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Larry, I am so sorry to hear this. My cat Amelie died quite suddenly this spring at the age of 14 and I was emotionally crushed for weeks afterward... I still think about her and miss her every day. Thank you for sharing the photo of Scout--what a beautiful dog.

👍 Great set, and one of the first Ellington collections I ever picked up, believe it or not.

The latest episode of WBGO’s The Checkout is a 20th-anniversary celebration of the Pi label: Staunchly Original: 20 Years Of Making Pi Recordings

Looking forward to hearing that Mose set myself. Right now, revisiting discs 9-10 of the Herbie Hancock Columbia box, which cover the 1976 Newport Jazz Festival appearance that featured VSOP (first incarnation of this group, I believe?), the Mwandishi Sextet, and the Headhunters... quite the Herbie fest!

Another insightful piece from Bloomington's/Detroit's/Organissimo's/the world's own Mark Stryker (did I cover enough bases there?), published yesterday on the JazzTimes website: Chronology: Quincy Jones In The 1950s ... as far as Quincy's 1950s arranging work goes, I'd also cast a vote for Billy Taylor's My Fair Lady Loves Jazz album.

From 1929 to 1947 trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong, who had already made a series of seminal small-group recordings that would become a cornerstone of jazz history, rose to popular culture stardom, appearing in movies, becoming the first African-American to host a weekly radio program, and waxing a wealth of material for Decca and other labels that brought him greater commercial success, as well as critical controversy. I’ll be featuring music from those years on this edition of Night Lights, and we’ll also hear from Armstrong biographer Ricky Riccardi, whose recent book Heart Full Of Rhythm chronicles this key but often overlooked stretch of Armstrong’s career: Swing That Music: Louis Armstrong In The Big Band Era

We shouldn't be joking about such grave matters.

Larry, I take it you're referring to the album that was released under Mundell Lowe's name? That's a P & G jazz album favorite of mine as well. (I *think* I included something from it in that Night Lights show, which dates all the way back to 2005 or 2006.)

Hey all, not sure why he hasn't posted this sale here, but Tommy's Jazz is running a Music and Arts sale that includes all four of Allen Lowe's Devlin' Tune box sets--not sure if Allen has any of those directly for sale himself anymore or not, but they are outstanding compilations, for both the music and Allen's commentary: Tommy's Jazz Offer #19 - Music & Arts Jazz / Devlin Tune Sets Offer #18 Three Import Label special - will not be here on hand until the end of August. Bad timing on making the offer and the European Summer Holiday So I am making this offer today which I should have in the beginning of August. To keep in stride with one big offer per month. Deadline is August 4th. Media mail rates will be added to each invoice. (Note to my international buyers. The Devlin sets cannot be broken down) That Devilin' Tune 9 CD Box Sets $45.00 6003 Various – That Devilin' Tune - A Jazz History, Vol. 1 (1895-1927) (EAN: 4015023160033) 6004 Various – That Devilin’ Tune - A Jazz History, Vol. 2 (1927-1934) (EAN: 4015023160040) 6005 Various – That Devilin' Tune - A Jazz History, Vol. 3 (1934-1945). (EAN: 4015023160057) 6006 Various – That Devilin' Tune - A Jazz History, Vol. 4 (1946-1951) (EAN: 4015023160064) Music & Arts Single CD's $10.00 0628 JAZZ PIANO, Modern mainstream, John Jensen, piano 0828 JANE BUNNETT QUINTET: Live at Sweet Basil: Issued 1991 0994 STRING TRIO OF NY/ANTHONY DAVIS: Standards: Issued 1997. (UPC: 017685099427) 1004 HERE BY NOW with Ben Goldberg Trio: Issued 1997 1015 ORBIT: THE GEISSER/MAZZOLA/BOB BROWN TRIO: Issued 1997 1016 CHILDREN IN PERIL SUITE: L.S. ELLIS BAND: Issued 1997 1026 ANTHONY BRAXTON/GINO ROBAIR DUETS (1987): Issued 1998 1033 KNOTS: KEVIN NORTON ENSEMBLE 1040 PACHINKO DREAM TRACK 10: Jarman/Horiuchi/Wong: Issued 1998...(UPC: 017685104022) 4007 SCOTT FIELDS ENSEMBLE: Sonotropism: Issued 1997 4610 ART HODES W/JIM GALLOWAY: Live from Toronto 4622 DICK HYMAN, SUPPERPIANO, Live Toronto, 1988 4633 MARILYN CRISPELL-LIVE IN SF, 1989: Issued 1990 4634 IMAGES: THE REGGIE WORKMAN ENSEMBLE: Issued 1990 4700 ROOM: HALL OF MIRRORS: Issued 1994 4704 TAMBASTICS: Robert Dick & Mark Dresser: Issued 1992 4710 ANTHONY BRAXTON - EIGHT COMPOSITIONS 1991: Issued 1992 4732 BOSTON DUETS, Oliver Lake & Donal Leonellis Fox: Issued 1992 4786 ANTHONY BRAXTON duets with Mario Pavone: Issued 1993 4807 ROUNDABOUT: RAN BLAKE/CHRISTINE CORREA. (UPC: 017685480720) 4811 DARK WAS THE NIGHT, COLD WAS THE GROUND 4834 AFFINITY PLAYS MODERN JAZZ CLASSICS 4893 GOLIA/LEANDRE/FILIANO: Haunting the Spirits Inside: Issued 1995 4906 PLIMLEY/ELLIS: Density of the Lovestruck Demon: Issued 1995 4909 INVOCATION #9 W/POSITIVE KNOWLEDGE 4913 CATECHISM: DENNIS GONZALEZ SEXTET: Issued 1996 4920 SOUNDPOST: ERIC WATSON & JOHN LINDBERG: Issued 1996 4927 DEBRIS: Rapture in House of Disreputable Daydreams 4939 TRIBUTE TO ERIC DOLPHY W/BUDDY COLLETTE: Issued 1996. (UPC: 017685493928) 4940 THIS IS OUR LUNCH WITH AFFINITY 4949 BRAXTON/TEITELBAUM: Live at Merkin Hall, 1994: Issued 1996. (UPC: 017685494925) 4960 DENNIS GONZALEZ: The Earth & The Heart: Issued 1996...(UPC: 017685496028) 4961 SCOTT FIELDS ENSEMBLE: Disaster at Sea: Issued 1996 4962 HORIUCHI: MERCY: Issued 1997 4966 GOLIA TURESTKY: 11 Reasons to Begin 4968 GEORG GRAEWE: 1995 SAN FRANCISCO CONCERT: Issued 1996 4974 PILGRIMAGE: FRANCIS WONG QUARTET 4975 THE OTHER POCKET: JEFF SONG & LOWBROW: Issued 1997 4979 PARALLEL LINES: Fonda/Stevens Group: Issued 1997 4980 CREATIVE MUSIC ORCH: Eneidi/Spearman, etc. 4982 IVORY BILL w/ Dan Plonsey, saxophones 4992 VINNY GOLIA QUINTET: DANTE NO LONGER REPENTS. (UPC: 017685499227) 4993 DUST DEVIL w/ Bill Horvitz Band: Issued 1997 4999 MOMENTS WITH THE CANVAS TRIO: Issued 1997 Music & Arts 2 & 3 CD Set $14.50 4986 MARTY EHRLICH: LIVE WOOD: Issued 1997. (UPC: 017685098626) 1041 SINATRA: As Long As There's Music 1251 BLUES AND THE EMPIRICAL TRUTH: New Blues compositions and arrangements by ALLEN LOWE. Copyright © 2021 Tommy's Jazz, All rights reserved. Thanks for signing up at one of our great online Jazz outlets, You'll receive the latest information on our rare and collectible releases and have first access. Our mailing address is: Tommy's Jazz 135 Champlin Ave Liberty, NY 12754

The Fendertones! I stumbled across them several years ago while on a Brian W/Beach Boys binge:

Ancient Night Lights show on this topic that I was just contemplating revising and adding to the fall schedule this past weekend: Porgy And Bess: The 1950s Jazz Revival I also picked up this book a few months ago but haven’t gotten around to reading it yet: The Strange Career Of Porgy And Bess: Race, Culture, And America’s Most Famous Opera

I've since picked up the recent CD reissue of this as well (initially the label said they were doing only vinyl), but I'm spinning the LP in honor of the friend who waited in line with me for this on Record Store Day in 2017. He and his family are moving away to Texas tomorrow. Safe and interesting travels always, Sam:

There’s a new Mose box set on the way—can’t remember if it’s been discussed elsewhere on the board or not: Mose Allison: Complete Atlantic and Elektra Recordings 1962-83 (Much better price via Popmarket, btw)

Man, I’d forgotten how good this is:

Isn’t Scherzer still on the way to the Dodgers, along with Turner? And this will make you feel better, surely: earlier in the week there were reports Scherzer would veto any potential trade to the Yankees because he wanted to go to a “contender.” Ouch! How my mighty Bombers have fallen from the glory days of the Core Four. I’m happy about the Gallo and Rizzo acquisitions, but still 50/50 on whether or not they can secure a WC spot, and highly dubious if they do that they’ll be able to make any kind of deep postseason run. Although Taillon has improved and Montgomery seems to be giving us a higher ratio of quality starts, Cole is clearly still struggling in MLB’s post-sticky stuff era, and the bullpen is great one night, an absolute disaster the next. I think there are systemic team/organization kinks that are resistant to any kind of straightening this deep into the season, but I’d love to be proven wrong in my pessimism, of course. I was perusing Over The Monster last night, and I think one of the writers there said Schwarber had played 1B at some point in the minors? But I can understand why he’s not the ideal solution to Boston’s 1B issue—an issue the Yankees have shared, given Voit’s recurring injuries and the mediocre parade of Jay Bruces and Mike Fords and Chris Gittens who have taken his place so far, though DJ has been slotted in there from time to time. I’ll be curious to see what else goes down around the league before 4 p.m. today.

Been spending some time with this set as well, part of the same purchase from Tommy’s Jazz. Lloyd is pleasantly engaging enough, with a strong Trane vibe at times, but it’s Bobo Stenson’s piano that’s really hooking me:

I think that's fantastic--glad so many listeners got exposed to this track. God knows they're not likely to encounter it on most media outlets, including radio stations that play jazz to any degree. Most people you'd pull aside on the street today would have no idea who Ellington even is. That's sad, that's the reality of the kind of deep cultural illiteracy that Jim mentions, but I don't see the point of dunking on a DJ for playing it on a major-market radio station with a large listening audience, even if he/she doesn't have 300+ Ellington recordings, hasn't read Eddie Lambert's book at length, played numerous Ellington pieces in performance settings, or whatever measure of deep Ducal knowledge you want to use that's more likely to be in possession of posters on this board. Or dunking on a listener serving as a guest DJ who wanted to know how the host had come across this particular Ellington recording. Again, yeah, students in a better world would be required to take courses on music history, both American and global, with considerable time devoted to Ellington. And I'd like to help bring us closer to the kind of consciousness that might make such a world more likely... but the present-day reality is waaaaaaaay removed from that. And perhaps the presentation of this Ellington recording in this particular manner doesn't do it the justice it deserves, but at least it's being introduced to people, potentially a lot of people. Maybe some of them will go in search of more DKE on YouTube, Spotify, or whatever streaming service the young'uns (and the old 'uns) are using today. Maybe somebody turns into the next David Berger, I dunno. Or maybe none of that, but at least a significant Duke Ellington piece got played on a large-market, non-jazz radio station. Anyway, thanks for sharing the anecdote, Joe.

Why, surely she heard it on this Night Lights show when it first aired several years ago! ☝️ Ah hahaha... ha. Delusions of audience reach aside, DJ Spooky is a fan of the record and has talked it up, for whatever that’s worth. And I think interest in Ellington’s late-period, post-Strayhorn recordings has grown in recent times.

I love that Mastery Of John Coltrane V. 2: To The Beat Of A Different Drum. Thanks for this sorting of discographical information.

Disc 1:

Guess I’ll start to climb this mountain: