ghost of miles

Roy Eldridge Mosaic, discs 1-4 Curtis Amy Mosaic, discs 1-2 Duke Pearson Mosaic, disc 1 Buddy Rich, LEGENDARY 47-48 ORCH. V. 1 (Hep) Sam Donahue, U.S. NAVY LIBERATION BAND (Hep) Claude Thornhill, SNOWFALL & AUTUMN NOCTURNE (Hep) Roy Campbell, NEW KINGDOM Mel Torme, SONGS FOR ANY TASTE Mal Waldron, ONE ENTRANCE, MANY EXITS

We used to have a psychology test that was run every year here at IU. You got paid 10 bucks to drink beer and listen to records for an hour. Never was I more well-qualified for a job!

Hey all, a friend of mine who's been getting into jazz for some time now asked me yesterday about good books on early jazz. I recommended Gunther Schuller's EARLY JAZZ & THE SWING ERA (said friend is a musician), as well as Richard Sudhalter's LOST CHORDS and Allen Lowe's THAT DEVILIN' TUNE. I'm sure I'm overlooking some titles--any others I should mention to him?

Why a duck? Well, I don't know. You try to post there, and you'll find out why-a-duck.

Are there missing tracks from the Eldridge, David? I know they overlooked a couple of tracks on the Hodges set... The reversed-photo business does seem needlessly sloppy, particularly when there were facing reversed-photo pages in the booklet, as I noted earlier. In the end, I'm not too irked--I'm grateful that a company like Mosaic exists to put this music out. But they do seem a bit careless of late. I also wonder if the anticipated "downward pressure" on CD prices will make some of the marginal/occasional buyers more reluctant to bite on a Mosaic.

I'd like to know what fountain-o'-youth products Deus is in the habit of using. Here's me a couple of months ago at the Indiana State Museum, trying to look authoritative during my long-distance-learning lecture on Indiana jazz:

May your vacations grow longer with age! You have the same birthday as my grandmother... Have a great one, Dmitry!

I haven't drunk out of a hat since my college days. Still, I'm game.

Wow, many thanks, Organissimo friends & colleagues! It's funny how much I've come to mention this board around people in my daily life, citing Jim Sangrey & many others on jazz, Weizen on politics, Dan Gould on baseball, etc. I really enjoy coming here every day, for the laffs, the learning, and the genuine affection (as well as the occasional genuine brawl!). I'm just glad that so many of us are still around after the collapse of the BNBB. Long life to Organissimo, the band & the board, and to all of you!

Mike, all joking aside about threads-run-amok, there were a number of valuable threads containing biographical/discographical information, etc.--I just don't know how much time & effort it would take to pick & choose the ones that might be worth importing.

I'm sure there are a number of threads Blue Note would not want to see archived--anywhere.

So we do have the spectacle of reversed photos (very obvious in the booklet, where pictures of Roy on facing pages 2 & 3 show him playing left-handed on 2, right-handed on 3, his watch on opposing wrists as well--wow, how did they miss that one? ), but I find the picture on pg. 9 pretty damned funny, too: Alvin Stoller sitting at a drum-set in a Ludwig publicity photo, grinning maniacally while he holds a gun in his right hand. Good fun to hear the alternate takes of "Dale's Wail" on disc 1. And disc 2, with Peterson/Ellis/Brown backing up Roy (with either Alvin Stoller or Buddy Rioh on drums) is some of the most warm, reflective jazz I've heard in awhile. I know "warm" is surely one of the most over-used adjectives when it comes to describing someone's playing, but I'll be damned if Roy Eldridge doesn't actually make me feel warmer, both emotionally and physically, when I listen to him. Hoping to listen to Disc 3 in a little while, but so far this set is living up to the expectations that my LITTLE JAZZ compilation CD had built up in me.

Good move, Jim. You're a very fair guy & you run a very fair board, and obviously a great many of us are grateful to you for your efforts. You've also gone out of your way to accommodate those who love the politics forum and those who loathe it. May your art always be stellar & your sales become multi-platinum!

Is Mosaic simultaneously shipping some of these out to retailers?

Ironically enough, Mencken, who is something of a conservative icon, was an early backer of a significant figure in American proletarian literature--Jack Conroy.

Eveltoy

Warne Marsh, STAR HIGHS Teddy Powell, RIDIN' THE SUBWAYS Rahsaan Roland Kirk, I, EYE, AYE Machito, MUCHO MACHO ... and hoping the new Mosaics show up Monday.

I have an old VHS copy. If you are a Tristano-phile like myself, its essential viewing. Its a rather short concert (29 minutes or so [?]) but watching Tristano freely improvise several of these pieces in his inimitable manner, at perhaps the very height of the "free jazz" explosion -- 1965 was the year of ASCENSION, after all -- is just fascinating. For those further interested... http://www.lennietristano.com/ Is this the same concert that came out on CD from Jazz Records as CONCERT IN COPENHAGEN? That's one of my favorite Tristano CDs.

Jimmy Giuffre, FLIGHT & EMPHASIS 1961 Sam Donahue, HOLLYWOOD HOP Teri Thornton, SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT George Gruntz, MENTAL CRUELTY

Is it the Duncan Schiedt photo from the Indiana Theater in Indianapolis? If so, I think 1959's correct, David. They were playing there on the same bill as Cannonball (it was one of those "Stars of Jazz" 50's tours); afterwards, Duncan went down to the Missile Room w/Adderley to catch Wes Montgomery's trio--which led to Cannonball charging around Indpls. at 2 in the morning, trying to find a phone to call Orrin Keepnews (or so the story goes...) Hoping my Eldridge set shows up today... I'm raring to hear it. All I've heard & have to date are the LITTLE JAZZ: BEST OF THE VERVE YEARS comp. and SWINGIN' ON THE TOWN. Particularly curious to hear the rest of the session which produced "I Remember Harlem."

Dangerously addictive, that one was. Far too much time sitting cross-legged on the couch playing that thing while I watched TV. We also had the music-box record-player as well.

That's what the kids are for, right? Last Thursday at Thanksgiving my brother, my nephew & I all broke out the old track & got the cars (not used in nearly 20 years) up to speed after a few minutes. It was entirely at the instigation of my nephew.

Smokey Pleasant Run.

Hmmm.... well, I guess anything but piano/bass/drums. Which would include Cole & Brown... but I'm particularly interested in early trio dates that included a horn, or wind instrument of some kind.