ghost of miles

Me too.

Me too.

Hey jmjk, you ever check out Nick Heyward's solo album NORTH OF A MIRACLE? Great thread (I haven't even finished reading it and I'm already posting). I was a total Rush-head when I was 13 (2112, baby, 2112--"don't annoy us further!" didn't realize until Joe Milazzo hipped me that that whole trip was Rand-inspired) and actually saw 'em on the MOVING PICTURES tour (some Canadian band called Max Webster or something opened for them, and Geddy Lee came out in a Nixon mask and sang their one hit with them). I didn't follow them as much after 1982, although I liked the album with "New World Man" on it too. I kinda left 'em for the Police (still love GHOST IN THE MACHINE), then got obsessed w/U2 & R.E.M. and then into the American indie underground. SO many albums from that era--felt like I was discovering a band a week. (Discovered a band NAMED Felt, in fact.) To be continued in another post after I finish reading the thread...

Heh... thought I'd seen it all when it came to Monk tribute CDs, but jazz is the sound of surprise, n'est ce pas?

Isn't this always the dilemma? I usually go ahead and buy 'em just to be on the safe side, figuring that I can at least trade them in later on.

Had a chance to listen to the first two discs last night and this morning. Agreed that it would've been nice to add a couple of more tracks per disc, but man, is the sound great! Schoenberg's notes quite good as always too; it is indeed a revelation to hear classics like "Rock-a-bye Basie" with much-improved audio quality. I already have all of the octet sides, and I would've preferred several less of them and more of the big band (well, what I prefer is a COMPLETE set--but dream on, dream on! Maybe Mosaic in a few years). Overall, though, a really pleasing anthology so far.

I received it because I'm evidently still on the e-mail list of that certain label which once spawned a bulletin board from whence many of us came. I'd imagine you can still sign up for it via the website, and I do appreciate the heads-up, because I usually end up buying a couple of the things that are going OOP. I've already got a promo of the Byron, so I'll probably buy the Williams/Edison on general principles, since I like both of those performers.

Thanks for giving us would-be authors hope, David. I'm working on starting one soon myself (no publisher yet), so you've set a great example.

Pretty small list this time around. What about that Williams/Edison title?

GLAMOURED hits the streets next Tuesday. I'll be curious to hear it--have a very mixed opinion of her last two efforts for Blue Note. BLUE LIGHT TILL DAWN & NEW MOON DAUGHTER still rank as two of the best jazz vocal CDs of the 90's for me, and I keep hoping she'll deliver another that's as consistently strong as those two. Thoughts? Opinions? The last CD sounded like a great idea/concept that got a bit muddled in the execution--I found myself wishing that she'd gone full steam ahead on a blues approach, because for me that's one of her key strengths.

Count Basie, AMERICA'S #1 BAND (discs 1 and 2) Harry James, BANDSTAND MEMORIES 1938-48 (disc 1) Houston Person, TALK OF THE TOWN Carmen McRae, CARMEN MCRAE AND FRIENDS John Coltrane, CRESCENT Various, VERVE REMIXED 2

Musings of Miles? Ah well, guess I can't get too upset about them blowing a pseudonymn.

Dude, if that actually happens it will begin raining frogs shortly thereafter and then the plague of locusts will come.... Good reason to stay inside & watch some baseball! I'm with you, PhillyQ... and you know, a Cubs-Bosox series would be baseball at its best. No other sport has the kind of hallowed backstory that this one does. One of my favorite match-ups in recent times was the 2000 Subway Series. Man, I raced down to the corner bookstore to buy the Times every day while that one was going on. I forget--what were they going to call a Cubs-Chisox series if that had ever come about?

I hear ya, Brother Berigan. My Yanks are hurtin'... They better get it together fast. Happy for the Cubs, though, I have to say.

Another goodie waiting for me when I got home last night was my order from Daedalus Books (also snagged the Mal Waldron/Jeanne Lee AFTER HOURS, which they had on sale for $12). I ordered all six of the titles they're currently carrying by Eric Ambler, who wrote political/espionage mysteries in the 1930s/40s/50s. I haven't read him, but I got that "hunch" when I read about the books--know what I mean? Has anybody else read him?

Found this in the mailbox when I got home late last night--just enough time to skim some of disc 4 before bed & work again this morning. In case there was any confusion regarding the source of recordings of Disc 4, not all of them are from the Famous Door. And three of the cuts are the live airchecks with Billie Holiday that have come out several times before (most recently on the 10-CD LADY DAY box). This looks like a beautiful set, and I'm really looking forward to spending some time with it after my radio program tonight!

Ironic to see this thread--just pulled out the Jackson Blue Note earlier today in hopes of giving it a spin when I get home from work tonight. I'll try to practice ejaculatory control.

Have you opened it yet, Greg? If you haven't opened it and still have the receipt, you should be able to return it and get your money back (30 days is the official limit, and a lot of times managers will give you a break even if it's older than 30 days). Deep Discount also has it for about $52 total: JackJohnson

Mosaic on the Mulligan:

ParkerJSP Looks like a general overview of Parker's 40's work starting w/McShann and going up to just before the Verve years. (Although it ends w/two of the Machito tracks.)

By the end of the week, O Lord, by the end of the week.

Man, you'd have to cut my arm off to make me miss this DVD...

Mine will when that third shoe drops... the Mulligan box.

Wow! I'm printing that sucker out and leaving work right now! Oops--better rent a truck first to bring home my loot!

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