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I recommend the Lars Gullin, and not just because I'm trying to hit 10,000 -
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don't abandon me now, folks, not when I'm this close -
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still curious about the Philly gig -
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hello again - and thanks for helping me move closer to 10,000 -
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Cecil makes me drink, too -
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I think we have a time zone problem here - I mean, when it's my late night (let's say 11 PM) it's something like 2 PM in Tokyo, 5PM in Hawaii, and 1962 in South Wales -
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yes, even though she would not let his fellow sidemen go to the bathroom -
(refers to what Oliver Jackson once told me, which I posted elsewhere recently - Glaser made sure that only Garner had a light on him on-stage; OJ said "I couldn't even see enough to go take a pee") -
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if you want to get really knocked out, listen to Garner's intros - I heard one on an old VHS tape of a Steve Allen Show and it sounded just like Cecil Taylor, believe it or not -
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actually, Bill Evans, too, was a big admirer of Peterson - what can I say? It's a free country - and actually I have similar feelings about Jamal, though not Garner, who could really blow. Jamal can play, but has always been, to my ears, formulaic (I actually hear some of the same problems with Shearing, who is a harmonic master but who played, perhaps, too much lounge-stuff over the years).
I will add that jazz musicians are among the worst judges of other musicians - sometimes don't see the forest for the trees, musically speaking.
And Ray Brown is no surprise, as he had some similar musical oddness, in my opinion. Shoot me for this, but I always thought he played too much (and you shoulda heard one of his previous sidemen with Dizzy complaining one night in NYC in the 1970s- said basically the same thing, that Brown tried to be the whole rhythm section) - it's, to me, a little like Buddy Rich's problem - I always thought he sounded much better before he became a star and felt like he had to be the center of attention all the time.
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the classical guys were getting annoyed at me over on that "listening to" thread - but I'll bet Ron S never heard of this guy:
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looks nice here, judging from the view through the window -
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and here's a picture of Berigan - in his drinking days -
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it's been a long time, but I remember Jaki Byard sitting at a piano somewhere and going through the zillion ways to play rhythm changes - and ending up with a Giant Steps thing -
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Barry Harris on Oscar Peterson: "He's not my favorite piano player."
Bill Triglia on Oscar Peterson: "He's not my favorite piano player."
strange, but when I asked both the same question in the early 1980s, they said the exact same thing. Though maybe Triglia added, as I recall "I admire his technique."
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the reason I like the Cecil piece is because normally I find Taylor to be extremely annoying in interviews, just full of bullshit mysterioso poetics - whereas Levin obviously has a close and human relationship with him, and Taylor actually speaks to Levin like a person.
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all excellent points, Berigan - I will take them under advisement as I head toward 10,000 -
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in London, 1969, I saw Dudu Pukwana and Feti Mongheeza (spelling?) - amazing little quartet - here's dudu from the internet:
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here's is someone that only UBU and I seem to remember:
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I do not recommend this book, because it has no pictures:
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I recommend this book, though the index has no mention of Hitler -
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three stooges
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also, Irwin Corey -
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I like fried chicken
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