ghost of miles

Yeah, one look at the lineup was enough to sell me... plus I remembered previous quite-positive discussion of this record, either here or elsewhere. Really glad I got it!

Happy birthday right back at ya! My grandmother and one of my best friends in grade school also were born on December 10. Sagittarius, baby!!!

Many thanks, Dmitry! Good Lord, I'm actually old enough now to qualify for "senior discounts" at certain establishments. NOOOOOOOOO......

Part of a recent purchase at my local record store--hello, Michael Weiss!

My copy of that arrived in the mail just as I was leaving for work! Hoping to listen to it later tonight.

Playing some Jimmy Smith on the show this afternoon in honor of his birthday, so revisiting this set for the first time in many years:

... an album I’ve revisited every few years since its autumn 1986 release. Still shimmers with children-of-the-Velvets influence and quietly churning lyricism. This song sounds like a bridge from early-80s Rain Parade paisley underground to late 80s/early 90s My Bloody Valentine shoegaze (a term that seems to have historically superseded the contemporaneous “dream pop“ moniker when I was a wee lad):

It’s Zev Feldman’s Resonance, and he explains in the booklet how he obtained that DSM portrait for the cover.

Something old, something new: ... and Immanuel Wilkins’ Blue Note debut Omega:

Another show up in honor of today’s Brubeck centennial (and we’re re-airing it this week as well): Jazz Impressions of Brubeck

Up for the centennial: Playland At The Beach: Dave Brubeck's Early Octet And Trio

Great read, highly recommended (so to speak ) for anybody with a love of this movie:

JazzTimes article about the collaboration that only fleetingly came to pass: The Ballad of Miles Davis and Prince ... also includes this pleasing passage: Eventually the subject turned to other trumpeters. “I knew there were musicians that Miles loved to put down,” Leeds says, so he threw out Lester Bowie’s name, figuring Miles would have little time for the Art Ensemble of Chicago mainstay. Instead, he got this rejoinder: “Eric, why the fuck wouldn’t I love Lester Bowie?”

Yes, thanks—that is definitely the post from Chris that I remembered, including the detail about Billie’s make-your-own-recording of “Come All Ye Faithful.”

WBGO/NPR article Iirc Chris Albertson either knew Linda Kuehl or seemed to know a fair amount about her.

In terms of subject matter, he sounds in some ways like a forerunner of Joseph Mitchell.

... and you haven't even gotten to the Count Basie sides yet!!

Your father’s in my thoughts, Lon. Please keep us posted.

Philip Roth’s The Ghost Writer sparked me to finally start reading this book, which I’m rather embarrassed to admit I’ve never read before... but I did pick up a copy a few years ago as part of my longstanding penchant for vintage Modern Library editions with the dustjackets still intact: Ade, believe it or not, is still celebrated here by Indiana history nerds for his Hoosier heritage. I haven’t ever gotten around to reading him, but I’ll add Chicago Stories to my list. Always happy to read anything well-written about Chicago.

XTC in their psychedelic guise:

Terrible news. I had hoped to go there to see a Bill Charlap solo performance during one of my trips to NYC, but it conflicted with another event (the Roy Hargrove memorial concert, iirc) and I wasn't able to make it. I hope that some of the other venues can hang on long enough for mass vaccine distribution to put us on the road to "normal" again--the outlook for the next several months, however, remains grim in most aspects.

Right now, this disc: ...from this box-set: