AllenLowe

thanks; that's what it might take to get a review in the Times.

Darius is a great player (he did a concert with my group about 2 years ago); he's around NYC a bit, though hard to track consistently.

my trusty agent Sid Moscowitz has actually booked us 2 gigs for Spring and near-Spring. March 6 we will be at Rutgers with a quartet playing some of my music; 2:30-4 PM; me on alto, Kevin Ray on bass, Lewis Porter piano, Noel Brennan, drums. April 3 we will be at Roulette in Brooklyn; 10 PM; me on alto and maybe tenor; Randy Sandke, trumpet; the novelist Rick Moody, spoken word; Kevin Ray, bass; Lewis Porter, piano (no drummer yet). I've never really had any member of this forum attend any of my sporadic NYC gigs, and this may be it for a few years. Some of you must live near enough. If not, feel free to send threatening telegrams.

Randy can do everything. Not kidding. Love that guy.

what did that girl do?

took me a minute to figure that one out.

I haven't read that, but to me, the more interesting way to go would be to de-mythologize him, make into a not-very-good player who is somehow legend-ized accidentally.

1) I think Akkeb was the guy chasing the whale - 2) my point was in response to their claim that Hines was the most influential jazz. pianist ever.

good Haig on that.

just reading a book on Cage and Zen.

just sent them this email: love him, but Bud Powell was way more influential; Hines was one of the hardest to approximate, and I can think of maybe only 3 pianists I ever heard who showed a real strong Hines influence (Joe Sullivan, Sammy Price, Dill Jones) - though there are probably some more, like Zinky Cohn. But if you can name me 20 I will change my opinion - - Akkeb Lowe

correction - the poll he is working on is for Rhapsody; and here's a semi-recent piece: http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2012/06/6007257/sometime-thing-history-porgy-and-bess-complex-history-race-america?page=all

he's not doing a lot of day-to-day work, but is definitley working on some Voice stuff, including the annual poll.

Brown was a major pain in the ass; told everybody what to do, not just these kids, but PeeWee Russell, Red Allen, and Dick Katz.

there is a 1968 solo by Jeff Beck at the Fillmore that is simply one of the greatest blues guitar solos ever played; IMHO those guys saved the blues, injected some much-needed life into what was becoming a dormant form. Same with Johnny Winter, Bloomfield, of course, Bloodwyn Pig, Hendrix, The Blues Magoos, The Animals, and Willie Horton. Just my opinion.

I think Benson always sucked, and that the early albums were actually made by the same guy who wrote all of Irving Berlin's songs.

nobody asked, but just as an aside, the singer Catherine Russell is Louis Russell's daughter.

here's what we have on Devilin Tune of the 1920s: 22. Isham Jones When Shadows Fall I Hear You Calling June, 1920 23. Isham Jones Wait’ll You See June, 1920 1. Bert Williams Unlucky Blues April 18, 1920 2. Louisiana 5 Weeping Willow Blues Jan., 1920 3. Paul Whiteman Wang Wang Blues Aug. 4, 1920 4. Eubie Blake Sounds of Africa July, 1921 5. Bert Williams Brother Low Down Oct. 28, 1921 6. James P. Johnson Harlem Strut Aug., 1921 7. Zez Confrey Poor Buttermilk April, 1921 8. Ethel Waters There’ll Be Some Changes Made Aug., 1921 9. Al Bernard Frankie and Johnny 1921 10. Ladd’s Black Aces Shake It and Break It Aug., 1921 11. Ladd’s Black Aces Aunt Hagar’s Children’s Blues Aug., 1921 12. Johnny Dunn Old Time Blues Feb. 1, 1921 13. Eubie Blake Ma Sept., 1921 14. Mamie Smith’s Jazz Hounds Royal Garden Blues Jan., 1921 15. Fletcher Henderson (solo) Unknown Blues Sept., 1921 16. Unidentified Muscle Shoals Blues 1921 17. Sissle’s Sizzling Syncopators Low Down Blues March 18, 1921 18. Sissle’s Sizzling Syncopators Long Gone March 18, 1921 19. Southern Negro Quartet I’ll Be Good But I’ll Be Lonesome July, 1921 20. Sophie Tucker Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down in Dear Old Dixieland 1922 21. Husk O’Hare San March 10, 1922 22. Kid Ory Ory’s Creole Trombone June, 1922 23. Kid Ory Society Blues June, 1922 24. Lizzie Miles She Walked Right Up and Took My Man Away Feb. 24, 1922 1. Cotton Pickers I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate Sept. 1922 2. Fats Waller Birmingham Blues Oct., 1922 3. Mitchell’s Jazz Kings Montmartre Rag July, 1922 4. Mitchell’s Jazz Kings Stumbling July 19, 1922 5. Sidney Bechet (Clarence Williams) Wild Cat Blues July 30, 1923 6. King Oliver Jazzin’ Babies Blues June 23, 1923 7. Cotton Pickers You Tell Her, I Stutter Feb. 9, 1923 8. The Georgians Loose Feet Jan. 27, 1923 9. Jelly Roll Morton (solo) Wolverine Blues July 18, 1923 10. Jelly Roll Morton Big Fat Ham Spring 1923 11. The Sunset Band Wolverine Stomp 1922 or 1923 12. Hitch’s Happy Harmonists Cruel Woman Sept. 19, 1923 13. Isham Jones Farewell Blues Jan., 1923 14. Q. Roscoe Snowden Misery Blues 1923 15. Erskine Tate’s Vendome Orch. Chinaman’s Blues June 23, 1923 16. Old Southern Jug Band Hatchethead Blues 1923 or 1924 17. Belle Baker Jubilee Blues 1923 18. Bennie Moten/Ada Brown Ill Natured Blues Sept., 1923 19. Midway Dance Orchestra House of David Blues 1923 20. Charles Matson I Just Want a Daddy July 30, 1923 21. James P. Johnson Scouting Around Aug. 8, 1923 22. Piron’s New Orleans Orchestra West Indies Blues Dec. 21, 1923 23. Ollie Powers Play That Thing Sept., 1923 24. Tom Morris When the Jazz Band Starts to Play April, 1923 1. Midway Dance Orchestra Lots O’ Mama Oct. 19, 1923 2. Clarence Williams’ Blue Five Shreveport Blues Nov. 10, 1923 3. Jelly Roll Morton London Blues Oct. 30, 1923 4. Jesse Crump Mr. Crump’s Rag July 20, 1923 5. Jelly Roll Morton New Orleans Joys July 17, 1923 6. Jimmie’s Joys Wolverine Blues ca. Aug., 1923 7. Mamie Smith (Bechet) Lady Luck Blues Aug. 5, 1923 8. Paul Whiteman If I Can’t Have the Sweetie Sept. 7, 1923 9. Wade’s Moulin Rouge Orchestra Mobile Blues Dec., 1923 10. New Orleans Rhythm Kings Tin Roof Blues March 13, 1923 11. Cliff Edwards Hard Hearted Hannah 1924 12. Fate Marable Frankie and Johnny March 16, 1924 13. Arcadia Peacock Orch. of St. Louis Where’s My Sweetie Hiding 1924 14. Art Landry and his Orchestra Rip Saw Blues 1924 15. Vincent Rose and his Orchestra Helen Gone 1924 16. Elmer Kaiser and his Ballroom Orch. Monkey Business Sept., 1924 17. Charlie Creath Pleasure Mad Dec. 2, 1924 18. Fletcher Henderson Copenhagen Oct. 30, 1924 19. Marion Harris There’ll Be Some Changes Made 1924 20. Mound City Blue Blowers Red Hot March 13, 1924 21. Wendell Hall Comfortin’ Gal Jan. 15, 1924 22. Johnny Bayersdorffer I Wonder Where My Easy Rider’s Riding Now March 17, 1924 23. Original Crescent City Jazz Band Christine March 17, 1924 24. Clarence Williams (E. Taylor/L. Armstrong Everybody Loves My Baby Nov. 6, 1924 25. Harry Reser Sweet Like You 1924 1. Bucktown 5 Really a Pain Feb. 25, 1924 2. Duke Ellington (Jo Trent) Deacon Jazz Nov., 1924 3. Duke Ellington (Jo Trent) Oh How I Love My Baby Nov., 1924 4. Moulin Rouge Orchestra (Ben Selvin) Chicago 1924 or 1925 5. Bennie Moten South Nov. 29, 1924 6. Bennie Moten Goofy Dust Nov. 29, 1924 7. Rosa Henderson Hard Hearted Hannah Sept., 1924 8. Jelly Roll Morton (DeFaut) Wolverine Blues May, 1925 9. Perly Breed Where’s My Sweetie Hiding Nov. 23, 1924 10. Charlie Straight Henpecked Blues June, 1923 11. Clarence Jones Hula Lu Feb., 1924 12. Sioux City Six I’m Glad Oct. 10, 1924 13. The Cotton Pickers Those Panama Mamas April 9, 1925 14. Blossom Seely Lazy March 27, 1924 15. Johnny Dedroit Number 2 Blues March 16, 1924 16. The Wolverines (Bix) Riverboat Shuffle May 6, 1924 17. Jimmy O’Bryant Skoodlum Blues March, 1925 18. Lovie Austin (O’Bryant) Too Sweet For Words Aug., 1925 19. Fred Longshaw Chili Pepper June, 1925 20. Gulf Coast 7 Keep Your Temper Nov. 5, 1925 21. Boswell Sisters Nights When I’m Lonely March 25, 1925 22. Stomp 6 Why Can’t It Be Poor Little Me July, 1925 23. Oscar Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra Careless Love Jan. 23, 1925 24. Louis Forbstein’s Royal Syncopators Down and Out Blues May 16, 1925 25. Perry’s Hot Dogs Ain’t No Flies on Auntie Sept. 25, 1925 1. The Tennessee Happy Boys Sweet Georgia Brown 1925 2. Ben. Harney The Wagon Sept. 9, 1925 3. Charles Fulcher My Pretty Girl Sept. 30, 1925 4. Wilshire Dance Orchestra Charleston Charlie Feb., 1925 5. Bessie Smith Squeeze Me Dec. 9, 1925 6. Clarence Williams’ Blue 5 (Hawk/Armstrong/E. Taylor) Squeeze Me Oct. 26, 1925 7. Charlie Creath Grandpa’s Spells Nov. 3, 1925 8. Maggie Jones Dallas Blues Sept. 17, 1925 9. Hitch’s Happy Harmonists Cataract Rag Jan. 19, 1925 10. Hitch’s Happy Harmonists Nightingale Rag Blues Jan. 19, 1925 11. Merrit Brunies/Friar’s Inn Orchestra Sugarfoot Stomp Nov. 14, 1925 12. Blossom Seely Yes Sir That’s My Baby 1925 13. Blue Ribbon Syncopators Scratch March, 1925 14. Brownlee’s Orchestra of New Orleans Dirty Rag Jan. 23, 1925 15. Danny Small and His Ukulele Boys Sweet Man Dec., 1925 16. Jimmie Blythe Jimmie’s Blues June, 1925 17. Jelly Roll Morton Grandpa’s Spells Dec. 16, 1926 18. Ethel Waters (Joe Smith) I Found a New Baby Jan. 22, 1926 19. Cookie’s Ginger Snaps Messin’ Around June 22, 1926 20. Charlie Straight Deep Henderson May 28, 1926 21. Duke Ellington (The Washingtonians) Rainy Nights Nov. 24, 1926 22. California Ramblers Stockholm Stomp Dec. 9, 1926 23. Art Sims and His Creole Band How Do You Like It Blues June 21, 1926 24. Williams Sisters Sam the Accordion Man Dec. 18, 1926 25. Savoy Bearcats Sengalese Stomp Aug. 9, 1926 1. Jelly Roll Morton Sweetheart O’ Mine April 20, 1926 2. Dixieland Jug Blowers Southern Shout June 6, 1927 3. King Oliver Deep Henderson April 21, 1926 4. Francis Carter The Birth of the Blues Sept. 16, 1926 5. Bennie Moten Kansas City Shuffle Dec. 13, 1926 6. Sammie Lewis East Arkansas Shout June 14, 1926 7. Kid Ory/Johnny Dodds Gatemouth July 13, 1926 8. Kid Ory/Johnny Dodds Too Tight Blues July 13, 1926 9. Ben Pollack He’s the Last Word Dec. 17, 1926 10. The Redheads Get With Dec., 1926 11. Coon-Sanders Orchestra High Fever Dec. 8, 1926 12. Brad Gowans I’ll Fly to Hawaii Oct. 26, 1926 13. Chippie Hill (L. Armstrong, R. M. Jones) Trouble in Mind Feb. 23, 1926 14. Ada Brown Panama City Ltd. March 10, 1926 15. Elgar’s Creole Orchestra Brotherly Love Sept. 17, 1926 16. Phil Napoleon Go Joe Go Dec. 23, 1926 17. Thomas Morris Lazy Drag July 13, 1926 18. Margaret Johnson Graysom Street Blues Oct. 20, 1926 19. Fletcher Henderson Hot Mustard Dec. 8, 1926 20. Freddie Keppard Stockyard Strut Sept., 1926 21. Jimmie Blythe Old Man Blues July 26, 1926 22. Sugar Underwood Dew Drop Alley Aug. 5, 1927 23. Sam Morgan Steppin’ on the Gas April 14, 1927 24. The Pebbles Who’s You Tellin’? June 7, 1927 25. Louis Armstrong Hotter Than That Dec. 11, 1927 Bix Beiderbecke/Frankie Trumbauer I’m Comin’ Virginia May 13, 1927 2. Red McKenzie/Eddie Condon Nobody’s Sweetheart Dec. 16, 1927 3. George Olsen Sam the Accordion Man Jan. 6, 1927 4. Ray Miller My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms Feb. 1, 1928 5. Duke Ellington What Can a Poor Fellow Do? Nov. 3, 1927 6. Bix Beiderbecke (D. Murray, B. Rank) Sorry Oct. 5, 1927 7. Louis Dumaine Pretty Audrey March 17, 1927 8. Louis Dumaine To-Wa-Ba-Ca March 7, 1927 9. Bix Beiderbecke/Frankie Trumbauer Baltimore Sept. 28, 1927 10. Jesse Stone Boot to Boot April 27, 1927 11. Reb Spikes My Mammy’s Blues Oct. 15, 1927 12. Johnny Hyman’s Bayou Stompers Alligator Blues March 10, 1927 13. Johnny Doods/Tiny Parham Oh Daddy March, 1927 14. Annette Hanshaw Miss Annabelle Lee Aug., 1927 15. Jean Goldkette I’m Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now 1927 16. Ted Weems She’ll Never Meet a Fellow Like Me May 24, 1927 17. Perry Bradford (Smith/Harrison/Smith) It’s Right Here For You May 23, 1927 18. Dixie Stompers Wang Wang Blues March 23, 1927 19. Sadie McKinney Rock Away Feb. 24, 1927 20. Paul Whiteman Changes Nov. 3, 1927 21. Williamson’s Beale St. Frolic Orchestra Midnight Frolic Stomp Feb. 1, 1927 22. Oscar Celestin It’s Jam Up Oct. 25, 1927 23. Don Voorhees Soliloquy Sept. 6, 1927 24. Miff Mole Honolulu Blues Sept. 1, 1927 1. Frankie Trumbauer Humpty Dumpty Sept. 8, 1927 2. Venuti & Lang Going Places May 4, 1927 3. Frankie Trumbauer A Good Man Is Hard to Find Oct. 25, 1927 4. Paul Whiteman/Bing Crosby I’m Comin’ Virginia April 29, 1927 5. Carson Robison/Vernon Dalhart When the Sun Goes Down Again 1927 6. Paul Whiteman Lonely Melody Jan. 4, 1928 7. Jean Goldkette I’m Proud of a Baby Like You Jan. 25, 1927 8. Earl Hines Stowaway Dec. 8, 1928 9. Jim Jackson When I Woke Up This Morning Aug. 27, 1928 10. Carroll Dickerson Symphonic Raps July 5, 1928 11. Bud Freeman Crazeology Dec. 3, 1928 12. Duke Ellington Swampy River Oct. 1, 1928 13. Burton and Blythe Dustin’ the Keys April 1, 1928 14. Buddy Berton Silvery Moon April 21, 1928 15. Ethel Waters Get Up Off Your Knees June 28, 1928 16. Frankie Jaxon Jaspar’s Barbecue Oct. 28, 1928 17. Ted Lewis Shim-Me-Shaw Wobble July 16, 1928 18. Slim Lamar Goofus Sept. 6, 1928 19. Mart Britt Goose Creek Sept. 14, 1928 20. Louis Armstrong West End Blues June 28, 1928 21. Johnny Dodds Bucktown Stomp July 6, 1928 22. Clarence Jones ‘Mid the Pyramids Dec., 1928 23. Hoagy Carmichel Walkin’ the Dog May 5, 1928 24. Red McKenzie/E. Condon From Monday On May 28, 1928 25. Gladys Bentley Worried Blues Aug. 8, 1928 1. Cliff Edwards That’s My Weakness Now July 12, 1928 2. Tub Jug Washboard Band Lady Quit Her Husband... June, 1928 3. Pink Anderson/Simmie Dooley Tippin’ Out April 14, 1928 4. Chicago Footwarmers Get ‘Em Again Blues Feb. 7, 1928 5. Tommy Dorsey It’s Right Here For You Nov. 10, 1928 6. Boyd Senter Stack O’Lee Blues May 3, 1928 7. Boyd Senter Somebody’s Wrong May 8, 1928 8. Lottie Kimbrough Wayward Girl Blues Aug. 21, 1928 9. Sophie Tucker ‘Cause I Feel Low Down 1928 10. Dallas String Band I Used to Call Her Baby Dec., 1928 11. Frenchy’s String Band Texas and Pacific Blues Dec. 5, 1928 12. Bessie Smith/Charlie Green Empty Bed Blues March 20, 1928 13. Monk Hazel Ideas Dec., 1928 14. Alphonso Trent (Stuff Smith) Nightmare Dec. 5, 1928 15. Paul Whiteman Sweet Sue Sept. 18, 1928 16. Joe Ward and his Swanee Serenaders Traffic Jam 1928 17. The Sizzlers Diga Diga Doo Nov. 27, 1928 18. Carrol Dickerson’s Savoy Orchestra Missouri Squabble May 25, 1928 19. The Dorsey Brothers Melancholy Baby April 24, 1928 20. Thelma Terry Voice of the Southland March 29, 1928 21. Benny Meroff Smiling Skies Dec. 9, 1928 22. Ted Lewis Clarinet Marmalade July 16, 1928 23. Jack Pettis Broadway Stomp June 20, 1928 24. McKinney’s Cotton Pickers Stop Kidding July 12, 1928 1. Duke Ellington Take It Easy March 21, 1928 2. James P. Johnson and Orchestra Chicago Blues June 18, 1928 3. Charlie Johnson Charleston Is the Best Dance of All Jan. 24, 1928 4. Roy Evans (James P. Johnson) Jazzbo Dan and His Yodelin’ Band Sept. 4, 1928 5. Benny Goodman A Jazz Holiday Jan. 23, 1928 6. Lou Calabrese and His Hot Sketches Lip-Stick Feb. 28, 1928 7. Al Bernard ‘Taint So Honey, ‘Taint So ca. 1928 8. Joe Venuti and his New Yorkers Doin’ Things Oct. 4, 1928 9. Horsey’s Hot 5 Weeping Blues Sept. 29, 1928 10. Bix Beiderbecke/Frankie Trumbauer Jubilee Jan. 9, 1928 11. Alec Johnson/Mississippi Sheiks Sister Maud Mule Nov. 2, 1928 12. McKinney’s Cotton Pickers (as Goldkette Orchestra) My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now Nov. 23, 1928 13. Chicago Rhythm Kings (Teschemacher, Spanier, Sullivan, Mezzrow) There’ll Be Some Changes Made April 6, 1928 14. Pine Top Smith Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out Jan. 15, 1929 15. Big Crosby My Kinda Love April 10, 1929 16. The Rhythm Boys So the Bluebirds and the Blackbirds Got Together April 10, 1929 17. Louis Armstrong Blue Turning Grey Over You Feb. 1, 1930 18. Red McKenzie/Hawk/Russell One Hour Nov. 14, 1929 19. Jean Cocteau (Dan Parrish & Orch.) La Toison d’Or March 12, 1929 20. Frankie Trumbauer/Bix Beiderbecke I Like That April 30, 1929 21. Carson Robison and his Kansas City Jackrabbits Nonsense 1929 22. Henry Lange and his Bajer Hotel Orchestra Somebody Loves Me July 19, 1929 23. Marlow Hardy and his Alabamans Song of the Bayou Oct. 29, 1929 1. Will Ezell West Coast Rag 1928 or 1929 2. Huerve Duerson Avenue Strut 1929 3. Stellio Orch. Antillais En Sens Unique 1929 4. L’Orchestra Antillais Serpent Maigre Sept., 1929 5. Fats Waller Smashing Thirds Sept. 24, 1929 6. Tiny Parham Jungle Crawl July 22, 1929 7. Missourians Market Street Stomp June 3, 1929 8. Cecil Scott Bright Boy Blues 1929 9. Fred Elizade Nobody’s Sweetheart April 12, 1929 10. Jungletown Stompers Slow as Molasses April 15, 1929 11. Fess Williams Do Shuffle April 22, 1929 12. Paul Tremaine Four Four Rhythm Oct. 4, 1929 13. Emmett Miller Lovin’ Sam Sept. 5, 1929 14. Papa Charlie Jackson Baby Please Loan Me Your Heart 1929 15. Sam Theard You Rascal You 1929 16. Texas Alexander/Mississippi Sheiks Seen Better Days 1929 17. John Dilleshaw Cotton Patch Rag 1929 18. Memphis Jug Band K C Moan Oct. 4, 1929 19. Ikey Robinson and Jimmy Blythe Gin Mill Blues Nov. 16, 1929 20. H.M. Barnes Mandolin Rag 1929 21. Mississippi Mud Steppers Jackson Stomp 1929 22. Clifford Hayes (Hines/Smith/Grundy) Automobile Stomp Feb. 26, 1929 23. Eddie Lang/Lonnie Johnson Handful of Riffs May 8, 1929 24. Jones/Collins Astoria Hot Eight Damp Weather Nov. 5, 1929 1. Omer Simeon/Earl Hines Beau Koo Jack Sept. 11, 1929 2. Walter Pages’ Blue Devils Squabblin’ Nov. 10, 1929 3. Floyd Mills and His Marylanders Chicago Rhythm June 26, 1929 4. Zack Whyte West End Blues Feb. 26, 1929 5. Paul Whiteman Song of India April 5, 1929 6. Eddie Lang/Tommy Dorsey/Arthur Schutt Freeze and Melt May 22, 1929 7. Jimmy Dorsey Prayin’ the Blues June 13, 1929 8. Jelly Roll Morton Freakish July 8, 1929 9. George E. Lee Rough Scufflin’ Nov. 6, 1929 10. Jabbo Smith Sweet and Low Blues Feb. 23, 1929 11. Jimmy Noone/May Alix My Daddy Rocks Me July 8, 1929 12. Blind Leroy Garnett Louisiana Glide 1929 13. John Burris Piccolo Pete ca. Feb., 1929

somehow this looks like a project by the guy who did Mona Lisa with a mustache (Duchamp). I think I like her work.

I have the original issue - was it Rounder? btw, one of the things I find ineresting in these early bands is the ragtime component - and chord progressions very similar to Muskrat Ramble and Sister Kate.

Airegin? I miss the pics of those women.

not paranoid, but first time I read that I thought you wrote 'he was regarded as a non-British 'allen'." The Portland cops have stopped me so many time (approx. 8 times in the last 10 years; more than my previous 49 years on earth) that I can't pass a police car without averting my eyes.

this is a strange thread - and thank you, Chuck, for telling us about this guy. I just hope you're sorry about the Spanish Inquisition.

well, I once compared his playing to someone who keeps shuffling a deck of cards, but never gets around to actually playing the game.

always the best, from me.