ghost of miles

I'd been thinking about re-airing this show in June for what would have been Chick's 80th birthday... but upping today in memoriam instead. Matrix: The Emergence Of Chick Corea

Very enjoyable--thanks much, James! As jazztrain noted, great to see Booker Little (and George Coleman! only musician still alive from both episodes that were shown, I think?)--also Mary McCall. I liked the visual backdrops that the show used, too... all of this makes me want to dig deeper into James' book. Bobby Troup "It's no coincidence that Julie London is on this show..."

Just got a text from a friend that seems confirmed by reports on social media that Chick Corea has died. Chick Corea has died at 79

This is my favorite of the three Wounded Bird Kenyatta reissues I picked up recently. In fact, pretty much ready to listen to it again right away:

Yep--came out this past year: Stars Of Jazz:  A Complete History Of The Innovative TV Series 1956-58

I've got it!

Wow--thanks for the heads-up on this! I think I can make it home from work in time to settle in for viewing.

One more go-around this past week for Trane '63: A Classic, A Challenge, A Change

Revisiting this excellent collection of 1960s UK garage rock:

On to a new breakfast book after finishing Rick Perlstein’s Reaganland, which concludes his comprehensive quartet that chronicles the birth of modern-day American conservatism across the 1960s and 70s. For some reason I seem to favor history books over my granola and fruit, so on now to a general overview of a subject that fascinated me as a kid—an obsession taking hold with me again in light of both recent events and longstanding cultural trends: ... and hoping to soon crack this one, which I bought a couple of years ago:

That's a beautiful record. I recently watched a documentary about her that retraced her and her partner's gypsy-like journey across the UK that inspired the album. Right now--really digging this! (As I figured I would--the era and genre right in my generational wheelhouse)

Not jazz, but definitely the best thing I've heard (for the first time) this week--from Strum and Thrum, a collection of 1980s underground American jangle pop:

2007 Mosaic Contemporary reissue:

Agreed--I have most of it too, after having bought the French CBS CD set that came out a long time ago in addition to the domestic reissues that Sony did in the late 1990s. But I'd still bite on a Mosaic treatment, Ducalist that I am. And there's plenty of good material as well. Actually--not in terms of a Mosaic, though--I find myself lately favoring a number of live recordings from this era, like the 1948 Carnegie Hall date.

Listening to David Shire’s top-drawer score for the 1975 Farewell My Lovely:

Right, it would definitely have to br two sets, and I wasn’t envisioning live material being included in a 1956-62 box. I could swear Scott said at one point a few years ago that they were looking at a possible late 1940s/early 50s Columbia collection, but that seemed to give way to the 1920s/30s Sony-owned overview they were considering. I’ll ask him about all of this tomorrow if I get him on the phone for an Armstrong pre-order.

Upping this today in honor of Hughes’ birth anniversary (February 1, 1902) and the beginning of Black History Month: Hughes’ Blues: The Langston Hughes Songbook

From the NY Times’ “The Morning,” Good vaccine news.

One more go-around for Portrait of Little Jazz, which re-aired on Night Lights stations this past week.

A very nicely-curated set, as noted recently by another board member: