ghost of miles

Up in honor of Gilmore’s 90th birth anniversary today: Away From The Spaceways: John Gilmore

Fascinating memoir that puts me in mind of my own grandfather, whose large house in Indianapolis’ Woodruff Place neighborhood was also filled with books—though perhaps not as many as Chimen Abramsky possessed:

The Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra here in Indiana performed all of BOTC once, maybe twice a few years back. Unfortunately I wasn't able to go, and they never made a studio recording afaik.

This should generate more of the attention and discussion that I was hoping his centennial would bring about. (There was some, to be sure, but a Mosaic set with this kind of expansive overview seems likely to get reviewed in the more major mainstream media outlets such as NY Times and the Wall Street Journal.)

This is a BFD!

How the wild-card races could shake out

We re-aired A Different Journey: Chico Hamilton In The 1960s this past week in honor of today’s Hamilton centennial, and it remains archived for online listening.

Revisiting this excellent 2011 Maxwell Davis anthology. In the booklet the producer states his intention to do a sequel that covers the same period, but it doesn’t appear to have come to fruition:

One of Anthony Barnett's compilations:

One of us should follow up with Scott and ask if there’s any more info that can be shared about this possible Tristano set. I may try to give him a call or email him on Monday... curious to learn more about it and the likelihood of its coming to pass.

Anybody heard from Catesta recently? I just noticed that he hasn’t posted in almost a year, and his last log-in was in February. Hope he’s OK and just taking a long break from the board.

I would wager Toronto hosting the Red Sox for the WC game. Did I already mention how crazy the NL WC game is likely to be? Either the Dodgers or the Giants facing off in a one-game win-or-go-home match against a team that likely finishes 15-20 games behind them.

I’m in! This is proving to be a good year for Lee Morgan fans.

How do we know it's not the fault of whatever special the Bluebird Cafe was serving up that night?

Best wishes, Allen, for your continuing resilience and strength, and for sustaining a recovery that enables you to keep carrying out what you love to do.

Up in memory of George Wein: Jazz From Storyville

Chico Hamilton was Arthur Lee’s uncle?! File under you-learn-something-new-every-day!

Re-airing this Night Lights show in honor of the centennial this week: A Different Journey: Chico Hamilton In The 1960s Very cool that you're doing such a far-reaching overview of his career, Ken!

We re-aired Jukebox Jazz this past week, and it remains archived for online listening.