AllenLowe

Great trumpet player; a few years ago he was on Facebook and expressed strong support for our current president, and the reaction was so bad he disappeared.

release date: 2822 days, according to the Prison web site -

well, under that logic no one is to blame for anything. Don't blame the president, don't blame that serial killer....

Now matter where we are on this, that is a complete mischaracterization of what Mark is saying. He is simply telling us not to reject the release for sonic reasons, but NOWHERE does he imply, as Jim has, that our sanity and intelligence or character is in question if we disagree with him. I know Mark well enough to know that that is not what he does, and he and I have disagreed on more than one occasion without rancor. Jim, on the other hand...well, I made my feelings clear.

finally, thanks, a good reason to listen. I must discard my insufficiency and character lapses.

Jim - shut the fuck up. I am really sick of this level of personal attack. You really should be ashamed. I am not hesitant about calling you out on this crap, as you have done it to me before. You are at the point where your level of rhetoric is mostly self referential, no longer having to do with reality.

I'm a little late, but does anyone really find this release listenable? There's a lot of great Trane in much better sound. What am I missing here?

Mine too, though I have not listened yet. Once again I am so glad Dave Sager wrote the book. Ricky knows plenty about Armstrong, but he has saturated the market and has very little new to say (yes I know he did the session notes; oh well).

it was never recorded, but Al Haig used to warm up by playing Brahms and other classical piano pieces. It's been a long time, but I cannot remember what else. And Roswell Rudd told me that JC Higginbotham used to warm up playing Bach out of practice books. That was a surprise.

nothing like Sonny R. Or Grossman, to my ears.

thanks for mentioning - though Pullman thinks otherwise (and honestly, I know Peter, and he is not a real honest guy and is the kind who would insist something was true even if it was proved otherwise; it's like he cannot back down). But listen to the ballad playing on the Roost as released and then listen to his 1948/49 recorded ballads (for Bluenote I believe). He has radically changed his approach, it is less florid, less decorative, much more intense. And 1949 is crazy for the Roost; even his bebop playing is different after '47, a little more broken up rhythmically, more intense. And Lord is ok, but he does no original research. Following Pullman is a big mistake. It's too late, but Larry Kart could tell us some stories. And Peter told a really horrible lie about me and my teaching methods (to Larry, who told me) so I no longer can take Pullman seriously.

Oh, I disagree - the Stash reissue (I think they put it out on a subsidiary label to hide from the FBI) was much superior to the Storyville (you may not have the Stash; I will see if I can find a citation). Storyville has done a lot of destructive hiss reduction and it is really dead compared to the Stash (and Storyville will burn in hell for the way it effed up a Donald Lambert CD; keep your LPs). here - this is the GOOD one and if you don't have it, pick it up as this is precious material; they called the fake label Vintage Jazz Classics; A/B it with Storyville; the difference is dramatic. This was Jack Towers' original transfer and the other is no comparison - https://www.discogs.com/release/6610353-Duke-Ellington-And-His-Famous-Orchestra-Fargo-North-DakotaNovember-7-1940

thanks guys - if anyone wants to buy it, it's best for me if you buy direct - email me at [email protected].

No one ever mentions me here, but my latest includes Julius Hemphill, David Murray, Matthew Shipp, Wadada Leo Smith, Hamiet Bluiett playing as my side men. Is that avant enough for you guys?

that's pretty much my take - your last paragraph.