ghost of miles

Yep--she (Courtney Fitzpatrick, Sam's wife) got an assistant professorship in Texas A & M's biology department, starting this autumn. Really going to miss having her and Sam as next-door neighbors, but fortunate that they ended up staying here as long as they did. Sam can do his writing and research pretty much anywhere, so they were always going to land wherever she could find a tenure-track job.

The Rainbow Bakery! Much favored for a couple of years by my girlfriend and me (she was the one posting the photos)... I’m proud to say I turned on neighbor and Jazz Loft author Sam Stephenson to that fine establishment, which is within walking distance of our houses. But it’s been a no-go zone since the onset of the pandemic... hoping he and I can return there come summer before he ups and moves to Texas. (His wife got a faculty job there.) Hope you and your daughters have weathered the past year with formidable spirit! (Or spirits as the case may be. 🍻 )

Some of my favorite jazz in recent years has emerged from this scene. (H/t to Mosaic Gazette for the link) The Sound of London 2020

Armstrong set now has a release date of April 10. Louis Armstrong RCA Victor and Columbia 1946-1966

I noticed some recent activity on your part around these parts... good to see you again, sir!

Glad to finally get a hold of this:

Damn, they are everywhere!! Branching out into Weather Report reissues now... could a Bill Barron box be next?

We re-aired Pittsburgh Soul Connection: Horace Parlan and Stanley Turrentine this past week, and it remains archived for online listening.

I can’t remember if Spaulding mentions this composition in his memoir or not—will check tomorrow when I’m at work. I might also message him about it through Facebook.

I didn't ask about the parameters of the set in my email (which was primarily a lobbying attempt for Mark to write the booklet notes, but turns out they've already been done by Bob Blumenthal). My conceptual guess is that they're not including sideman dates in general, but putting the Dorhams in there because he and Joe were effectively co-leaders in that period, and because the official # of Joe leader dates would be a bit small to justify a standard Mosaic box set. No idea about other material of any kind, released or unreleased.

Apologies, was thinking of another board thread re "Asphalt Jungle" when I posted that. I meant as opposed to the live versions to be found on The Great Paris Concert and In The Uncommon Market. Derrick Bang's book on movie/TV crime and spy jazz from 1950-1970 mentions Ellington recording a three-part version, "The Asphalt Jungle Suite," and then the subsequent 45 that included "Asphalt Jungle Twist" on the b-side. All of this makes me wish yet again that Mosaic would do completist justice to the Sony-owned Ellington catalogue from 1947-52 and 1956-62.

“A Time To Go,” from Patterns. James Spaulding wrote it. A bit of a mystery, though—in Michael Cuscuna’s liner notes to the 1980 LP release, he says Spaulding composed it upon hearing of MLK’s assassination. But the CD lists the recording date of the album as March 14, 1968. So either the date’s off, or perhaps Spaulding dedicated/titled it in honor of King after King’s death three weeks later.

The studio version of “Asphalt Jungle Theme” was also included on Sony’s 3-CD 1999 anthology The Duke: The Essential Collection 1927-1962

I’d forgotten what a wonderful score John Barry wrote for the 1981 film Body Heat—the Film Score Monthly reissue really does it justice:

Kluber’s a big gamble for sure. Yankees’ rotation remains a colossal question mark and I can’t see them pulling off a World Series run with it at the moment. Toronto’s certainly beefed up their lineup even more, but not so sure about their pitching. The Rays, meanwhile, will do what the Rays do and field a 90-95 wins team with whatever pieces they have. So yeah, quite a bloodbath to come in the AL East. Curious to see how the season opens this year. I can’t imagine we’ll be at a point by April where stadium attendance policy is completely open, given the absolute mess of vaccine production and distribution that the new admin’s inherited. But perhaps very limited attendance early on that increases slowly as case #s and deaths decline? (Of course, a number of teams already experience limited attendance even in non-Covid circumstances...)

I don’t have any other details, but I can confirm that my hunch about the inclusion of Dorham’s Una Mas and Trumpeta Toccata was correct.

A friend sent me a customized Joe Henderson coffee mug with cover images of Tetragon and Power To The People on it, inspiring me to pull out this set for a fresh listen:

A nicely-curated anthology of mid-to-late period Oscar Peterson:

I remember watching that as well—and 714 too. Remarkable how he got there, never having a 50-HR season—just incredibly consistent power (and few injuries) for 20 years.

Picked up both of Derrick Bang’s two new books about TV/movie crime and spy jazz after Christmas and am pretty deep into the first volume. Very in-depth:

The Summer House Sessions (from 1968) Organic Music Theatre: Festival de jazz de Chateauvallon 1972

I've noticed on Discogs that many UK-based sellers are either charging astronomical shipping rates or not shipping to the U.S. at all. I've bought a number of CDs from UK proprietors online in the past but can't imagine doing so now--at least when I see the shipping rates for most of the items I'm interested in. (One 2-CD set was 12 pounds but shipping was going to cost 40 pounds.)

Played a couple cuts on the show today off a live CD that he recorded there in 2007, with Jose James guesting on vocals.