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I strongly recommend these four volumes, among my favourite Tete discs:

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch)

My first exposure to Tim Berne. Actually, the first Soul Note title I ever purchased.

“The Complete Roulette Dinah Washington Recordings” Mosaic Records box set, disc 4

yes! also Jeff "Tain" Watts (b. 1960) and Tatsuya Nakatani (b. 1970).

I was always under the impression that the 'Lonnie' was Alonzo 'Lonnie' Levister, whose tune 'Slow Dance' Coltrane had recorded for Prestige.

January 20 Andy Sheppard - 1957

The Ideation of Kenny Drew

given to me by the author on 8/16/61 - I was 17.

Or a personal friend/relative as opposed to a known musician, though I can see the poetry angle.

Good one!

Dub, I just read that same article earlier today. But no mention of who Lonnie might be. Guy, I'm not sure if Lonnie Johnson seems at all likely. Or maybe Lonnie is a fictional/poetic creation of Coltrane's.

Definitely not Lonnie Smith, but I always assumed it was guitarist Lonnie Johnson. Coltrane would have surely been familiar with him…

Per this article, it was one of the songs from Crescent inspired by poetry Coltrane was reading at the time. https://www.everythingjazz.com/story/john-coltranes-criminally-underrated-record/

I've been thinking about just who is Lonnie from Trane's "Lonnie's Lament." Of course, these days one tries AI. The answer there is that it is Dr. Lonnie Smith, which strikes me as extremely unlikely. Smith would have been only 22 when the song was recorded, and the piece has a feel that is like nothing you would find in Lonnie Smith's work (or just about any organist). Yes, Smith later recorded a Trane tribute record. But I don't think Coltrane wrote a tribute to him. So who is Lonnie?

Hey.

One of my favorites! But I am a huge listener when Sonny reinventes himself. RCA, Impulse!, Contemporary too! Beastie Boys sampling Jeremy Steig brought him out of the dust!

Not sure this got a mention, a favorite of mine:

Ted Curson Live at La Tete de L'art Don Pullen at Sackville recording session John Lennon Live Peace in Toronto Sun Ra at the Horseshoe Tavern, The Beach Boys at Massey Hall Charles Lloyd "8" Lobero Theater Neil Young at Massey Hall Miles Davis at Hollywood Bowl

thanks !