AllenLowe

is he doing that thing where he kicks the bass one drum with one foot, and gets the rubber thing going with the other?

is the sound comparable? (or the same? - hint hint)

what? You couldn't find one with Mussolini?

funny you mention him - I have a 1950 version of Professor Longhair playing "She's Lost Her Mind," and in the Lee Allen tenor solo he plays part of the Tenor Madness riff - before Tenor Madness, of course.

who do you think I am? Hammiet Bluitt?

somewhere I have a Paul Gayten reissue CD on Specialty with some Regal things with Mobley, and I'm pretty sure there's no solos.

well, they were probably bad children - but this is an innocent saxophone.

I've been avoiding this day, but I can no longer play the tenor due to my weakening hands (I switched to alto a few years back). Selling my Martin Handcraft tenor saxophone, late 1940s. Beautiful-sounding horn, will go on ebay unless someone here is interested. Some tarnish, plays beautifully top to bottom. This was the horn I used on sessions with Julius Hemphill, David Murray, Don Byron, Doc Cheatham, at the Knitting Factory and elsewhere. So it has a nice history. It blows very easily. I always used to a-b it with Mark VI's in the days when those were still relatively affordable, and I always perferred this baby. Not quite as easy an action as the Selmer's, but still fine, and with a sound that can't be beat. $1150 plus shipping in the US of A. Paypal, alowe5@maine.rr.com. just checking if there's any interest prior to Ebay. I'll probably have some pics by the weekend.

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I'm gonna buy the CD, put it on in my living room, and then cough and sneeze through the whole thing. While making frequent exits for the bathroom and saying "excuse me" very loudly to the imaginary old ladies sitting in the three seats between me and the aisle.

my favorite Zwerin things are his descriptions of working with John Lewis, in his first book. Very entertaining glimpse at a guy (Lewis) whose personal/professional life was about as pomopous as his music (yeah I know I'm in the minority here but Lewis' playing drives me up a wall - apparently Zwerin felt the same way, so I became an instant admirer).

was just looking at some wedding pics: sure wish my sister wouldn't drink -

actually, Weizy, we're gonna celebrate the REAL Maine way - 40 beers and a pickup truck.

my most recent promo shot: gonna celebrate with the wife tonight; she's recently lost a lot of weight, and she's still a real looker:

I love Monroe, but my favorites are still the original recordings (Muleskinner Blues, etc 1940) - also the duets with his brother, 1930s -

thanks guys and, as Charlie Brown once said - another year down the drain. But we'll do better this year.

didn't realize that this had changed into a tribute to the deceased - dead roots, I guess.

Moore was the king, in my opinion. Somewhere I have a box of cassette tapes of his stuff. Had to hide it to keep off the sex-offender list.

nobody asked, but personally Ive been working on music which is only Americana - compositionally and performance-style wise. here's some sound samples from the last album I did: http://www.allenlowe.com/projects.html also, I was the first jazz person to record a,version of Blind Willie Johnson's Dark Was the Night Cold was the Ground (American Song Project, released Music and Arts, circa 1993?) - currently working on an all-blues program. I mention all of this to avoid the old adage about "those who can....." or "those who criticize..." in about 1992, 1993, I had a meeting with the head of Enja, Matthias Wincklemann (sp?) to plan a recording project we did (and which eventually became my Woyzek album); I told him I wanted to do a hillbilly record, and I got the blankest stare I ever received in my entire life. Oh well.

he was no Bernie Brightman -

he was no Frank Driggs................

Geoff Muldauer was from the original Jim Kweskin Jug Band, I think it was. And some years ago he did a Bix album, which I never saw, but I heard was very good.

I've read three of his books - 2 memoirs and one on the Nazis and jazz - and can recommend them all. Smart, entertaining writer.

Maria Muldauer still sounds good.

now your talkin.' And speaking of dead people, let's not forget about one of the eclectic roots greats, Dave Van Ronk. and hey, how about Charles Ives? Mr. Americana.