ghost of miles

I love BULLS EYE, and BEBOP REVISITED has been on my to-get-list for some time now. He did a CD a few years ago that I liked as well, entitled MANHATTAN NOCTURNE, I believe.

Is this the one that mentions the demise of the Blue Note board?

I've been getting increasingly interested lately in bandleader Blanche Calloway, Cab's sister, esp. since I started listening to the Cab JSP set THE EARLY YEARS. AMG lists only one compilation of her work: but there's no review or biographical information. Has anybody else heard her music?

This was a drag as well, coming on top of Teddy Edwards' passing. An amazing singer whose work I've always enjoyed--she crossed many boundaries in both style and choice of material.

Cab Calloway, THE EARLY YEARS (JSP) (great stuff, hope they do a mid/late 30's set too) Brew Moore, QUINTET (man, he's quite the Lester acolyte, isn't he?) Freddie Hubbard, BLACK ANGEL (I don't know why, but I enjoy Hubbard's late 60's/early 70's hardbop/fusion sound best in mid-afternoon as I'm getting ready to go to work. Don't care for it most of the rest of the time.)

And with a key player (Jim Sangrey) temporarily on the DL, too!

YEAAAAHHHHHHHH!!! I've wanted to hear this record ever since reading about it in David Rosenthal's HARD BOP. It's been hell holding off on the Japanese import, but as Mr. Parker once said, Now's the time.

How 'bout a light, BNBB? What a bunch of hot heads!

I'm sure there was discussion of this set on The Board Formerly Known As Blue Note... But there's no way that I'm aware of to search for threads there. I'll admit I'm thinking of picking this one up more for the Krupa sides than the James recreations, but I'm wondering what others who have it think. I haven't yet determined whether there's overlap with the Proper Krupa or not, but knowing me, I'll get 'em both eventually.

Damn, damn, damn. I loved Edwards' playing, and everything I ever read about him made him sound like a genuinely nice guy. Thanks for posting the discography, Jim... A couple of months ago I was enjoying AVALON & SUNSET EYES--maybe I'll give them a listen again tonight when I get home from work, along with Dexter & "The Duel."

Ronald Morris' WAIT UNTIL DARK: JAZZ AND THE UNDERWORLD 1880-1940. Morris, so far, seems to be positing that gangsterism was actually a positive force in the development of early jazz. Interesting thesis! I'll probably start a thread on that topic after I finish the book.

Ahhh, screw 'em! I'll still buy their re-issues, but I ain't gonna post on the BNBB no more...

Me too. With the opposite outcome. Ouch! Pretty amazing so far--the Yanks have the MLB's best record at 16-3, and SF's right behind 'em at 15-3.

OK--just found an apparent listing for it on Armstrong's HISTORIC COLLECTION box-set. Still hoping I can run it down on a single disc, though.

Recently in my reading I came across a reference to a 1945 broadcast recording of Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong singing "Blue Skies." A quick Google search and perusal of AMG song listings for both artists didn't turn it up; has anybody ever heard this performance or seen it on record/CD?

I reckon Mr. Bresnehan's our best source on this matter... Just glad that the logjam seems to have finally broken.

Right, of course--that's exactly why it (Young's record) never will be broken, because pitchers will never start that much again. Even supposing a modern-day athlete were able to go beyond the regimen & career stamina of a Nolan Ryan or Roger Clemens and were able to pitch to age 50, he'd still have to average just over 17 wins a season--assuming that he entered the majors at age 20. Dimaggio's record is more of a possibility for being broken, but I'm not betting on it in my lifetime...

I'd love to see a repeat of the '62 World Series!

Checking in on "America's favorite pastime"... and it looks like it's New York & Boston doing battle for the AL East title all the way. Yanks are 13-3, Boston's 11-5... a great season already!

Somebody should forward these links to Tom Evered, should BN ever face budget cutbacks in its re-issue program... Remember the bastardizations Aric used to produce on the old board? Those were--ahem--"classic."

I'll probably have to catch it through the Archives, but thanks for posting this. I'm familiar with only the Fairport Convention era of her work; haven't really checked out the solo releases, but I'd like to learn more about her. Did she die from a fall?

According to Alyn Shipton's GROOVIN' HIGH, Gillespie undertook two State-Department-sponsored tours in 1956: a Europe/Middle East/Asia tour in the spring, and a South American tour in the late summer. Wasn't Ellington's 1963 tour (the one that supposedly inspired FAR EAST SUITE) also State-Dpt.-sponsored? I think they shortened that one considerably because of JFK's assassination.

Truly the baseball record that will never be broken!

Does anybody have inside info on Mosaic's current and seemingly-improving relations with Universal? There are now two sets of Universal-licensed material in the pipeline: the Mulligan Concert Band set and the Roy Eldridge. Might there be reason to re-awaken my dormant hopes for the Complete Keynote collection? If Universal is indeed re-admitting Mosaic to their vaults (even if only on a sporadic basis), there goes the family farm--Ma & Pa can damn well move into subsidized housing!

Lou Donaldson, Mosaic set Disc 2 (love that SWING AND SOUL!) Ben Webster, COMPLETE EMARCY Bill Evans, ALONE John Coltrane, THE GENTLE SIDE OF JOHN COLTRANE Art Tatum and Ben Webster Pablo CD The La's, THE LA'S Cleo Brown, HERE COMES CLEO