ghost of miles

I was thinking about starting this thread today anyway, and then saw Chris' topic about the old board. I really miss Joe Milazzo; I know he's active on JC and AAJ, but he's a BNBB vet whose presence would be most welcome here.

A couple of board members have told me that the person in charge of Garner's estate is exercising excessively fastidious restraint regarding the re-issuing of his catalog, which might account for some of the dearth of conversation. I was disappointed to learn that the Garner Mosaic is evidently a no-go as a result of the estate's reluctance to permit re-issues.

I haven't picked this up yet, as I'm planning to fold it & the Green in with the Berigan set when it comes out next week. I do think, though, that the Weston will be the first of the three to be hitting my CD player. And the early sound-quality reports are exciting, too.

Posting in anticipation of when I get home from work tonight: Allen Eager, IN THE LAND OF OO-BLA-DEE Charlie Rouse, SOCIAL CALL Hal Russell/NRG Ensemble, NRG ENSEMBLE Hal Russell/NRG Ensemble, GENERATION (Yes, I just paid a visit to the House of Nessa.)

I'm intrigued by the Andrew Hill sessions that may be lying about, but I have to admit the BN vaults don't loom large in my listening imagination these days--most of what I've hungered for has come out, in one form or another. I'd like to see Mosaic do a complete McCoy Tyner, but that's another matter...

Yep. The Mega-lo Mart (an obvious stand-in for another huge chain store that we all know and--well, see Jim Sangrey's famous Target comparison post).

Not a movie, but... My wife & I are voluntarily cable-less, but stayed last night at a motel in Michigan and decided to check out the Great Satan of Culture for awhile. (How can you say no to "The Simpsons" on a Sunday night?) Did anybody else see "King of the Hill" with Chuck Mangione? "Just some Muzak... just some Muzak." Also caught amazing footage of Tony Blair taking questions in the House of Commons Wednesday night, re-run on C-Span... but I'm going to post about that in that sanguine spot known as the Politics forum.

I'd very much like to see Sony re-issue Bill Evans' LIVING TIME, despite the pan that Yanow gives it on AMG. I've heard good things about this record from a couple of board friends. Of course I'd also LOVE to see Ellington's 1927-40 and 1947-52 catalog done justice too.

Are you sure you don't mean stress inducer?

In commerative honor of my visit to Chuck's place, I hope to one day nominate the following as "Album of the Week":

In addition to meeting Chuck Nessa last Thursday & hanging out at his swell jazz joint, I've also hooked up with sheldonm, once to view the Kerouac ON THE ROAD manuscript down here at the Lilly Library, and once up in Indianapolis to catch the Wayne Shorter Quartet. sheldonm's a great guy who's given me several cool prints of jazz musician photos he took. I've also rapped on the phone with White Lightning and hope to meet him eventually as well. These meetings & calls have led my wife to compose a couplet: Everywhere you go/ there's an organissimo She thinks we're a jazz mafia or something.

Chuck beat me to it with this thread--he is a gentleman & a scholar and a hell of a fun guy to hang out with in the bargain. He played me some amazing tapes, regaled me with stories of recording the Art Ensemble, shepherding Art Pepper around Chicago, and more. I also got to meet his wonderful wife Ann and share a great dinner with them. Many thanks, Chuck, and I hope to see you again when I'm up the Michigan way. P.S. Chuck played me the Buddy Bolden cylinder and it doesn't sound at all like Wynton's imitation of him.

I got to hear only one disc of this (not counting skip previews) before leaving for Michigan, but it does indeed sound great, and I also agree that Eddie Henderson's liner notes could have been supplemented with something else. Can I also just give praise to the re-issue-powers-that-be for the relatively simple and user-friendly packaging of this set? Two slimline doubles enclosed within a slipcase--looks nice, easy to store and play, no need to buy jewel cases--a hell of a breakthrough in box-set design, I dare say!

Checking in from Douglas, Michigan (just 60 miles south of Chuck Nessa's swell jazz joint) where I'm on the next-to-last day of my vacation, perusing the following: Robert Dupuis, BUNNY BERIGAN: ELUSIVE LEGEND OF JAZZ William L. Van Deburg, NEW DAY IN BABYLON: THE BLACK POWER MOVEMENT AND AMERICAN CULTURE, 1965-1975 Chester Himes, LONELY CRUSADE Arthur Conan Doyle, THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Henry James, THE ART OF FICTION AND OTHER ESSAYS However, I have no CD player with me and am suffering a serious jazz jones... particularly with the CDs I bought from Chuck smokin' a hole in my suitcase.

Up for broadcast in whatever color you like in about 15 minutes--and the Miles Blackhawk set will be included! Unfortunately, I don't have WELCOME TO THE PARTY--yet.

So you're from New York, Sonnyhill? And yet... you wouldn't happen to be a Red Sox fan, would you?

But... but... I haven't even found out what Organissimo's favorite color is yet!

This Wednesday night on my community-radio program I'll be featuring music from the following: Organissimo, WAITING FOR THE BOOGALOO SISTERS Roscoe Mitchell, SNURDY MCGURDY AND HER DANCIN' SHOES Quartet Out, LIVE AT THE MEATHOUSE Miles Davis, COMPLETE BLACKHAWK (if it arrives in time! Otherwise I'll sub with Jaki Byard's OUT FRONT and Joe Henderson's LUSH LIFE) Duke Ellington, "Orson" (from Ellington's score for Orson Welles' 1953 Paris production "Dr. Faust") and more. Here's the link: WFHB or simply paste http://129.79.21.137:9198/listen.pls into whatever media player your computer uses. The show airs from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday EST.

He be a dancin' fool!

Portrait of a powerful music-biz insider:

White Lightning, yes, I like the Gullin a LOT. Nice to hear him with larger ensembles, too. Haven't heard anything else from that particular series, though. Today: Count Basie, COUNT BASIE SWINGS, JOE WILLIAMS SINGS Milt Jackson, BAGS' OPUS Benny Green/ Russell Malone, JAZZ AT THE BISTRO Joe Henderson, LUSH LIFE (again)

Congratulations, Mike! With my other station's permission (still pending), I'm hoping to re-broadcast my Gryce show, including a great deal of music and many comments from Mike, on WFHB-Bloomington Wednesday, July 30 from 6-9 p.m. (The show originally ran as a two-parter on our local NPR affiliate, but war coverage blocked out the stream.) I'll keep folks posted...

Moi aussi. C'mon, Priority!

I'm surprised Mr. James Brown has garnered only one mention so far. I think I'll go with Al Green.

I've been wondering about this too, as I pre-ordered the Miles and also ordered Benny Goodman's PLAYS MEL POWELL, which is on backorder. The impression I got from the customer-service e-mail was that the Miles would ship regardless of whether the Benny was in yet or not. I asked for priority on the Miles, as I'm hoping to get it in time for my Wednesday radio program. CDUniverse's only concern, I'd imagine, is that customers not receive new-release CDs until Tuesday; otherwise, CDU would be in violation of street date. Four new discs of Miles! I haven't heard any of this material, as this set was announced years ago, motivating me to hold off on picking up the earlier CDs... can't wait.