ghost of miles

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.

Hey, wait a minute--how do we know that Dan is really going off to work on his dissertation? What gives with this mysterious house in the countryside, huh? House of booze & babes, I wager!

Art Ensemble, 1967/68 (discs A & B) Roscoe Mitchell, SNURDY MCGURDY Jaki Byard, OUT FRONT (again--I really like this record) Billy Butterfield, RECIPE FOR ROMANCE Lars Gullin, IN GERMANY 1955, '56, '59

The joint sure is!

My favorite defense against a d4 opening was the Benko Gambit.

Poll-ease!

Bev, So sorry--I just re-checked my e-mail from Mathieu at Justintime, and it is indeed a re-issue. Didn't mean to get your hopes up; I hope something new comes out soon as well.

Sounds like a good plan, Daniel. Good luck with the dissertation; sounds like you'll graduate just in time for the Pearson Mosaic Select!

ETERNAL SPIRIT was mentioned, but I've always wanted to hear Hill's other Blue-Note-reborn effort: BUT NOT FAREWELL. I interviewed Greg Osby once for our local alterna-weekly, and Osby, who admires Hill profusely, claimed this was a much better record.

Ben Young mentioned this date on WKCR last night while he was interviewing Henry Grimes. Grimes said he didn't remember the date but probably would if he heard it. Young laughed and said, "That's the problem, we can't play it... Hopefully some day." I don't know if he meant he had a copy but couldn't broadcast it, or just that the station didn't have it period. It's a shame WEA wouldn't lease it to you, Chuck.

Yes! I picked that one up several years ago when it was out as a mini-LP and agree wholeheartedly. I have only half a dozen CDs with Bley as a leader, but definitely want to check him out more. Ex-wife Carla has a new big band record out (LOOKING FOR AMERICA, I think) as does Maria Schneider. Haven't had a chance to hear either one of them yet though.

Nineteen. It was a very fun year (also the year I bought my first jazz record--yep, KIND OF BLUE).