ghost of miles

It sure is. A friend of mine insisted that I listen to this record, finally dubbing a copy of his Japanese import for me to listen to, and it's become one of my favorite Herbie records from this period.

I'm looking for Big T's THINK WELL OF ME as well. Hmmm--does this post make me fourth in line?

It sure is, Lon! I read that one several years ago and enjoyed it immensely. She's working on a followup about New York in the Fifties--I'll be buying that one as soon as it hits the stores.

Robert Sklar, MOVIE-MADE AMERICA, a book I bought a couple of years ago, knowing (as with many of the books I pick up) that one day it would announce, "Hey, read me!" from the stack of volumes wherein it resides. Just finished Spain Rodriguez's graphic-novel adaption of William Gresham's NIGHTMARE ALLEY (a very haunting late-40's noir story about the rise and fall of a spiritualist con man). Also reading THE MUSICAL WORLD OF J.J. JOHNSON--I'm hoping to do a special about him for what would have been his 80th birthday this January.

I think you're right, Weizen--this seems to match up with what I remember reading on Alan Lankin's site. Evidently this is being released in Japan in conjunction with Blue Note's domestic release: (from Alan's site)

As if three overtimes weren't enough--the game finally ends and these young athletes still keep the entertainment goin'!

What Miles at Birdland is that? The same material that Blue Note was once touting for imminent release?

In addition to the previously-listed, the first two volumes of the Boswell Sisters on Nostalgia Arts and Nat Pierce, BOSTON BUST-OUT. Also a non-jazz title, Rhino's re-issue of Televison's ADVENTURE.

Agreed. Can I put that on my tombstone?

From my wife, the following: Miles Davis, COMP. JACK JOHNSON SESSIONS Benny Goodman, PLAYS EDDIE SAUTER and PLAYS FLETCHER HENDERSON Buddy Rich, MERCY, MERCY ...probably more when I see my family tonight. Jazz CDs are practically all that I ask for these days.

Benny Goodman, PLAYS EDDIE SAUTER Charlie Mariano, CHARLIE MARIANO SEXTET PLAYS Dave Pell Octet, PLAYS IRVING BERLIN Miles Davis, JACK JOHNSON SESSIONS (disc 1) Claude Thornhill, AUTUMN NOCTURNE Donald Byrd, A NEW PERSPECTIVE Duke Ellington, FIRST SACRED CONCERT Warne Marsh, STAR HIGHS Curtis Amy, MOSAIC SELECT (disc 3) Replacements, ALL FOR NOTHING/NOTHING FOR ALL Dream Syndicate, DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES R.E.M., MURMUR ... and lotsa holiday jazz.

Going up to my parents' house in Indianapolis as soon as my shift here at the radio station is done. Today's playlist: Duke Ellington, THE FIRST SACRED CONCERT (all of it!) Donald Byrd, "Christo Redentor" Mary Lou Williams, "Anima Christi" Norah Jones, "Peace" Charlie Hunter, "Christmastime Is Here"

THE LEMON DROP KID gets watched religiously around our household come Christmastime. My wife sings in the choir at her church's Christmas Eve service; I pick her up around midnight, and we always go home and watch A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951). MIRACLE ON 34th STREET and IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE usually get a viewing around this time of year as well. I really wish that CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT would make it to DVD so that we could throw it into the mix as well. And my wife has a special weakness for MR. MAGOO'S CHRISTMAS CAROL.

More bad Santas:

Thanks, man, I knew I left that lying around somewhere! Could ya drop it in the mail for me, maybe w/a piece of paper wrapped around it so that the mail clerks don't see?

I'm extremely grateful for your presence here, John, and not just for your political input, but for your interest in modern improv music as well. Keep up the good work in all of your endeavours, and happy holidays--whenever I finally get out to the great Pacific Northwest again, I fully intend to look you up.

Those of us who attended college in the mid-1980s will possibly remember this stellar moment in the history of cinema: Some friends of mine & I got blotto one Friday night and went to see it when it came out... CITIZEN KANE it ain't.

I'm curious about this as well, Chris. The last time I placed a Daedalus order I bought the Don Ellis title from this label, after determining that it was the the OOP Candid material. Mysterious, though. They seem to be offering a lot of repackaged Candid music.

Thanks for the feedback, gents. I'm getting the book out of the library this afternoon, but in the meantime I think I'll go a-huntin' for a copy of 110th St. It's always a pleasure putting together programs like these.

... and we do have a copy. Supposedly this book contains a fairly decent discography that covers J.J.'s film/TV work. Did he write the theme to "Starsky and Hutch," or did he score it?

Fellow jazz proles, I'm doing some research on J.J. Johnson for an 80th-anniversary special and wondered if any of you know of currently available compilations which feature any of the music that he composed and/or scored for film and television in the late 1960s and the 1970s. I'd like to include at least one track in the radio program that I'm putting together. I'm hoping that our music library here has a copy of this book, which should make my search it a bit easier.

Oh, pardon me Guvnor, I shsee... ya drink from 'a hat affer ya get the keg. Sometimes I get 'ese things backwards! B) I passed many a hat back in my prime drinking years. And I note that this board has now passed the 90,000 mark, with little fanfare... If I had a dollar for every post I made on Organissimo, I'd be, uh--I'd be posting even more!

I used to work a second-shift (4-midnight), but have recently switched to a more conventional 9:30-6 p.m. shift on most days. I actually think I prefer working second-shifts... I like coming home & listening to jazz and/or reading till about 3 in the morning. Ever since I started working this day-shift I've fallen into a pattern where I conk out on the futon in my study around 11, get up an hour later and stumble into bed where I sleep until 2, then get up and read for two hours before falling asleep again. My wife is a tolerant soul & a sound sleeper, but sometimes I think she finds it disconcerting... esp. when I fall asleep in my study first. Is this a guy thing or what? My mom used to HATE it when my dad fell asleep in the living-room Laz-y Boy at night--some serious tension there! In any case, my habit of consuming coffee in the evening probably doesn't help matters either.

Very sad news indeed. I picked up FOR LADY on Joe Milazzo's board recommedation sometime ago and have enjoyed it greatly--I'm sorry he didn't get more of a chance to record.

Not only is faith often not enough--in some instances it's far too much.