AllenLowe

I know that version of Sugar was on an old Commodore LP -

I seem to recall a line from Monty Python: "he was very military."

in case anyone thought I was kidding:

John LaPorta - nobody would buy it but me, but it would be nice.

I don't think so - this stuff is too far out for Ron - he will be attending the Lawrence Welk Memorial Concert at the Art Museum -

I'm a preservatives guy - I have a pack of Kraft American Cheese which has been in my frig since 1992. And I'm stocking up on bottles of Cheese Whiz in anticipation of the next Great Depression or World War III, whichever comes first.

it's ok, 7/4 - it was good to see you again the other day -

once again I will reminisce about the lady who was a well-known topless cellist in the 1960s. Yes, those were the good old days..............

does this mean I can't use your credit card numbers?

they used to say "speed kills." Don't know about that but I understand the attraction as I had my own little, shall we say, problem, a few years ago, and I'm sure I only had a mild case. Still, stopping was tough. But once you get the taste....

personally I like flunkies; I would have no problem if said flunky logged in and said "hey guys I joined up so I could promote my friend." What I dislike is the pretense that they are interested in the forum beyond the immediate sale; I find the fake enthusiasm extremely annoying, but maybe that's just me. and I like Ben just fine, excellent musician, I knew him when he was in high school in New Haven. Though he does owe me a favor...

isn't this a WEE bit spamalicious?

I build a shrine, sacrifice 2 virgins, sleep with a barnyard animal of my choice, howl at the moon, kiss the ring of a Rabbi, do a somersault, dance the hokey pokey, and read the New York Times. none of that really works, but I've always wanted to do all those things, and this gives me an excuse -

I agree about Mo Tucker. An amateur.

nah, it's just the Buddy Bolden cylinder and the Charlie Parker/Art Tatum session.

I'm still waiting for the Moasaic Arthur Collins set - now there was a singer -

I'm always happy when someone here is older than me - best wishes always, Brownie -

McHugh's a favorite - particulary "I didn't Sleep a Wink Last Night." Didn't he also write "Too Young to Go Steady" ? or am I wrong on both?

actually, there is no meal information in the book (as far as I've read) - only thing I would add is that the process, as I'm sure you know, is more than chord/scale choices. Barry is a perfect example; I spent a lot of time with him in the 1970s and I learned more about the music-making process than I could have by just reading about it or even taking formal study. It had a lot to do with his whole attitude toward the music, the way he carried himself, the way he treated other people, and the way he lived his life. Barry is one of the last of that whole school, IMHO, a great musical charismatic/guru. His records are fine, but until you have been in his presense it is hard to really understand his whole aura. Be that as it may, the Kelley book quite brilliantly sums up many of the same traits in Monk (sometimes for better, sometimes for worse). For a lot of people, that whole generation is gone and unattainable; I caught only the tail end of it (I was fortunate enough to catch Mingus/Monk/Ornette/Miles in the 1960s, though only Ornette was really at his peak) - books as as good as this restore a well-needed historical balance.

you got me interested - let's hear it -

per Medjuck, musicians of all stripes tend to have messy lives - but sometimes a genius has control over things, in one way or another, For all their foibles, neither Jaki Byard nor Dave Schildkraut required the kind of maintenance that Monk or Powell required. Both were geniuses but grownups (though my favorite line was by a famous producer who told me "the only grownup I've ever known among jazz musicians is Al Cohn"). But there are varying degrees of brilliance, and other musicians I've known, like Barry Harris or Dick Katz, for two good examples, live their own lives and organize themselves just fine. So it can happen. per Jsngry, nothing wrong with that approach to life and death; personally I intend to put up some major resistance, and not go gentle into that good night until I have no further choices. But as a musician I cannot stand to be passive; to each his own, as the saying goes, the problem with jazz musicians is when they ignore this dictum and instead tell everyone else that they're wrong (hence some of Monk's conservatism as he rails against the New Thing). It's fine to define your own space and creative parameters; the problem is when you start to lose sight of the fact that others have different ways of doing things. Or when your own cynicism becomes a substitute for judgment ("There are always those who confuse disillusionment with truth." - Sartre, The Words) This is not to say that we surrender any creative or critical judgment in the process; only that it is imperative, if we are going to make these kinds of judgments, to know more than just our own narrow world (a knowledge which JsNgry has clearly already shown in these forums). I guess it ain't hatch you do,,,,

all excellent choices - Max Kaminsky, ODay, Pepper - especially the Kaminsky-

It's not actually Irene Kral, just her head.

or maybe not enough....

yes, I think we met on the Young Republicans Forum.