AllenLowe

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 -

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.

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:

looks nice here, judging from the view through the window -

and here's a picture of Berigan - in his drinking days -

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 -

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."

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.

all excellent points, Berigan - I will take them under advisement as I head toward 10,000 -

in London, 1969, I saw Dudu Pukwana and Feti Mongheeza (spelling?) - amazing little quartet - here's dudu from the internet:

here's is someone that only UBU and I seem to remember:

I do not recommend this book, because it has no pictures:

I recommend this book, though the index has no mention of Hitler -

three stooges

also, Irwin Corey -

I like fried chicken

forgot about this thread - could be my ticket to 10,000

Wednesday Morning 3 AM (Simon and Garfunkel) not jazz, but produced by Tom Wilson, as I recall -

I think I disagree - particularly the older Peterson got, the more Tatum he referenced -

just remember: you can put a sieve in water, but you can't put water in a sieve -

Field Recordings, V3: Mississippi Document

about the time of his porn bust.....

good show but it tends to fall apart by way of over-the-top writing, I think. I'm watching The Policewomen of Broward County - lotsa marijuana busts tonight - making the world safe for alcoholism.

For John Coltrane - by Albert Ayler (AA in Greenwhich Village) -

what'd I say now?