ghost of miles

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.

Godard's BREATHLESS. Stylistically this is still a fun movie to watch, but ideologically--gah! Jean-Paul Belmond's character is a narcissistic ass, and the burgeoning feminism of Jean Seberg's character seems to be brought up only to ultimately be dismissed. Nice jazz score, though.

Just got the VME of Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt's BOSS TENORS IN ORBIT; in the liner notes, the writer cites a 70's saxophonist named Gregory Herbert, who died of a drug overdose at the age of 31. I'd never heard of him, but the writer was full of praise, so I pulled up his bio on AMG: Anybody else ever hear/hear of this musician?

Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt, BOSS TENORS IN ORBIT Gene Krupa, GENE KRUPA STORY (disc 1) Duke Ellington, COMP. CAPITOL (disc 1 Miles Davis, ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS Martial Solal, A BOUT DE SOUFFLE Brad Mehldau, "Things Behind the Sun" (Nick Drake cover, outtake from LARGO)

In 1994 Joshua Redman composed a jazz score for filmmaker Louis Malle's VANYA ON 42ND STREET. Did this ever see the light of day on CD?

Chalk up another sale. Pretty soon you guys will be rolling in drugs and groupies.

For me, one just got knocked off the list... Let's Active's CYPRESS, which Collectors' Choice recently re-issued. Elmo Hope, SOUNDS FROM RIKER'S ISLAND (out in Japan in the late 1980's, according to Weizen). Eddie Costa, HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHTS (about to get re-issued in Japan again) Barry Harris, BREAKIN' IT UP (out in Japan, I think) Sonny Simmons, ON THE WATCH (ESP) My Bloody Valentine, ECSTASY & WINE Various, CRIME JAZZ V. 1 Various, CRIME JAZZ V. 2 ...can't think of any more right now, but I'm sure I will later.