ghost of miles

They have ten times as many posters as Organissimo, but half as many total posts.

Yeah, me too--both the Charlie Ventura and the Gene Krupa. I was on a book/CD-buying ban throughout April and promptly binged the first two weeks of May. Found used copies of Peter Brotzmann's NIPPLES and Cecil Taylor's DARK UNTO THEMSELVES and SILENT TONGUES; got a bunch of great marked-down titles from Collectors' Choice and Daedalus. Our radio station sold off some unused giveaways from past fund-drives and I picked up Teri Thornton's I'LL BE EASY TO FIND, Billy Taylor's MY FAIR LADY, Big Joe Turner's Decca CD, and the Bethlehem PORGY AND BESS. Now I'm waiting for the new Miles Blackhawk box and BENNY GOODMAN PLAYS MEL POWELL.

Mnytime, my take on this (in addition to AfricaBrass's "righteous anger" allusion) is that it's not un-Christian to be human. Anybody attempting to pursue a spiritual path that may be framed by a certain ideology--Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, etc.--is still going to experience a wide variety of emotions in different circumstances that may seem at odds with tenets of the religion in which they believe. I think it's especially maddening when you see somebody attempting to act like a bully while they wrap themselves in the cloak of a particular faith to which you profess. It's also easy, I think, to get too self-righteous in defense; at least, that's something that I have to guard against. (I should add that my own faith falls somewhere roughly between the writings of Thomas Merton and the Church of John Coltrane. ) This guy, though--what a Pharisee!

Man! Uptown always has another rabbit to pull out of the hat, it seems. Thanks for the tip, Chuck.

Sentimental favorite: Frankie Newton.

But... but... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

What... is your favorite color?

Oy! What a choice. I cast my lot for Roy, despite a strong inclination to vote the Bix ticket.

Every time I see this thread's title, I think of good old Chairman Mao.

Count me among the resident Organissimo Christians who can't quite see the spirit of divine faith manifesting in Musicboy's words and actions. Let it go, "bro"--everybody here was prepared to do the same. I'll spare you the condescending suggestions and biblical invocations, though you haven't spared us.

Charlie Ventura, LEGENDARY PASADENA CONCERT Teri Thornton, I'LL BE EASY TO FIND Bela Bartok, WORKS FOR PIANO SOLO V. 1 (Zoltan Kocsis) Duke Ellington, THE DUKE'S MEN V. 1

Hmm... there IS a cosmic justice!

Hunt around for a copy of ONE NIGHT IN BIRDLAND if you can. This came out in Japan as a 2-CD set a few years ago; it's also been issued as BIRD AND FATS on Cool 'n Blue, and it's on the Ember CHARLIE PARKER AT BIRDLAND V. 1, a four-disc set. The date of the gig is uncertain--probably early 1950--but the line-up is impeccable. Parker on alto, of course, Bud Powell on piano, Fats Navarro on trumpet, Tommy Potter on bass (could be remembering this wrong--perhaps it's Curley Russell), and Art Blakey on drums. One of the greatest live bebop dates I've ever heard.

Time to start the Ed Swinnich Defense Fund!

Agreed with Chuck. You can find a smattering of this material in somewhat better sound on Disc 1 of THE DUKE: 1927-1962; we can only hope that Mosaic will eventually get their hands on this material. Cuscuna, from what I understand, has urged Sony to do right by their pre-WWII Duke holdings.

Evidently this happened a couple of weeks ago, but I hadn't heard about it until Steve Schwartz from WGBH-Boston posted the news over on Jazz Corner. He also posted this remembrance from Bill Crow via the jazzwestcoast list:

One of my favorite threads on the old BNBB was the one in which Aric asked Tom to re-route Norah Jones' tour through his bedroom. Two Norah Jones responded, one using the handle of "Nojo," which then spawned posts from "Soro" (for Sonny Rollins), etc. Wish I'd saved that one.

I've got a 4-Cd set of the Kocsis on Philips that I love. I'll second the recommendation on the Fritz Reiner/RCA Concerto for Orchestra and Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta as well. Thanks for the thread--it's going to send me back to some recordings that I haven't listened to in awhile.

Just started Graham Greene's CONFIDENTIAL AGENT, a 1939 "entertainment" that Greene later disowned, but which a friend and Greene fan endorsed with much enthusiasm.

I'm going to see this tonight--anticipating a 60's-coffeehouse-folk version of SPINAL TAP. Anybody else seen it yet?

I posted a link to this when I revived the Henry Grimes thread, but thought I should place it in this forum as well. Grimes is playing with William Parker on the final night (Monday, Memorial Day), but the rest of the lineups look pretty incredible too: VisionFestival

An update that from Lois' post on Jazz Corner. Grimes is going to play the Vision Festival in New York City on Memorial Day, May 26: Here's the Monday, May 26 10:30 p.m. lineup: 10:30 William Parker leads the Jeanne Lee Project voices: Thomas Buckner, Ellen Christi, Jay Clayton, Lisa Sokolov; Rob Brown alto, Lewis Barnes trumpet, Joe Daley tuba Cooper Moore ashimba, piano, Gerald Cleaver drums, William Parker balaphon, Ngoni, bass and special guest Henry Grimes For the full schedule, here's the link. Damn, wish I could get to NYC for this! Vision

50th anniversary of the concert today.

Definitely a warm, old-school feel around this place, which is jake with me. It's amazing, really, that an Internet community made up of people who have rarely (if ever) met or talked in person could survive in such a relatively intact manner. Now all I want is a secret de-coding ring--preferably one that also plays "Ko-Ko."

I've been really excited about this release ever since I saw the listing for it on Jazzmatazz. I wish more jazz artists would try something similar.