AllenLowe

I am in the middle of mastering a new project with a book and 36 cds; working title: Appropriating Culture: How to Listen to American Music it will be a basic guide to the range of American vernacular music of the 20th century, approx. 1900-1960; it will go through country, jazz, blues, pop, ragtime, hillbilly, gospel, (some) Cajun, rhythm and blues, early rock and roll and its antecedents - I am offering a pre-sale price of $125, which includes the CDs and the book; I don't expect to be finished for about a year, and I don't want your money probably until sometime around September. These will be real cds (not cdrs); this is probably my last big project of this sort and I think we will break some new ground. So....right now I am only look for pledges, for commitments to support the box; you can tell me here or email me at allenlowe5@gmail.com thanks!

it's not as easy at it looks - well, maybe it is....

sorry I'm late: NAY

"....a trio headed by the wonderful pianist Pony Poindexter."

wowie zowie. Love his playing; I shouldn't say this is public, but I find his playing to be an antidote to the Brecker sound. A lot more.....feeling? I dunno, it just gets to me MUCH more.

this book is A Must to Avoid. To quote Herman's Hermits.

I gotta say that I've liked almost nothing that Wayne Shorter did away from Miles. But his playing with Miles was godlike. Not elsewhere, I don't care what anybody says.

Finding Bix is terrible, in my opinion.

stay tuned for my next topic, featuring my band: Does God Like Jazz?

love that Midnight - but there is something about the trumpeter's intonation at 3:00 that seems off.

thanks everyone. Accepting gifts for the next 11 months.

Dan - those two solos don't sound to me like Percy but - and it's a big but - I don't know his sound from back then. So it's possible.

Foster, huh? He came to New Haven with the Mingus big band in about 1992; I remember because I was running the festival, and his girlfriend was the daughter of either Mingus or Sue, or both. Cannot quite remember, but she was beautiful.

you may have to.

if I can find it, tomorrow I will post something that is actually funky, but in the same vein as what these guys think they are doing.

well, just to sum up; I like Allison, Kirk, and Myra's playing. But funky this band ain't, and, as a musician, I can tell you, they have no concept of the technical requirements for this kind of music. And this performance does speak to the tiredness of certain concepts of free improvisation; and I say this as one whose prime musical employment these days is with a band that plays completely free. And I am not carrying a gun, but I do possess a very large nail clipper.

well, yes, because they have no concept of how to play this kind of music.

"perfect example of "modern jazz". One more reason why I just don't care about "modern jazz" these days. I'm glad they're popular, though. I would like to hear what they sound like when they're pissed off, not in some kind of formal "resistance" mode, but genuinely pissed off,. I bet not one of them owns a gun or a knife. Not that I'd expect them to admit it if they did, but, just sayin', they don't even project the possibility, and how pissed of can you afford to be if you don't hold the ability to arouse doubt in reserve?" that's the definition if INEPT look it up. But all seriousness aside, that performance is like Musical Malpractice. There are jazz musicians who don't know how to phrase in a "bluesy" way unless they have just listened to an instructional video by Maceo Parker, and even then, forget it. But I was offended by that performance. Don't play the line if you can't figure out the time.

Dan: was Percy on anything besides the Bill Doggett sessions for King?

ok. I just can't find a good solo in that clip.

I don't know; this clip is just terrible; trying to be funky; the only one who has a clue as to how to get around in this type of piece is Kirk, but he can play anything; I find this sadly typical of some musicians who are used to playing "free" - there's a whole aspect of missing musical development; just listen to these solos; shocking for a group with a reputation:

good article. David Sager is a great guy.

are we arguing about whether or not she was a good pianist? She certainly knew how to play the piano, but creatively she was pretty much on the same level as Liberace, Ferrante and Teicher, et cal -

yes and no - what I WAS able to hear were the classic noise reduction distortions that happen when trumpet (and other brass) is over-processed - a kind of harsh, guttural,"chchchc" sound that shouldn't be there no matter what the format.

my only comment is that you are better off assembling it from the various reissues, many of which are in excellent sound. There is a fair amount of audible restoration distortion on the Mosaic samples I have heard. And a lot of it is easily available elsewhere.