ghost of miles

Herb Pomeory--the Complete Transition/Roulette/United Artists Big Band Recordings. (If not a Complete, then how about a Select?)

We lucked out here in Indiana and didn't get hit. The latest stories I've seen say the source of the outage may have come from the Midwest, though, targeting Ohio as the likely area. Damn Buckeyes!

I think I have this already, and remember it as being really good--I'll have to check when I get home. I know I have THE MESSAGE and the Blue Note, and I think I came across the Bainbridge used years ago. This thread also inspired me to put on hold another cheap disc that's been sitting used in a local store for a couple of months, by an artist whose name is often confused with that of the thread's subject--Jack Montrose, BLUES AND VANILLA.

Yes, Lon, I'll second your ringing endorsement--I remember you and I discussing how wonderful the Powell material was on that, erm, what was the name of that board again? Didn't Powell record some music for Commodore? I'm trying to run down all of his jazz stuff. The Capitol sides are a treasure! I think Ocium swiped them for their Powell CD, though.

Clem, here's the reply from my friend: He goes on to say that he's skeptical that such an anthology will ever be issued, owing to commercial reasons. There might be a market for it, though, with some buyers (and I'm potentially one of them) who have an interest in this stuff, but not enough to pick up individual BF boxes or even the Capitol Collectors titles, which are becoming increasingly harder to find. You know, Gennett's another label with a country/hillbilly angle to its legacy that doesn't get talked about too much. Gennett recorded some of that music, but the 78s haven't turned up as much as the jazz ones did--partly, I guess, because there was a fanatical breed of jazz collectors long before a similar class of country ones emerged.

Checked SONGS OF THE UNSUNG this morning and all Tapscott says is that the original group was made up of "cats from the Ark." You're right about Everett Brown--he was the only one who actually made the date.

Sir Duke.

We need look no further than "Cow Cow Boogie!" The whole Ella Mae Morse saga is an interesting study in and of itself. Clem, I have a friend who does a great 40s-60s radio show called "Rhythm Ranch," devoted to country, r & b, and pop from that period. (He writes for AMG, too, and did the review of the Bear Family Morse set.) If anybody knows of a good Capitol set, it would be him. I'll drop him a line and report back.

BTW, not sure that Young's mentioned in the article, but Gunther Schuller wrote a piece called "Indiana Renaissance" for the September 1959 issue of Jazz Review that talks at length about Montgomery and David Baker's big band. Montgomery recorded with Baker's big band, according to Baker, but the tapes remain unreleased. In any case, Schuller was quite taken at the time with what was going on in Indiana. I'm not sure if the piece has ever been anthologized or not (it's not in MUSINGS, at least).

But--but--I thought Michael Bourne moved to WBGO years ago! I'm trying to track down Young right now myself. As Mike says, he does still play in Indianapolis--fellow poster sheldonm saw him play with Jimmy Coe's big band just a few months ago at the Jazz Kitchen in Indianapolis. I think he still lives in Indianapolis as well. There's an early 1980s documentary on Indiana Avenue (Indianapolis' main stem) in which Young can be seen periodically, playing a tenor sax in front of windswept abandoned spots on the Avenue. Young was in Baker's hard-bop band around 1959 or so (I haven't nailed down the dates yet), a group that was, as Mike points out, almost entirely absorbed into George Russell's working unit that recorded for Decca. They played a number of Indianapolis bars such as the Topper and George's; Indpls., as you may already know, had quite a thriving jazz scene in those days. Wes Montgomery (who had already been out on the road with Lionel Hampton's band years before) was "discovered" by Cannonball Adderley at an afterhours club called the Missile Room in 1959, where Adderley had gone to hang out after a Stars of Jazz concert at the Indiana Theater. (He was on a bill with Lennie Tristano; I'm pretty sure Duncan Schiedt's photo of Tristano and Warne Marsh in the Mosaic booklet was taken the same night that Adderley called Orrin Keepnews about Montgomery.) In any case, I'm hoping to interview Young in Indianapolis later this year for a series that I'm doing on the history of Indiana jazz. He's somebody whose playing I've always enjoyed greatly as well, and I'll post additional info as I find it.

Mark, I, too, love this set (in fact I just pulled it out last night to listen to the Joe Sullivan/Mel Powell sides). The Carter and Williams material is priceless, and there are nice stray sets of Anita O'Day and Kay Starr, in addition to the other artists already mentioned. There is a fair amount of trad/dixie early on (just a cautionary note--don't know your feelings about that music, but it's not enough to keep me from really enjoying the set. A little bit of it goes a long way for my own tastes). Given the ongoing Mosaic/True Blue sale, this seems like a prime moment to grab the Capitol set.

I voted for the first one. Christmas is good, too (love the scenes where Randy Quaid is emptying "the shitter," the Christmas tree blows up, etc.), but the first one just had too many classic lines and moments. And yea, though the Hindus speak of karma, I implore you: give, give her a break.

Hey, the "Babe" thread didn't get eradicated--it just moved here!

Yes, I did, but I wasn't fast enough for the three Hills and one of the two Holland/Rivers. I should've tried for the Taylor/Roach as well, but I was trying to hold back my spending--hell, if I'd known I'd get only half of what I ordered I would've put it in the basket! But no complaints--happy to get what I did.

More applause for Joe Milazzo! Late, I'm at work and don't have the book with me, but I'll check when I go home tonight. Yes, Tapscott was infuriated, and nearly walked out on the session until his wife talked him out of it. I believe it was Tapscott's working band of the time, the Arkestra, that was going to be on the session--I'll look it up and post tomorrow a.m.

Yes--this would remove him from the realm of the sport that I truly love!

Big Al, your request made me think of a book I read years ago, which was poignant as well as funny--Larry McMurtry's ALL MY FRIENDS ARE GOING TO BE STRANGERS. It's actually the only McMurtry novel I've ever read, and I think it's one of his earlier books--but I remember it making me laugh out loud frequently.

One of the better 1000th posts I've seen... Congrats, man! I saw that you were edging up on it yesterday. Wonder if Fox is gonna sue Organissimo for my new signature?

Roy Eldridge, HECKLER'S HOP Air, AIR MAIL Anthony Braxton/Max Roach, BIRTH AND REBIRTH Marchel Ivery, 3 Grant Green, GRANTSTAND (RVG) Dave Holland/Sam Rivers, VOLUME 2 Benny Goodman, PLAYS JIMMY MUNDY

I played a lot in junior high and through my sophomore year in high school, then drifted away from it. Anybody know of a good, free, online play-the-computer site? I'm thinking about getting back into the game, but I'd prefer to get my butt trounced by a cyborg first, before venturing back into the arena of human competition...

I majored in journalism and English in college, but fiction-writing was what I really enjoyed doing--I started writing short stories in first-grade. (Used to put all of my friends in them and read the stories out loud to the class, which was cool until my best friend threatened to punch me for having him kiss one of our classmates.) After college I pursued the time-honored slacker/bohemian/restaurant worker path (see Orwell's DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON, except my locale was much less glamorous--Indianapolis). Also did a stint on a salmon processor in Alaska for one summer season. Ended up working in record stores because of my love of music and became a Borders manager. Around that time I got into community radio, landed a jazz program, and am now working part-time for our local public radio station as a jazz programmer and announcer, in addition to a fulltime gig as a library circulation supervisor. Doing jazz radio has become my professional dream, and hopefully it will find fruition in the next few years. I do freelance writing on the side, too, mostly book reviews. I'm currently in the process of beginning a novel, but we'll see how that goes--I'm also finishing a one-hour Ellington program and planning a five-part series on the history of Indiana jazz. Not enough time!

MIA again today in the late afternoon/early evening.

For those who are interested, check out Tapscott's autobiography, SONGS OF THE UNSUNG, for some of the details behind this session.

Yeah, yeah, YEAH!!!

Another poster was kind enough to tape this album for me, and I'm now in search of the original LP. Anybody who has it and who might be interested in selling it can contact me via PM or e-mail. Thanks!