Jim Alfredson Posted May 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2003 How's the planning for this going??? Just curious... It's going well. We're looking at October, sometime around Larry's birthday. We've been in contact with the brother of Carlos Santana who mention the idea to him and he was very receptive. We've tentatively got Dr. Lonnie Smith on board as well. We still need to find a venue in New York and also figure out what to do with the money. It seems Guy Sterling, the author of that article, has already purchased a headstone from partly his own money, so we'd like to pay him back. But then the question is what to do with any leftover. We've talked about setting up a scholarship fund at a local university and maybe making this an annual event. Kind of like Pete Fallico's Jazz Organ Fest out on the west coast. Any ideas would be appreciated... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted May 29, 2003 Report Share Posted May 29, 2003 Hey b3-er, you mention that Santana was very receptive to the idea. As in making a contribution?? Or maybe (I know, the chances of this are 1 in a Million), receptive to the idea of playing the date??? In any case, thanks for the update!!! Good to hear that you have "The Turbanator" on-board. Best of luck with setting up the rest!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted May 29, 2003 Report Share Posted May 29, 2003 Be sure to let Bruce Gallanter of Downtown Music Gallery know what you're up to. DMG is the hippest retail music store in NYC. He should have some suggestions. BTW: I manage the web site, at least for a few more weeks, for what ever that's worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 Any updates about the idea for a Larry Young tribute concert??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted December 8, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 It doesn't look like it's going to happen. Too many variables and such. My buddy did visit Larry's widow and she expressed concern that he would not want a tombstone anyway, having converted to Islam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzypaul Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 I didn't know muslims didn't agree with tombstones. I wonder what the thought is behind that one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted December 8, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 I didn't either. But my buddy contacted John McLaughlin via email and he said that although the idea was nice, he didn't believe Young would want money spent on a tombstone. He thought the money should be spent on the living. His wife confirmed this. But it hardly matters as the author of that original newspaper article went ahead and bought a tombstone himself. So whaddya gonna do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 Thanks for bringing this back up RT! I had forgotten all about this. So the benefit doesn't have to be about a tombstone anymore. As I read this, I understand that that is not really the issue though. Too bad it didn't work out. I thought this was a superb idea. -_- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 Well hey man, put up a tombstone anyway, any damn place you feel like it. Imagine... "Here may or may not lie the body of Larry Young, one of the greatest jazz artists of all time. That's for us to know and you to find out. But as long as you're here reading this, here's what you need to know..." etc. Have one of those Fast Food Drive-Through speakers playing samples constantly, and keep a supply of bio-disographical brochures readily available in one of those tube things that they use in front of houses that are for sale. Why not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris olivarez Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 It was still a nice thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 Bumping this up - does anyone have a copy of the article by Guy Sterling in the Newark Star Ledger - it is not online. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 https://harmonicsdb.wordpress.com/2013/08/11/larry-young/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bertrand Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 amazing thread I missed the first time around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relyles Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 Does anyone know the title of the 1997 tribute recording referenced in the article? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 Maybe the Zorn "Emergency" group? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted May 11, 2021 Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 Did someone mentioned Jimi Hendrix? Larry Young did play with him. I do have a recording of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertoart Posted May 11, 2021 Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 I remember reading the late Bern Nix saying he saw Larry Young playing with James Blood Ulmer at a gig at Berklee. Bern Nix graduated Berklee in 75 so it may have been somewhere between 73-75ish. Possibly a trio gig. Bern Nix said that when he auditioned for Ornette Coleman, he met Ulmer and recognised him from seeing him play with Larry Young at that time. So possibly after or circa the Lawrence Of Newark album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted May 11, 2021 Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 Larry and Ulmer also played together at Keystone Korner, but Todd Barkan does not remember the year. My guess is same tour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted May 12, 2021 Report Share Posted May 12, 2021 I saw Larry with McLaughlin/Santana in 1973. Unfortunately I wasn't up to speed on who he was at the time, but I'm glad I got to see him anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 Is Billy Brooks still living? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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