AllenLowe

interesting about Motown - you should ask him if he knows Bob Neloms, who was also there in the first few years -

I don't care what you guys say, I'm getting on the jazz train.

I don't know. I like the idea of a jazz train. Put all the bass players in the caboose -

interesting, and related to some of the things I've said - take that $75,000 - and turn it into events - pay local bands $750 per concert - hold one per week - and you have TWO YEARS of musical events (that's 100 concerts). Use concerts receipts to pay for rental and tech. too simple, I know, and it makes too much sense for arts organizations to ever do it.

be aware, by the way, that there is a 1943 recording of Dizzy with Wallington and Bud Johnson, from a club, with an early sorta-bebop band (I think it's on Devilin Tune CD 27).

he probably can't make it because he's locked in his car -

is this some kind of new percussive vibrator?

and he won't sleep with your wife -

"More" (or less)

actually, according to some sources (all of whom happen to be bass players in Maine) I died three years ago.

well, it's funny, and in all my prior years of gigging I never really had any problem. There is definitely some kind of generational thing going on. I may have discussed this in other places in this forum, but we are definitely seeing a generation of young people who have gone through some odd kind of "you are special" schooling in all aspects; my wife, who is a manager, sees it in the workplace, personfied by a spoiled, "you must make me feel good" psychobabble. With the second bass player and the drummer, this is exactly what happened - they both came back at me with this "oh, gee, isn't that silly, not-a-big-deal because I had something better to do" attitude - and were both quite shocked that I did not respond like their daycare teacher would have, in some kind of "nurturing" "that's ok dear" way. I just demanded basic personal responsibility, and I'm willing to bet that this also bothered Indestructible in his earlier response. But guys, you gotta grow up and get out of this narcissistic world view. It's really a lousy and disrespectful way to treat people.

probably a good thing, too - my cds are packed with an exploding dye which releases after about 3 months -

just a little - got it all up with pet stain remover.

p.s. I had a rehearsal yesterday with an actual, living, breathing bass player. Things are looking up,

Indestructable -- I can say with confidence that I did NOTHING to deserve the kind of behavior these guys exhibited - even with that drummer, whose email to me upon missing the rehearsal, was inexcusably indifferent - my crime with him was to actually answer him in kind. I have been leading bands for 25 years - I know how to treat people- I have recorded at the Knitting Factory on more than one occasion, and I gigged steadily in Connecticut for about 15 years. as references I will offer the following - Matt Shipp Marc Ribot Erin McKeown Lewis Porter Joe Albany (yeah, I know he's gone, but years ago he actually gave me a letter of reference) Julius Hemphill (also gone, but he was a good guy and we got along well) Roswell Rudd David Murray Jeff Fuller Ray Kaczynski Doc Cheatham (another one who's long gone, so we may have to seance) - Don Byron Anthony Braxton all of the above, except for Braxton, have worked as sidemen with MY BANDS - and all have, or at least when they were alive, remained friends of mine. (Anthony has proposed we do something together but nothing's happened yet). Your disclaimer doesn't make your post any less insulting. And I don't really care what these guys say about me; if they can't handle the minimal demands that I make (and believe me, they are minimal) they should not be playing. As a matter of fact, I think age is a factor, yes, but in a different way, as a reason for their indifference - like, "who is this old guy?" (and most of them have never even heard of anyone on that list, believe it or not). That's fine, nobody's making them work with me, the problem is that they commit and than don't keep the commitment.

you mean the Phil Ochs song?

I get up at 5:30 am - don't know if that counts, but now that it's dark in the morning, it sure feels like it's still the night before -

just as an historical aside, Haig used to walk his landlady's dog in the 1960s and 1970s on E. 37 st, I think it was, and Wallington, who was in the air conditioning business, used to live around there, and they regularly passed each other on the street. Wish I had a picture.

I would get rid of the whole surround thing - I don't know why it's a preferred set up, when things sound much more natural in 2 channel -

well, I'm with Lou on this - sometimes I get tired of playing changes. Too much work.

I'm a major admirer of Wallington, too, and I think he was the equal of Haig, in his prime. The trio things for Savoy are excellent. Art Taylor, as you may have figured, I can do without - I was just listening to Trane's Slow Blues, with Coltrane of course, and after the bass solo the tempo almost doubles. You just can't consider somebody like that (and I know from musicians who gigged with him that this was a regular problem) a first rate drummer.

plus some Bill Holden movies -

these are rehearsals, not gigs so I have not been paying anybody - but I am one of the few musicians I know who always pays when someone's doing a recording - and one of the reasons I have not worked in this town much is that younger musicians have pretty much destroyed the pay scale - as they routinely work for nothing.

update - well, I have a rehearsal today with a new bass player, very young as well - he says he'll show up. We'll see. and even better - you may remember from the initial post that there was a drummer who didn't show up and who then sent me this idiot email to the effect of "sorry, yeah, I should called, but I was doing something else." Well, in my inimitable and irritating way I've been sending him emails (this guy REALLY pissed me off) - the last of which had in the subject line: BETTER CHECK YOUR CALENDER YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS A REHEARSAL - he sent me an email to "stop fucken (sic) emailing me - want to fight, old man?" now part of me doesn't want to engage with a crazy person, if that's what he is (physically he's a skinny 19 year old) - but I resent the threat and being called "old" which I feel is part of the problem, a real generational disrespect - on the other hand I did bait him. Still, he's a fuckhead either way. So far I have not responded, and probably will not. what would you do?

well, I have some recordings by Buddy Rich - Buddy Greco - Buddy Hackett - we could mix and match -