ghost of miles

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!

I think it must be the same book. THE SWEET FOREVER does ring a bell. In addition to VOICEOVER: THE MAKING OF BLACK RADIO, I'm also reading ON A FIELD OF RED: THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL AND THE COMING OF WORLD WAR II. Fascinating stuff!

Air, AIR MAIL Roy Eldridge, HECKLER'S HOP Cannonball Adderley, WITH STRINGS/JUMP FOR JOY

I like what I've read of Pelacanos, which is little--THE BIG BLOWDOWN and a novel set in D.C. in 1986 (can't remember the title, but the saga of Len Bias is referred to several times throughout the book). Jason Bivins, an improv musician who used to live here in Bloomington, turned me onto him. Good stuff. Art Pepper's STRAIGHT LIFE is insane! Wait till you get to the prison parts.

I really liked the JAZZ AT THE BISTRO Telarc that came out recently. Which surprised me, because a guitar-piano standards set probably sounds like dinner music to most, but there just seems to be some kind of charge between Malone and Green that breathes fresh air into their approach. Hope you have a great time!

Yeah, I'm really surprised that the J.J. set has stuck around as long as it has. You won't regret getting it, that's for sure--it's some of his best work, I think. Good luck with the smuggling operation!

Hey, this is great news! I remember a thread about this movie either here or on the old board. We have a VHS copy here in the library, but I'm definitely going to wait and check out the new DVD version.

Jutta Hipp, AT THE HICKORY HOUSE V. 1 Boston, BOSTON (Nope, I'm not kidding--I'd forgotten how great this record is.) Uncle Tupelo, 89/93 Billie Holiday, SOLITUDE Bill Evans, LIVE AT BIRDLAND 1960

I haven't been able to find the name of the alto player yet, Jim--but I did come across this: on this site: Fab4

And again today! I'm tellin' ya, don't bet on the Yanks in the playoffs. This is ridiculous.

Yeah, baby!!

So, between the two of them, Chuck and Chris have seen everyone but Buddy Bolden. I was born too late!

Yeah, same here. Just found out that I'm not getting any of the Hills ( ) and only one of the Holland/Rivers. At least the Air, Braxton/Roach, and Ivery titles are still coming. And I had been feeling guilty about blowing nearly 70 bucks--ended up spending half that much instead. Hey, that's 35 bucks I can spend somewhere else!

I know noo-thing... noo-thing!! It's the Japanese issue. We used to get a lot of cut-out imports, as I'm sure you well know. You're right about the sound. A new Sony re-issue could only improve it (one hopes).

Man, a very tough vote. I really leaned towards the Village Vanguard, but opted for the Atlantic set instead. I like the transition point at which it catches Trane.