I believe, and you'll also get a copy of the liner notes. Grant Green and Budd Johnson appear on a couple of tracks as well. As sacred jazz it predates Ellington's concert by a couple of years (though I don't want to venture into saying that it's the first example of it--there's some debate about that, and you could probably argue that "Come Sunday" set aside by itself is the first example). Great stuff, esp. for Mary Lou fans; hopefully some more of her scattered 1950s and 60s material will make its way onto CD.

Wow... I used to give plasma in my poor-student days to buy jazz CDs and thought I'd gone pretty far out, but this guy has me beat!

Heresy, brothers and sisters, heresy is what I'm guilty of. I've lately begun to enjoy the sound of electric piano in both 1970s and more recent jazz--enjoying it as a texture, as it were. (Listening to Uri Caine on the latest Dave Douglas CD, as well as some late-70's J.J. Johnson material, is what brought on this post.) For most of my relatively brief (8-9 years) jazz listening career, I've absolutely loathed hearing an electric piano on jazz albums. (Outside of the electric-Miles canon, where for some reason I more grudgingly accepted it.) It strikes me now as a rather close-minded attitude, although I'm still far more partial to acoustic pianos. Any thoughts on this subject? Any recommendations for really good jazz electric piano? Joe Milazzo once made reference to a Bill Evans album, but I can't recall which one now--perhaps the Columbia LP that he did.

Nice set-lists there, chuckyd4. I'm a jazz jock too--in fact, there seem to be a number of us around these parts (although RonF is away for the moment). I'll definitely try to tune in! Thanks for posting the link.

A link from your friendly neighborhood crack dealer: RhinoHandmade

Ain't I a hopeless romantic? I asked for two Rhino Handmades: Jimmy Scott's FALLING IN LOVE IS WONDERFUL (well, hey, there you go!) and Percy Mayfield's Tangerine recordings. Thanks to my wonderful wife, a package from Rhino arrived yesterday--but I'm not allowed to open it till Feb. 14. Of course I could say, "You know, that Jimmy Scott album is supposed to be pretty sweet on the ears for lovers..."

I passed on a used copy of the Carter in an Ann Arbor shop several years ago--in anticipation of the Mosaic set--and am still kicking myself for having done so. I have the Hawk, Tristano, and Prez material on CD. Still hoping for a fullblown version of the box on Mosaic rather than Selects, but whatever they can put out will be greatly appreciated by many of us, I'm sure. Didn't Keynote also record some folk, too? I'm assuming that wasn't part of the LP box--just a side curiosity of mine.

Thanks for the rundown on the Sounds of Harlem CD, Francois. I'm also adding the two Chick Webbs to my wish-list... This label has me hooked bad!

I think the domestic version is OOP, but I picked up the old import version as a markdown at a Jazz Record Mart sale not too long ago... they might still have a few copies kicking around.

Wow, the Chancellor had his "Kamenev moment" in record time!

Bobby also doesn't fare as well against other academic positions: TheGeneralvs Damn! Sometimes a loss just hurts so bad that ya gotta let go and vent... And there's more than one way to win a fight!

Afraid Bobby loses this one, though... TheGeneralvs

Looks like it's curtains for the Chancellor! TheGeneralvs

Claude Thornhill, 1946-47 (Hep) Ron Blake, LEST WE FORGET Joel Frahm/Brad Mehldau, DON'T EXPLAIN Sam Donahue, TAKE FIVE (Hep) Sonny Rollins, EAST BROADWAY RUNDOWN Cannonball Adderley, INSIDE STRAIGHT

Also now in clearance: Joe Henderson, SO NEAR, SO FAR (MUSINGS FOR MILES)

I just got the MJQ box, and it's fine going so far. About a disc and a half from the 1950s, the rest from the 1980s. If you're at all into the MJQ I'd say go for it...

Seven CDs! I had initially heard that it would probably be five... Sounds like a treasure trove for First Herd lovers. Hi GoM, Damn! Thanks for the good news! I'll be grabbing this one the day it comes out... Cheers, Shane I agree, Shane. I will quite happily relegate the BLOWIN' UP A STORM comp to the traveling-jazz shelf when this one comes out! (Although Ralph Burns' essay was a nice touch.) About a year ago I picked up a remaindered copy of Gene Lees' LEADER OF THE BAND, and I think I may start reading it now in anticipation of this Mosaic.

Jammies are on a five-second delay tonight. Ya know, I think that would just encourage me... kind of like the order that came down once here at the library to put up signs that said, "Do not write on the walls." Guess what happened?

Chancellor Smith, here be your future! Knightriotsphotogalley

OTOH, while I'm by no means a Knight defender (I was so glad to see him go in 2000), it does strike me as a bit dumb that the chancellor would pick a grocery store salad bar to make such a remark to Knight, because said remark carried with it a heavy, unspoken implication. Not a good move IMO. Anyways, now it's down to suspension or termination for ol' Bob. Wonder if the student body will rise up and burn the chancellor in effigy, just like they did with the IU president here?

C'mon, man, you can't quit now--there's the Pro Bowl yet to come!

Didn't realize this was rare; It's a favorite of mine: 'Stardust Memories' Beloved and Rare Songs of Hoagy Carmichael, that's on A record. Released in 2001. And Barbara Lea is one of the singers (along with Bob Dorough and Jim Ferguson). I meant "rare" as in "rarely played songs." It is a nice CD that includes a previously unknown Hoagy tune that Bob Dorough sings ("Big Town Blues"). Did you read Sudhalter's Hoagy bio, Brownie? It's quite good IMO.

I think you're correct in saying that he's out of vogue, Chrome... but I also think there's been a flurry of renewed interest following the biography that came out recently. (Although the bio itself didn't get great reviews, as I recall.) The only things I'd read before BUTTERFIELD were APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA and a handful of his early short stories... I'll keep an eye out for that title that you mentioned.

I hear Texas Tech tried to make Knight a department chair too: