ghost of miles

Echo and the Bunnymen at the heighth of their haunted grandeur:

Up in memory: Ready For Freddie Redd

Sad news--as Dan said, not enough recognition, but I'm grateful for the music that he gave to us, and glad that he lived such a long life.

Thanks, was not aware of this new book--ordered a copy earlier today after seeing your post. I've been browsing through my copy of Arnold Shaw's The Street That Never Slept as well as Linda Dahl and Sally Placksin's respective books about women in jazz, among other sources.

Hey all, working this week on a Night Lights show called "Jazz Women Of 52nd Street," focusing on artists who performed at the clubs along 52nd Street from the 1930s through the 1950s. Musicians I've jotted down so far include Marian McPartland, Barbara Carroll, Beryl Booker, Mary Lou Williams, Mary Osborne, Marjie Hyams, Adele Girard (as part of Joe Marsala's group), Jutta Hipp, Billie Holiday, Maxine Sullivan... who am I leaving out? I have Lil Hardin Armstrong jotted down on the document that I started a few months ago, but am now trying to confirm that her 1930s group did indeed play along 52nd Street. Also going to check Hazel Scott's biography when I get to the office today--I associate her most strongly with Cafe Society, rather than the 52nd Street clubs. Billie Rogers is another artist who led her own group for awhile after leaving Woody Herman's band circa 1945, but I'm not sure if she performed with any kind of regularity on 52nd Street or not. I'll be using live recordings to some extent (McPartland and Hipp both made records at the Hickory House), but will mostly have to rely on studio representations. Much appreciation in advance for any suggestions that can be contributed.

A 2-CD FilmScoreMonthly set of movie scores by Oliver Nelson and Jerry Fielding:

Disc 2:

Still on my to-get list, that one. Right now:

Such a great set. Disc 8 is the start of the Blanton-Webster era iirc. Right now, with today’s birthday guy on drums:

Kersey’s playing on this Pete Brown Keynote date from 1944... yowza! Would love a well-curated CD drawn from his sideman and handful of leader dates, but doubt such a release will ever happen. Still, I think I have enough of his appearances scattered throughout my collection to put a homemade one together myself:

We’re re-airing Snap, Crackle And Swing: Young Roy Haynes this week, and I’m bumping a bit earlier than usual in honor of his 96th birthday today. Long may he ride!

Fabulous indeed:

Phoebe Bridgers’ Punisher:

We re-aired Shirley Scott: Queen Of The Organ this past week, and it remains archived for online listening.

Happy 3/3/3 Day!!

Booked for a Johnson and Johnson vaccination this Friday morning.

Quincy Jones in 1984 predicting the future of popular-culture distribution (from a Radio & Records Magazine interview, cited in Michaelangelo Matos' new book Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year): JONES: With computers around now, it would be very easy to get musical profiles of people's likes and dislikes... Maybe using TV to make impulse buying more accessible to more people... the screen lists whatever you're listening to... You say "I like that" and look at the information on the screen. Then you hit one or two buttons that ask for your purchase selection and credit card number... something in that direction. R & R: That would be a great way to chart sales electronically. JONES: Right. And it could be possible in five years for you to have no inventory in your house. No records, tapes, anything. If you had access to a satellite, a code book/catalog, and a television set, you could punch up anything you wanted anytime... And you could really target the music because you don't always want to hear a whole album. So you're programming several hours of music from this vast catalog in the sky. That would be incredible. You'd have access to anything out there that's current and have an intelligent way to catalog it.

So sorry to hear that this loss has a personal aspect to it for you, relyles. Evidently that's the case for Nate Chinen, too, who has yet to weigh in at length, but who cited Peterson on Twitter today as his mentor when Chinen was in his early 20s.

My understanding (in general, no idea about Mosaic's situation) is that vinyl is much more expensive to produce than CDs. Plus an LP version of a set is always larger than the CD version--the recent Mobley box, for example, would probably have taken 12 LPs? Can't remember what Mosaic's rate was for the old Q-LP boxes, but I'm sure it would be even higher now... not sure how much they'd have to charge or what their profit margin would be, as opposed to CD sets. OTOH people are obviously paying absolutely insane prices for vinyl... I just don't get it at all. I read an interview recently with a noted engineer/producer (can't remember who off the top of my head, unfortunately) who continues to champion CDs as the best physical format that's ever been available. I have a record player myself and just this morning was spinning a newly-arrived copy of the 1986 Keynote collection, but it's definitely not my format of choice. Anyway, I assume Mosaic's reasons for not getting back into the LP game must be based in economics.

Yes! Plus the 40-page booklet and the photo album. This set must have been an absolute godsend when it came out in 1986. Just finished listening to the first two LPs and will be making my way through the rest of it over the next few days. I have the individual CD reissues and the Fresh Sound collection, but still quite happy to revisit in this form.

Newly-arrived! And with a bonus Mosaic Brochure #4 included as well, published around the time that this set came out... so I’m assuming the original owner accidentally left it in his Keynote box: