ghost of miles

Sad news--perennially undersung pianist and composer.

Just turned 55... now eligible for free popcorn at the Historic Artcraft Theatre in Franklin, Indiana.

Haven't heard the Rollins yet (picking up a copy either today or tomorrow) but catering to the uber-hip vinyl crowd is a growing irritation of mine as well, when it affects CD sequencing, amount of material that's used, etc. (Not to mention the often-exorbitant pricing.)

Seems like an excellent signing for the Sox, Dan. Not really hot-stove news, but still of great interest to all of us baseball fans here, I'd imagine: MLB to reclassify Negro Leagues as major league From the NY Times article: The first step in merging the record books will be a thorough review of available information by the Elias Sports Bureau, keeper of M.L.B.’s official statistics. Its findings could result in several records changing, and could affect the career totals for any players who appeared in both the Negro leagues and the National League or the American League — a group that includes players like Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays and Satchel Paige.

Just finished Leonard Gardner’s Fat City, a beautifully-written novel set in the Steinbeck-meets-Bukowski milieu of 1950s/60s skid-row Stockton, California. Highly recommended. Gardner adapted it for the 1972 John Huston film (available for free if you have Amazon Prime), which I intend to watch at some point.

Dude, sorry I'm so late... I was hanging out by the food machines. Happy freakin' birthday!

Edd "Kookie" Byrnes sends season's greetings (got a request from a listener to play this on the show tomorrow):

Up today in honor of his 86th birthday and because we rebroadcast the show last week: Rookie of the Year: Curtis Fuller ‘57

Whoa indeed! Amazing news.

Today is trumpeter Clark Terry's centenary, and my colleague Mark Chilla paid tribute with this Afterglow program celebrating Terry's work with singers: Clark Terry and the Singers

News came last night while the board was still down: Novelist John le Carre dead at 89 My appreciation for him had only grown in recent years, and there are a number of his books I’ve yet to read. Grateful that he lived long enough to write so many.

Sage advice that I shall follow! Thanks to all for the birthday wishes... hoping for better times for all in the year to come.

In the same vein:

This hits my sweet spot:

Good set, great price!

Continuing my 1-2 albums per week pace through the Herbie Hancock Columbia box:

Knockout performance by Coleman on “Body and Soul,” and really digging Albert Dailey’s playing on this date as well.

Listening right now and enjoying—can second the comments about the packaging and playing above. Surprised that the CD is only 46 minutes long, though. Was that all that Feldman and Weeds thought was worthy of release, or all that they had in terms of tape? If so, understandable... I just hope it wasn’t a matter of discarding usable performances because of the accompanying single-LP vinyl release.

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.