ghost of miles

“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.

The 1963 idea is interesting! Wouldn't be surprised if Mosaic's planning to fold the two Dorham leader dates (Una Mas and Trompeta Toccata) w/Joe into the set, if it's a Joe Henderson 1963-66 Blue Note box, on the grounds that he and Kenny worked together so much during that period. Dorham's on three of the five Blue Note Henderson albums iirc. What would really be awesome would be a rehearsal session or some other recording of the Dorham-Henderson 1966 big band... but that's a holy grail too far, I'm sure.

I hear this guy's cool with the kidz these days:

Very glad to hear that you're not going to be requiring a New Orleans send-off! And grateful that another board member has been a source of support for you throughout this.

Well whaddaya know?!

A sequel to the previous Night Lights program of MLK jazz tributes Dear Martin is now available for online listening. It includes music from Herbie Hancock, Bobby Hutcherson, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, and Wadada Leo Smith: Dear Martin, P.S.: More Jazz Tributes To Martin Luther King Jr.

Disc 1, which includes the soundtracks to The Pawnbroker and The Slender Thread:

Dammit. One of the last of that 1950s/60s generation--of the pianists, at least.

On disc 1 as I begin to revisit this one:

Dan Bilawksy of JazzTimes just tweeted that Sammy Nestico has passed away. I'll post further confirmation if it becomes available.

Revisiting the 1948 Carnegie Hall concert and yes, “Fantazm” jumped out at me as well. Sounds like a missing chapter from the Tizol-Duke songbook. Can’t find the Carnegie performance on YouTube, but here it is from Cornell a month later:

Solo album by Stone Roses guitarist John Squire: