ghost of miles

Man, I was so thrilled to pick up that compilation when it came out in 1995. I’ve hung on to it even after getting the Lester Young Mosaic that makes it redundant (iirc).

That was my 1990s introduction, via the CD version. I remember being thrilled to find a Kind Of Blue "prequel" session, as it were.

... and in memory. Snap, Crackle and Swing: Young Roy Haynes

Ah, I see what you mean. You have to jump from the center of pg 19 (where the previous Eldridge session notes are supposed to end) to where the Norvo notes begin on pg 20, then double back to continue. A hopscotch perversion of the linear narrative! That aside, gawd is there a lot of fine music on this set. I’m enjoying it even more as I progress through the later discs. Dodo Marmarosa’s presence on one of the Krupa sessions was a happy surprise… I’d forgotten that he had a stint with GK.

Man, it’s been a sad autumn. Otoh glad that these cats all lived such long lives and enriched ours so much in the process.

Disc 1, which opens with the session co-billed with Lou Donaldson:

I sure did love the Rare Groove series.

Up for Veterans Day (Powell served as a member of Glenn Miller's World War II military band, which is touched upon in the program) and because we re-aired it last week: Jazz Mission: Mel Powell in the 1940s ...and eagerly anticipating the eventual Mosaic set of 1950s Vanguard pianists, which will include a good deal of Powell material.

The Sunny Side Up part of disc 6:

I recollect you’re correct, fellow old-timer! Many a sammich ago. Just pulled out the Mosaic box for an evening dive.

This Herman session on disc 9 is completely new to me. Going to pause when it’s over for a blue Lou Donaldson interlude, but Ben Webster, Marjorie Hyams and Bill Harris all making the date a blast for me.

One of the last of the old-school class of greasy bebop. He made a lot of records that I’ve enjoyed and I’m going to put one of them on right now.

Beginning to dig into the Woody Herman combo sides on disc 9. So many little session nuggets in this set—the Teddy Wilson on disc 8, for example. I’m always glad to encounter any additional recordings of his early-1940s Cafe Society group.