ghost of miles

Happiness is a box full of Steeplechase CDs... who knew?

Reading Sittin’ In: Jazz Clubs Of The 1940s And 1950s put me in the mood to pull this set out for the first time in several years:

One of the last OOP sets that was on my to-get list:

Really lovely version of “I Can’t Get Started” to be heard here.

Starting in on the Steeplechase order from Tommy’s Jazz that just arrived:

Good to see you again, garthsj--don't be such a stranger!

Really glad you liked it, DM. Hoping to do a couple more in a similar vein in the next year or two.

Oh man, so glad you liked it, Brad! I’ve actually been contemplating a prequel of sorts, focusing on the 1944-1950 years that would draw on the Deccas, the 1944 Commodore sides, and some live recordings as well.

I’m in for the “reasonably priced CD set”—is there a release date for it yet?

Had a very brief conversation with Scott today--he said the Henderson set is indeed on tap for a March release and that it will be 5 CDs.

Thanks for the tip--I have the Fresh Sounds collection and just about all of the individual CD reissues, but I went ahead and sprang for a near-mint copy of the vinyl box at $75, including shipping. Look for a Night Lights show later this year, as I've long considered devoting a program to the label (served as a great rationalization for purchasing the LP set!).

Always happy to have a new release from Jeremy Pelt land in the station’s mailbox:

We re-aired Nat King Cole: Jazz Pianist this past week, and it remains archived for online listening.

I love those Zoot Pablo albums in general!

The single disc of that group live at the Blue Note is quite enjoyable. I picked up the box set a few years ago for a ridiculous price ($10 new, I think?!) and while it’s not perhaps Miles-at-the-Plugged-Nickel worthy, still a somewhat underrated point in the Corea discography. (There’s no overlap between the single disc and the box set, btw.) Right now:

Did you order through CityHall, or some other source? Right now:

Good catch—if it’s that close, surely they’ll be posting a summary and track listing on the website soon? I don’t have the sense that the set goes beyond Henderson’s leader dates and the two Dorham albums that could count as co-leader dates... but I don’t have any direct info to cite. I have the ancient-by-this-point Connoisseur edition of Basra... was there some kind of controversy with the U.S. RVG reissue?

Dolphy’s bass clarinet excursion on “Fables Of Faubus” (disc 1) sounded symphonic to me tonight in its range and import. Not to be missed. Been awhile since I listened to any of the other numerous Mingus ‘64 recordings that I have, so I should go back and listen again to what he does on different performances, but ffs, he was a thrill to follow with the ears here.

*Very* happy to have finally gotten the 2016 Intrada expanded reissue of the Chinatown soundtrack: