ghost of miles

Trotting out this archival Night Lights show today on social media in honor of the great man: Satchmo, Take Two: Louis Armstrong At The Movies The world may not seem that wonderful, especially right now, but it's always at least a little bit that way if you're listening to Louis Armstrong.

I ordered it through Chalkys as well this past Saturday evening. Email notice at 6:25 this morning that it was being shipped, followed by a second one three hours later saying the release date had been postponed and that I'd be getting a refund. So I guess I was a little too late to the party... oh well, here's hoping it gets an eventual release. Thinking that surely there must also be some promo copies in circulation.

Aaron Judge currently on pace to hit 45 HRs in a 60-game season.

Unbelievable! I picked up this CD several years ago because I knew that I eventually wanted to do a Night Lights show about the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival. This morning I put it on for the first time, as that show's coming up in a few weeks, and came here to post that I was listening to it... had not checked this thread in some time. What a weird coincidence! I'm about halfway through the first set, Bit T is introducing his mother as I type.

We re-aired Electrifying: Charlie Christian this past week on Night Lights, and it remains archived for online listening.

My next-door neighbor is a devoted Mets fan, so I'm privy to the base's existential sufferings.

Yeah, and what a terrible way to do it. I saw a lot of concern from Mets fans online during the several hours when his whereabouts were being reported as unknown.

This is weird and slightly concerning: https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-yoneis-cespedes-missing-20200802-o3qkwtymgfdxhnksv6mfowel7i-story.html EDIT: I am pasting in the link because, once again, embedding it in the standard manner only loops me back to this thread. Is anybody else encountering this issue?

Cardinals-Brewers game postponed after positive tests in the Cardinals organization. EDIT: tried to post a link to the story, but clicking on the link only leads me back to this thread. Had a similar problem with posting a link in another subforum recently. Not sure if it’s an issue on my end or not... has this happened to anybody else?

Been revisiting the Ramones’ early albums of late. Tonight it’s Road To Ruin.

Welp... this is not good: All Phillies team activities put on hold after coaching staff member, clubhouse attendant test positive for Covid-19

I always play jazz by Indiana musicians on the Thursday show and will be spinning Mr. Spaulding's recordings today in honor of his birthday. Please give me/us a heads-up when you do so!

Joe Kelly suspended 8 games for Astros incident That's equivalent to 22 games in a regular season. Michael Kay on the Yankees broadcast right now saying that a lot of players on Twitter are supporting Kelly. O'Neill saying there's a lot of player sentiment that Astros got off way too lightly; Cone thinks MLB needed to make an example of Kelly because they're afraid otherwise it'll be open season on Houston.

Great topic--this has been on my Night Lights drawing board for some time, actually, after I did a day-show broadcast several years ago along the same lines. Title is "I Didn't Know About You: The Lesser-Heard Ellington Songbook." Had it tentatively slotted for next April around the time of Duke's birthday, but this discussion may inspire me to move it up. Johnny Hodges small-group version with Mary McHugh on vocals:

Kelly was a member of the 2017 Red Sox team that got knocked out of the playoffs by the Astros, so there’s that.

Jomboy’s put up a video-clip sequence of the Dodgers-Astros brouhaha: Kelly vs Astros Now with subtitles!

The Marlins' season has been "paused." Washington Nationals had already voted as a team against traveling to Miami to play them.

Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic reports four more Marlins have tested positive. Half of the current 30-man roster is infected. Tonight’s Phillies-Yankees game has been postponed. No word yet on the Phillies’ tests... but given the incubation period for this virus, how could tonight’s game have been safely played anyway, even if all the tests came back negative? What a mess.

I think it's unlikely they'll cancel the season altogether today. I imagine a lot's riding on the test results for the Phillies players. But hard to see how this kind of outbreak doesn't happen again, given that MLB's *not* playing in a bubble, they're traveling a lot, and you have a number of teams based in the four worst hotspot states right now--the Rays and Marlins in Florida, the Astros and Rangers in Texas, the Diamondbacks in Arizona, and the Dodgers, Angels, Giants, A's, and Padres all in California.

MLB also convening an emergency meeting.

Already speculation that the just-started 2020 season could ultimately end up being canceled because of what’s going on with the Marlins. More immediately, not sure if fielding their “practice team” is a viable option or not. Probably not, from what I’m reading so far. Behind a paywall at the Athletic, but if you’re a subscriber, a very good piece re the Marlins’ situation, and a bleak outlook for sustaining the season: Why did the Marlins play baseball on Sunday? Gist of the headline is that they already had enough positive tests back to indicate a very high likelihood of a team outbreak.

We re-aired Late Art: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers In The 1980s last week, and it remains archived for online listening.

Justin Verlander out for at least the next several weeks with an elbow strain—initial Houston Chronicle report that he was out for the year has been corrected by the Astros. Still, not a good situation for Houston, especially in such a shortened season. Also: At least four Miami Marlins test positive for Covid-19