ghost of miles

My delivery time today is 2:45-5:45 p.m., most likelee. Thanks, I’ll show myself out... no need to shove! But... but... won’t the beacon have gone dark by then?!

My best friend's gotten me hooked on this Joe Walsh album:

We re-aired Lennie Tristano: The Jazz Guru this past week, and it remains archived for online listening.

I came across mention of this performance near the end of Curt Bianchi’s new Weather Report biography Elegant People—August 2, 2007, in Hungary, with Wayne joining Joe onstage at what would prove to be Zawinul’s next-to-last concert. Six weeks later he was dead. They do a duet of “In A Silent Way”:

A favorite! Most of the recordings made in the backroom of a record store, iirc? Right now: Paul Bley’s Reality Check.

From pg 134-35, discussing the recording of Sweetnighter: According to Joe, (drummer Herschel) Dwellingham didn’t initially feel the rhythm, either. So Joe sang it to him until he had it. If only things were that simple. As Muruga tells the story, “We did this one tune (‘125th Street Congress’) and Joe said, ‘Give me a rhythm for this.’ So Herschel had this really cool, funky rhythm. And being from Detroit, I associated, and so we laid that down. And Joe said, ‘No, do something else.’ And he took us on a half-hour to an hour tangent looking for another rhythm. And you know, after about forty minutes of grueling rhythms, Herschel came up and whispered in my ear, ‘Hey bro, you remember that beat that we did in the beginning, the first one that he didn’t like? Let’s lay that motherfucker on him again. We’re going to lay that same beat on him.’ So we gave him the first rhythm again and Joe said, ‘That’s it! That’s the rhythm I want, man! That’s perfect!’ And Herschel just stood up and yelled, ‘You motherfucker!’ And he started running and rushed him right through the center of all of the instruments, right through the whole studio and up against the wall. And he said, ‘Look motherfucker! You ain’t telling me what to play anymore! We gave you that an hour ago and you made us go through all that shit and waste our time. You could’ve had that track done!’ And I was just cracking up because Herschel is twice as big as Joe and I saw that Joe is a domineering person. Joe said, ‘Okay, man, we’re cool! I know! You’re right, man! Everything’s cool!’ Joe listened to Herschel a little bit better after that. (laughs)”

On the hunt for the first 1971-75 set, if any board member is interested in selling.

Some of my favorite OP comes from that particular run of MPS albums.

Weird trivia note from last night’s Royals-Yankees game: >>It was the first game in Major League history in which both teams scored in the seventh, eighth, ninth, 10th and 11th innings, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Kansas City became the first team in the Modern Era (since 1900) to erase a deficit in innings seven, eight, nine and 10.<< ... and in a much older story, evidently the so-called “Manfred rule” of starting all extra innings with a runner on second, instituted last year in an effort to speed up the conclusion of such games, will be retired at the end of this season: Manfred says added runner, 7-inning doubleheader games likely on the way out I think he may well have become a Hall of Famer if it hadn’t been for the stroke. I started to follow baseball as a kid around 1974, and in my memory he was one of the most dominant pitchers in MLB from 1975-1980.

The pandemic is not done with wreaking havoc on the world of live music: New Orleans Jazz Festival canceled

Larry, I am so sorry to hear this. My cat Amelie died quite suddenly this spring at the age of 14 and I was emotionally crushed for weeks afterward... I still think about her and miss her every day. Thank you for sharing the photo of Scout--what a beautiful dog.

👍 Great set, and one of the first Ellington collections I ever picked up, believe it or not.

The latest episode of WBGO’s The Checkout is a 20th-anniversary celebration of the Pi label: Staunchly Original: 20 Years Of Making Pi Recordings

Looking forward to hearing that Mose set myself. Right now, revisiting discs 9-10 of the Herbie Hancock Columbia box, which cover the 1976 Newport Jazz Festival appearance that featured VSOP (first incarnation of this group, I believe?), the Mwandishi Sextet, and the Headhunters... quite the Herbie fest!

Another insightful piece from Bloomington's/Detroit's/Organissimo's/the world's own Mark Stryker (did I cover enough bases there?), published yesterday on the JazzTimes website: Chronology: Quincy Jones In The 1950s ... as far as Quincy's 1950s arranging work goes, I'd also cast a vote for Billy Taylor's My Fair Lady Loves Jazz album.

From 1929 to 1947 trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong, who had already made a series of seminal small-group recordings that would become a cornerstone of jazz history, rose to popular culture stardom, appearing in movies, becoming the first African-American to host a weekly radio program, and waxing a wealth of material for Decca and other labels that brought him greater commercial success, as well as critical controversy. I’ll be featuring music from those years on this edition of Night Lights, and we’ll also hear from Armstrong biographer Ricky Riccardi, whose recent book Heart Full Of Rhythm chronicles this key but often overlooked stretch of Armstrong’s career: Swing That Music: Louis Armstrong In The Big Band Era

We shouldn't be joking about such grave matters.

Larry, I take it you're referring to the album that was released under Mundell Lowe's name? That's a P & G jazz album favorite of mine as well. (I *think* I included something from it in that Night Lights show, which dates all the way back to 2005 or 2006.)

Hey all, not sure why he hasn't posted this sale here, but Tommy's Jazz is running a Music and Arts sale that includes all four of Allen Lowe's Devlin' Tune box sets--not sure if Allen has any of those directly for sale himself anymore or not, but they are outstanding compilations, for both the music and Allen's commentary: Tommy's Jazz Offer #19 - Music & Arts Jazz / Devlin Tune Sets Offer #18 Three Import Label special - will not be here on hand until the end of August. Bad timing on making the offer and the European Summer Holiday So I am making this offer today which I should have in the beginning of August. To keep in stride with one big offer per month. Deadline is August 4th. Media mail rates will be added to each invoice. (Note to my international buyers. The Devlin sets cannot be broken down) That Devilin' Tune 9 CD Box Sets $45.00 6003 Various – That Devilin' Tune - A Jazz History, Vol. 1 (1895-1927) (EAN: 4015023160033) 6004 Various – That Devilin’ Tune - A Jazz History, Vol. 2 (1927-1934) (EAN: 4015023160040) 6005 Various – That Devilin' Tune - A Jazz History, Vol. 3 (1934-1945). (EAN: 4015023160057) 6006 Various – That Devilin' Tune - A Jazz History, Vol. 4 (1946-1951) (EAN: 4015023160064) Music & Arts Single CD's $10.00 0628 JAZZ PIANO, Modern mainstream, John Jensen, piano 0828 JANE BUNNETT QUINTET: Live at Sweet Basil: Issued 1991 0994 STRING TRIO OF NY/ANTHONY DAVIS: Standards: Issued 1997. (UPC: 017685099427) 1004 HERE BY NOW with Ben Goldberg Trio: Issued 1997 1015 ORBIT: THE GEISSER/MAZZOLA/BOB BROWN TRIO: Issued 1997 1016 CHILDREN IN PERIL SUITE: L.S. ELLIS BAND: Issued 1997 1026 ANTHONY BRAXTON/GINO ROBAIR DUETS (1987): Issued 1998 1033 KNOTS: KEVIN NORTON ENSEMBLE 1040 PACHINKO DREAM TRACK 10: Jarman/Horiuchi/Wong: Issued 1998...(UPC: 017685104022) 4007 SCOTT FIELDS ENSEMBLE: Sonotropism: Issued 1997 4610 ART HODES W/JIM GALLOWAY: Live from Toronto 4622 DICK HYMAN, SUPPERPIANO, Live Toronto, 1988 4633 MARILYN CRISPELL-LIVE IN SF, 1989: Issued 1990 4634 IMAGES: THE REGGIE WORKMAN ENSEMBLE: Issued 1990 4700 ROOM: HALL OF MIRRORS: Issued 1994 4704 TAMBASTICS: Robert Dick & Mark Dresser: Issued 1992 4710 ANTHONY BRAXTON - EIGHT COMPOSITIONS 1991: Issued 1992 4732 BOSTON DUETS, Oliver Lake & Donal Leonellis Fox: Issued 1992 4786 ANTHONY BRAXTON duets with Mario Pavone: Issued 1993 4807 ROUNDABOUT: RAN BLAKE/CHRISTINE CORREA. (UPC: 017685480720) 4811 DARK WAS THE NIGHT, COLD WAS THE GROUND 4834 AFFINITY PLAYS MODERN JAZZ CLASSICS 4893 GOLIA/LEANDRE/FILIANO: Haunting the Spirits Inside: Issued 1995 4906 PLIMLEY/ELLIS: Density of the Lovestruck Demon: Issued 1995 4909 INVOCATION #9 W/POSITIVE KNOWLEDGE 4913 CATECHISM: DENNIS GONZALEZ SEXTET: Issued 1996 4920 SOUNDPOST: ERIC WATSON & JOHN LINDBERG: Issued 1996 4927 DEBRIS: Rapture in House of Disreputable Daydreams 4939 TRIBUTE TO ERIC DOLPHY W/BUDDY COLLETTE: Issued 1996. (UPC: 017685493928) 4940 THIS IS OUR LUNCH WITH AFFINITY 4949 BRAXTON/TEITELBAUM: Live at Merkin Hall, 1994: Issued 1996. (UPC: 017685494925) 4960 DENNIS GONZALEZ: The Earth & The Heart: Issued 1996...(UPC: 017685496028) 4961 SCOTT FIELDS ENSEMBLE: Disaster at Sea: Issued 1996 4962 HORIUCHI: MERCY: Issued 1997 4966 GOLIA TURESTKY: 11 Reasons to Begin 4968 GEORG GRAEWE: 1995 SAN FRANCISCO CONCERT: Issued 1996 4974 PILGRIMAGE: FRANCIS WONG QUARTET 4975 THE OTHER POCKET: JEFF SONG & LOWBROW: Issued 1997 4979 PARALLEL LINES: Fonda/Stevens Group: Issued 1997 4980 CREATIVE MUSIC ORCH: Eneidi/Spearman, etc. 4982 IVORY BILL w/ Dan Plonsey, saxophones 4992 VINNY GOLIA QUINTET: DANTE NO LONGER REPENTS. (UPC: 017685499227) 4993 DUST DEVIL w/ Bill Horvitz Band: Issued 1997 4999 MOMENTS WITH THE CANVAS TRIO: Issued 1997 Music & Arts 2 & 3 CD Set $14.50 4986 MARTY EHRLICH: LIVE WOOD: Issued 1997. (UPC: 017685098626) 1041 SINATRA: As Long As There's Music 1251 BLUES AND THE EMPIRICAL TRUTH: New Blues compositions and arrangements by ALLEN LOWE. Copyright © 2021 Tommy's Jazz, All rights reserved. Thanks for signing up at one of our great online Jazz outlets, You'll receive the latest information on our rare and collectible releases and have first access. Our mailing address is: Tommy's Jazz 135 Champlin Ave Liberty, NY 12754

The Fendertones! I stumbled across them several years ago while on a Brian W/Beach Boys binge: