AllenLowe

sad news, but to me he was one of the most artificial of the method-ites. A scenery chewer.

Bob is one of my oldest friends, but slipped under the radar when he moved back to Detroit. Also, a genius pianist, one of my favorites, and a genuinely funny guy, I had not heard from him in about 10-12 years until last night when he called and we had a nice, long conversation. I had been worried because he's had serious health problem, but Bob (who is about to turn 70) sounded great; he's had some hearing loss, unfortunately, but he's feeling good and living with his wife in a condo in Birmingham, Michigan. best of all, he's still playing. He's got the Baldwin baby grand he grew up with, he told me. It's got me itching to get on a plane, go out and record with him; he's one of those incredibly creative musicians you can put into any situation and he'll come up with something just perfect, clever, and inventive. I never had as much fun as when I played with Bob. I miss him a lot, so I gotta figure a way out there. and I'm glad he's alive and well. A truly wonderful human being. (Also, less known is that he was the house pianist at Motown from 1962-64. Funny stories about Stevie Wonder, the 4 Tops, and the interesting, shall we say, financial backing that made that company grow).

this stuff is great - and let us not forget that the jazz/improvised music world is one of the worst offenders - anyone ever listen to the Wiretapper CD that the Wire issues yearly?

the variable foot. Words to live by.

Ben Neuman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aol6deOPV9A&feature=related

"if Allen's album were any good, it would be on ECM." or EMI; or MCA; or CTI.

and longer reviews. And a few more stars.

that's the whole review? They should demand he return the review copy. Thank you for getting that, I've been trying to keep an eye out for the foreign press.

thank you.

seems to be the trend...

apparently the latest issue of Jazzwise has a review of Blues and the Empirical Truth. Does anyone here subscribe to this publication?

on another board someone has pointed out that, in the later clip, Hubert Sumlin is visible.

this thread inspired me. Just talked on the phone with Maurice. Nice man. Wants to do the date. We shall see.....

to paraphrase a well known saying, talking about jazz is like lecturing on the social origins of 1920s urban jazz before a classroom of PHD candidates at Columbia University.

yeah, I'm hoping. We shall see....

Kalaparusha is supposed to record with us on our next session - though at this point I'm not sure if we can bring it off. Will let you know. He still plays beautifully.

also, I wouldn't call DC the "deep South."

just to add, that Rice Miller, Sonny Boy number 2; amazing footage; I was skeptical about the year - I'll sent Pete Lowry an email about it. But I guess it is '42.

I met him once and called him "Hod" as in "Hard" without the R. He did not seem to object.

Goldberg! ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABDABD ABD ABDABD AABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABDABD ABD ABDABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABDABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABDBD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABDAABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABDABD ABD ABDABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABDABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABDBD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD ABD (long time no C)

add the Booker Ervin and you've got my vote.

interesting to read Duke's praise of rock and roll.

he should try Maine next. I've been searching for 15 years.

I had forgotten the thing about Ornette. John's right; that gesture alone got Kenton into Heaven.

there's a Booker Ervin/Bill Barron date on Savoy, I think, that's quite nice. Bill was supposed to record with me on the New Tango CD but got sick; he was a great player, nice man.