ghost of miles

Agreed... God, I love that group with Lateef. Looking forward to FIDDLER ON THE ROOF; just got PORTRAIT and am hoping to snag WITH STRINGS/JUMP FOR JOY soon.

This two-part show, scheduled to air Monday & Tuesday, may have to be postponed because of news coverage of the war in Iraq. The decision on whether to carry news or regular music programming is not only day-to-day right now, it's hour-to-hour. I will probably try to re-schedule for a May broadcast if special coverage pre-empts us.

The Solal and Smith came in the mail yesterday. I've had the chance to listen only to the Solal so far, but it is very fine indeed, Mule. Thanks again!

James Ellroy? That will be interesting! I have only Hunter's Songs from the Analog Playground, but I like it quite a lot, and I thought that he added an interesting color to the Blue Note palette. Were his sales in decline?

You made my morning, Mule, with that article. Here's to Henry Grimes!

Tod, will this be a "complete" set? Did Fred say if it would be a regular set or a Select?

Oh, I'm not trying to make judgements or anything, and I was referring to the lack of response on the Jazz Corner site (do you post there too?). Nobody has an obligation to be interested, anyway, and overall I've found Jazz Corner to be receptive to the Blue Note exiles. JC does exude a certain 'tude, though, IMO, that tends to favor improv--which is one of the reasons why I like to go there--and to be politely disdainful at times to the Blue Note/hardbop crowd (don't like that part). Now Grimes did come out of a 50's/60's hardbop milieu, initially, but the guy is an avant hero of the bass. He played with Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp, Albert Ayler... you know the story. The artists who burned the collective flame for the fire of improv that many JC posters warm themselves by today. So I think it's telling that there seems to be more curiosity on this board, which is filled with Blue Note exiles. Just goes to show for the nth time that massive categorization and stereotyping are not the most accurate ways of gauging reality.

Jim, I tried to check in too and couldn't get through at all. I assumed it had something to do with the impending changes. BTW, I really like Jazz Corner & Lois' handling of it, but I thought it was interesting that my news post about Henry Grimes has elicited far more interest here on Organissimo--the alleged reserve of militant 50's/60's Blue Note hardboppers--than on the supposedly more avant Jazz Corner board.

The BBC reports that a talking fish has predicted the end of the world: Zalmen Rosen, from the Skver sect of Hasidic Jews, says co-worker Luis Nivelo, a Christian, was about to kill a carp to be made into gefilte fish in the city's New Square Fish Market in January when it began shouting in Hebrew. "It said 'Tzaruch shemirah' and 'Hasof bah'," Mr Rosen later told the New York Times newspaper. "[it] essentially means [in Hebrew] that everyone needs to account for themselves because the end is nigh." --snip-- It instructed him to pray and study the Torah, but Mr Rosen admitted that in a state of panic he attempted to kill the fish, injuring himself in the process and ending up in hospital. The fish was eventually killed by Mr Nivelo and sold. Many members of the city's Jewish community are now certain that God, troubled by the prospect of war in Iraq, has revealed Himself in fish form.

And didn't Randy run a company with a guy named Smith?

Just came across this on the Web: Henry Grimes to play with Nels Cline Big news folks: nelscline.com is very proud & excited to report that Nels will be playing in concert with legendary jazz bassist Henry Grimes on March 21 & 22 at the World Stage in Leimert Park Village (South Central Los Angeles.) The esteemed Mr. Grimes has just recently resurfaced on the scene after a 30+ year absence. You will not want to miss this exceptionally special event.

I'm almost afraid to get the Smith and Solal CDs, since you say they come with a catalog for the whole series. Say, what am I doing snapping up Frenchie jazz soundtracks? What the hell kind of American am I anyway?

Blakey also did a soundtrack for Les Femmes Disparaissent (The Girls Vanish).

Those sound fantastic, Mule--thanks for the tip, as I've long been interested in tracking down more French jazz soundtracks. I just ordered them both from Tower.

In addition to the many fine titles mentioned above, I also like Roy Eldridge's SWINGIN' ON THE TOWN and Roy Campbell's IT'S KRUNCH TIME.

Una Mae Carlisle, 1941-44 (what a singer!) Clifford Brown, IN PARIS V. 1 Eric Dolphy, LAST RECORDINGS Lee Konitz, LIVE AT STORYVILLE

Dave Pell Octet, PLAYS THE MUSIC OF RODGERS & HART Cats and the Fiddle, COMP. V. 1 Charles Tyler, EASTERN MAN ALONE Jimi Hendrix, BLUES Gigi Gryce, HAP'NINS

Noj, TELLS IT LIKE IT IS is actually paired on the Collectables CD with another LP, IN A NEW MOOD, which is the original source for the Brown version of "Please." It's still in print and very much worth picking up. I'm a big fan of Brown and always feel that he tends to get overlooked in discussions of jazz vocalists.

After work, I go to work. It often seems that way, anyway, as I'm frequently working two jobs. I quit smoking a few years ago and diverted all that spending to books, jazz CDs, and books about jazz.

Yep--that's right up there with the Brown. Been listening to that Phineas record myself and played "Rough Ridin'" on the radio yesterday.

I heard Oscar Brown Jr.'s version from the Collectables re-issue of TELLS IT LIKE IT IS and was just blown away. He really brings out the social-protest aspect of it.

Recently finished RAT RACE BLUES and want to salute poster Mike Fitzgerald and his co-author Noal Cohen for an extraordinarily well-done job. They make a vivid and persuasive case for the elevation of Gigi Gryce in jazz history, and the story is a compelling and poignant one.

I'll be picking up the Abdul-Malik for sure.

Don't know whether you're into Tristano or not, but the 1949 sides collected on INTUITION are worth checking out as early examples of free jazz. I also second the recommendations on the Litweiler book as a great gateway guide to the genre, and to the early Cecil Taylors (LOOKING AHEAD, LOVE FOR SALE if you can still find it, and the Candids)--also his 1955 Transition LP JAZZ ADVANCE. Try Roscoe Mitchell's SOUND, too, which I think is just a landmark mid-60's recording.

Well, I gotta say that I find myself going here first, and sometimes not even checking AAJ at all. Nothing against AAJ--it's just the way that my Internet divining rod seems to point whenever I go online. Thanks, B3-er, for the new digs. Pardon me while I put my feet up and light a cigar...