Film Poster : J.X Williams - Peep Show [1965]

1st Anniversary of Tune Up

Today a year ago i changed my old blog from 'skynet' to 'blogger'. Thanks to all who passed by on a regular basis and we hope to see you soon again. In the mean time enjoy holiday season!

Film Poster : Pierre Schoendorfer - La 317e section [1965]

Don Ellis - Live In India

I got this email in the 'Inbox' a few days ago :

"At last, I can now report that "Don Ellis Live in India" - recorded at the "Jazz Yatra" Festival, Bombay in 1978 - is now available from www.sleepynightrecords.com (go to Media to hear music clips and Info for more details).
The quintet was specially formed by Don Ellis for the very first "Jazz Yatra" presentation.
Niranjan Jhaveri - founder and honorary secretary-general - was a long-time close friend of Don's, so it was a natural choice for him to invite Don - along with another close friend, Sonny Rollins, to perform at the festival. Both groups appeared for "expenses only".
Just over 2 years ago, I spoke to Gary Gillies about the possibilities of his record label - Sleepy Night Records - issuing "lost tape" material, in a series dedicated to Don Ellis. We agreed that these "Jazz Yatra" sessions would make an excellent Volume 1.
I had been in contact from time to time, over a number of years, with Niranjan, so I asked him for further details. Niranjan was by then very ill and approaching the age of 80. Nevertheless, he was very helpful and gave permission - on behalf of "Jazz Yatra" - for us to go ahead with the project.
My next step was to try and contact the remaining members of the quintet: Emilie, Randy, Leon and David (luckily, I managed to trace them all) and also Don's son Brav, for permission from Ellis Music Enterprises. Photographs, program, memories, etc, came and are included in the 20-page booklet accompanying the C.D.
Emilie checked out listed items we believed were the "master tapes" housed in Don's collection at U.C.L.A. These turned out to be 8mm film, that Don had shot during their "vacation periods" in India and Egypt. This, in itself, was a "lost" recovery, for Emilie knew of Don's filming, but the footage was presumed lost. We were left with what Emilie had already: the cassette tapes of the sessions, that Don had given her on their return to the U.S.A.
David undertook the huge task of clean-up and editing of this problematic source material and the results are superb.
This whole project has been a "labor of love" by all. Gary and Sleepy Night Records have financed the manufacture of a limited edition of just 1,000 copies and I sincerely hope that he will recover the cost through sufficient sales, which would also allow us to go ahead with a planned Volume 2 of the "Lost Tapes of a Musical Legend".
There is a limited number of copies available free to review by interested writers, magazines, etc, who wish to transmit their views to a wider public.
To close this report on a very sad note, I learned just a few days ago - by checking the Jazz Yatra Internet site - that Niranjan Jhaveri passed away on May 21st of this year (cancer). If we had known of this sooner, a special tribute would have been inserted within the C.D booklet. We now dedicate this album to the memory of Niranjan Jhaveri, whose love and involvement in jazz music were monumental."

Laurent Cugny - Electrique Miles Davis

Here's a PDF of Laurent Cugny's book 'Electrique Miles Davis' which explores Miles Davis's electric period between 1968 and 1975. For those of us who are monolingual, the text is  in French. This book is now OOP for years...

Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg

Speakin' of Beats, there's an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 2–September 6, 2010 of pictures by Allen Ginsberg. The NYRB has a review of the exhibition by Edmund White.

Bruno Cremer R.I.P.

Cremer began his career in the 1950s and starred in a variety of stage plays, including a starring role as Thomas Beckett in the world premiere of Jean Anouilh's Beckett in 1959.

He starred in films such as director Rene Clement's Is Paris Burning? (1966), The Time to Die (1970), and Noce Blanche in 1989, appearing alongside Vanessa Paradis. (this one is shown toniight at FRANCE 2 as special ommage to Cremer). His first famous role was in 'La 317 ème Section' (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058863/) as adjutant Willsdorf who tries to

But he will perhaps be best remembered for playing the famous pipe-smoking detective Maigret in the TV series which debuted in 1991 and ran until 2005.

Read more here in Libérations obituary or just have a look at Cremer playing le Commissaire Maigret in 'Maigret Chez Les Flamands'

Those were the days!

Ava Gardner, Stan Kenton, Peter Lawford and Spike Jones!

Film Poster : Mark Robson - The Little Hut [1957]

Sous le nom de Melville - Code Name Melville

This documentary by Olivier Bohler was broadcasted this spring on a french television channel. I missed the opportunity to record it. If someone ahs this in his possession please contact me, PLEASE!!!!
Thanks a lot in advance.

JACK KEROUAC AND ALLEN GINSBERG: THE LETTERS

Read a review of this new book in the NYT Book review here. And there's even an excerpt available here. Enjoy and have a nice weekend.

Miles Davis was Cool

Miles Davis was the personification of cool. Todd Boyd explains why in an article in The Root.

Film Poster : Syndey Pollack - The Yakuza [1974]

Comments on this blog

Some people leave comments and the redaction of this blog appreciates this very much.

But please do always leave them in english, french, german, dutch. Our redactor in chief received comments in japanese or chinese which he's unable to read and he considers it automatically as spam and those comments are deleted.

Thanks in advance for your comprehension.

Je me souviens de Miles : complete series

I captured all the broadcasts on France Musique, some from radio most as webcasts and made them available as MP3 @320 kbps.

Here are the complete details of the series :

Feuilletons l'été
Je me souviens de Miles Davis
Présenté par Franck Médioni

lundi 26 juillet 2010 (1/5)

Programmation musicale du jour

"Kind of blue" - Miles Davis
Freddie Freeloader (Miles Davis)
Columbia 494853 2

"First Miles" - Miles Davis
1. Milestones (Miles Davis)
2. Half Nelson (Miles Davis)
Savoy 0159

"Birth of the cool" - Miles Davis
Move (Denzil Best)
Deception (Miles Davis)
Capitol 724349455023

"The complete Columbia recordings" - Miles Davis & Gil Evans
1. Springsville (John Carisi)
2. Miles Ahead (Miles Davis)
3. Lament (Jay Jay Johnson)
4. Summertime (George Gershwin)
5. Corcovado (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
Columbia 67397

mardi 27 juillet 2010 (2/5)

"Kind of blue" - Miles Davis
Freddie Freeloader (Miles Davis)
Columbia 494853 2

"Workin'" - Miles Davis
It never entered my mind (Hart/Rodgers)
Prestige 98404

Miles Davis & John Coltrane
"Miles Davis comments" et "Round midnight" (Thelonious Monk)
Columbia 65833

"Ascenseur pour l’échafaud" - Miles Davis
Florence sur les Champs-Elysées (Miles Davis)
Dîner au motel (Miles Davis)
Fontana 836 305–2

"Kind of blue" - Miles Davis
Freddie Freeloader (Miles Davis)
Columbia 494853 2


mercredi  28 juillet (3/5)

"Kind of blue" - Miles Davis
Blue in green (Bill Evans)
Columbia 494853 2

"Les années Jazz Magazine"
Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk)
Verve 525 282–2

Miles Davis & John Coltrane
Someday my prince will come (F. Churchill/L. Morey)
Columbia 65833

"Quintet" - Miles Davis
ESP (Wayne Shorter)
Columbia 67398

"The complete live at the Plugged Nickel" - Miles Davis
Stella by starlight (N. Washington/V. Young)
Columbia 67095

jeudi 29 juillet 2010 (4/5)

"Quintet" - Miles Davis
Pinocchio (Wayne Shorter)
Columbia 67398

"In a silent way" - Miles Davis
Shhh/Peaceful (Miles Davis)
Columbia 450982 2

"Bitches Brew" - Miles Davis
1. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down (Miles Davis)
2. Orange Lady (Joe Zawinul)
Columbia 65570

"On the corner" - Miles Davis
Mtume (Miles Davis)
Columbia 88697062392

vendredi 30 juillet 2010 (5/5)

"Decoy" - Miles Davis
Decoy (Robert Irving III)
Columbia 468702 2

"Tutu" - Miles Davis
Tutu (Marcus Miller)
Warner 925 490–2

"You won’t forget me" - Shirley Horn
You won’t forget me
Verve

"Dingo" - Miles Davis & Michel Legrand
1. Concert on the runway (Miles Davis/Michel Legrand)
2. The departure (Miles Davis/Michel Legrand)
Warner 7599–26438–2

"Doo-bop" - Miles Davis
Blow (Easy Mo Bee)
Warner 7599–26938–2

Kim Novak

The American Cinematheque honors Kim Novak with screenings of 'Vertigo,' 'Pal Joey' and other films at the Egyptian Theatre. Read an interview with Miss Novak here.

R.O.I.O. Of The Week : Joshua Redman à Juan Les Pins 20.07.2010

I captured this direct broadcast recently from the radio the same day as the Roy Hargrove concert i shared already here. In fact i almost forgot about the broadcast since i had professional obligations and only could leave for home at around 20.00 p.m. and with a half hour drive. The concert would be broadcasted at 20.30 p.m.. I put on the radio and listened on the radio the studio program where they were talking about Joshua Redmans career and they played some tracks from his earlier recordings nota bene Moodswing. It was as if i heard them for the first time again so many years already ago (16 to be precise) and realised that his group of those days consisted of what are nowadays some heavy cats : Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade.I arrived just in time at home, left wife and kid where they were and started the recording. I haven't been following Joshua Redmans career all the time and did not what to expect with his double trio but after listening at it twice i start to dig it more and more and esally 'Identity Thief' (Trane is not far away), 'Ugly Beauty' and the encore 'Moonlight'. Enjoy!


JOSHUA REDMAN double Trio
Antibes / Juan Les Pins Jazz festival
Pinède Gould
2010 july 20th,
France Musique broadcast -)HD -) cd wave -) FLAC

01 Radio 01:06
02 Identity Thief 06:27
03 J.R. speaks -) Ghost 10:35
04 Hutchhiker's guide 08:01
05 Radio 00:17
06 Ugly Beauty 12:37 (cut due to signal loss by radio station)
07 Ugly Beauty cont'd 00:30
08 Faraway 13:39
09 Intro 00:47
10 Little Ditty 10:44
11 Barracuda's 11:52
12 Crowd 02:14
13 Encore - Moonlight 04:59
14 Radio 00:54

Joshua Redman / saxes
Matt Penman / contrabass & cello
Reuben Rogers / contrabass
Gregory Hutchinson / drums & percussions
Bill Stewart / drums

Je me souviens de Miles - I remember Miles

France Musique broadcasts a summer series which is dedicated this week to Miles Davis. Franck Medioni who wrote a book on Miles last year recollected from 80 musicians their impressions of Miles. He turned his book now in a radio series.

The first part was broadcasted yesterday afternoon and i was able to record it and it's available as an MP3. Part 2 and the other parts are broadcasted every afternoon this week at 17h30.

Let's play : magical penalty

Film Poster : Jacques Deray - Avec la peau des autres [1966]