AllenLowe

I actually see something a little bit different, and I've seen it on other boards - certain posts get ignored because the people having the initial discussion are a little bit cliquish and think that their private conversation has been interuupted -

guys, it hanppend - live with it. We're all wrong sometimes (except me on this thread) -

Jones told me this story in the late 1970s - so there goes that theory. And Miller was quite well-known in America cultural circles. So I don't doubt he witnessed this -

well, Chris, I've been having senior moments since I was about 12 - the Popeye joke had to do about where he stuck a certain appendage whenver it got rusty -

sorry, feeling defensive - the only people on the elevator (at Madison Square Garden) were Hank Jones, Monroe and Miller, so it's not really "in public." Remember, also, she was in the middle of filming The Misfits, which Miller had written for her - so they clearly still had some relationship. Jones repeated this story to me on two occasions, so I doubt there's any question it happned -

Hank Jones was there - why would he make this up? I suppose you were also on the elevator - give us your version -

I loved popeye - I YAM WHAT I YAM - I also remember a slightly obscene joke about Popeye and Olive Oil -

wow - love that Gottlieb - is it published anywhere?

maybe there ought to be a new feature that allows you to edit other people's posts - might make things more interesting -

well, I do think he was over-rated and a mediocre writer - After the Fall is one of the worst things ever written by a writer with a reputation. He also did some horrendous things to Monroe - as a matter of fact this has a jazz connection, as Hank Jones told me this some years ago - Jones played the piano for Monroe at the Madison Square Garden birthday party for JFK at which Monroe sang the famous version of happy birthday - afterwards Jones was in the elevator with Monroe and Miller; she was drunk and Miller hit her hard -

thanks to everyone who ordered the CD - I've been a little delayed because of a fair sized snow storm - will try to mail out a bunch of stuff tomorrow - if I missed your email please email me directly at alowe@maine.rr.com -

I honestly don't remember who was backing Marsh (it's been almost 25 years); the banded for LP thing was posted by someone else, I think - and as an added comment on Percy's other recordings, which are very good, none, I think, captures him as well as my little "live" recording -

Anybody listening? Optrix is a spray, great stuff, available in the US from North COuntry Audio: 315-287-2852, ask for Marc. Tell him Al sent ya -

thanks - will have to check my other machine in the morning -

well, I tried to change the subject - did you hear the one about the rabbi, the priest, and the Al Quaida suspect?

Hawkins was the man - always changing, always growing - another interesting quote from Barry Harris was that after working with Hawk he felt that he might have romanticized Bud Powell and Charlie Parker too much - because here was a musician who had gone on and listened and kept changing with the music and had produced brilliant work over 5 decades -

I should never have allowed open-enrollment -

I used to work for a moil and I collected the left over skins - I made them into a satchel - rub it and it turns into a suitcase -

so basically they are selling it only because the money is irresistable - not because they need the money, or because it's worth the money, or even because they want to sell it - class dismissed (that's if anybody is still in attendance) - .

I do wonder sometimes if things like Coda have a death wish - good little magazine, but in my brief experience they never returned numerous emails or phone calls - I know there were only a few people doing a lot of work, but I've had this experience before with organizations that are so dependent upon the support of a dedicated few and yet who can't seem to get the basics together -

wait - I just found something under my bed - nah, it's just dust -

will you take my personal IOU? If I don't pay you in thirty days you can keep the IOU -

sour grapes? I have some of those too - $50 a pound -

best spray for CD and CDR scratches: Optrix - I got it from North Country Audio -

Sorry - I don't actually have the box, but somewhere I have a Mosaic catalog that mentions it - or maybe it's a copy of a jazz magazine that mentions the Mosaic catalog - or maybe it's a copy of a jazz advertisment that mentions a magazine that once reviewed a Nat Cole record that might be in the box - well, whatever, send me $500 and I'll send something back that maybe has to do with someone who once listened to a Nat Cole record - or who at least KNOWS someone who has listened to a Nat Cole record - or maybe it's Natalie Cole - whatever -