ghost of miles

If only. A certain recently-electorally deposed public figure has been touting them for some time now. As with so many other things in the past several years, lunacy has left satire in the dust. Re the article, I do hope this doesn’t point to an eventual decrease in Japanese CD releases and reissues, though I suppose that’s inevitable.

A happy 81st birthday today to Mr. Andrew Cyrille:

Man--I did this show so long ago that I truly think I'd forgotten about putting it together. Glad you guys are enjoying it! I contemplated a sequel but never got around to doing one.

One more once for The Fantastic Jazz Harp Of Dorothy Ashby, which aired again last week on stations that carry Night Lights.

Between the changing-of-the-guard news in general and Pfizer’s announcement of how promising its vaccine-in-development is, I’m starting to think we may be in a much better place by next summer. It’s gotten really brutal again for the time being, and the next few months will in all likelihood be worse. Hopefully we can ride it out until there’s a more aggressive, coherent, ongoing response in place and an effective vaccine can begin to be distributed. And that’s really cool about one of the new task-force members being a friend of yours, RT!

Revisiting this one for the first time in many years tonight. Sitting here with some windows open because it’s so warm for November, and this music sounding lovely and perfect for a late Sunday evening.

I loved it! Listening right now to a session that Buster plays on about 20 years prior:

Our man in jazz does a very nice version as well:

I should add that I wouldn't necessarily say any of the songs I listed literally bring me to tears, but I've felt myself choke up at times, which is close enough, I suppose... songs that in certain moods really move me. I was thinking earlier today, though, before laying eyes on this thread, that there is no music more "American" to me than that of Ellington. Here's another for the list:

Moses Boyd’s Dark Matter:

One more time around the horn this past week for Nica’s Tempo: More Hipsters, Flipsters And On-The-Scenesters. It’s a sequel to a prior program.

A lovely set of late 1960s/early 70s British folk-rock—highly-recommended for anybody with an interest in the genre in general:

The Bond films will obviously be the lead talking point for most remembrances, but my favorite Connery role is in Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade:

Saw it on the counter display at my local record store this afternoon and bought after just a moment's hesitation (welllllll geeeeeee I already have a lot of live 1970s Dexter... awww, go ahead, why not?). Not even to the end of the first track (all of which are quite long) and am already very glad that I purchased this. Like HutchFan, I'm a big fan of the Keystone recordings from the same year/band, which is another factor that nudged me pretty quickly into picking it up.