AllenLowe

slow night: 247. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues Jack Teagarden 1939 248. Texas Tea Party Teagarden/Goodman 1933 249. Leaving Home The Swingbillies 8/1/37 250. Cold Penitentary Blues B.F. Shelton 7/29/27

the racist aspect of that prior statement, to me, was that he was trying to say that the only reason we were even considering Gryce as an important musician was because of his blackness - something which is more than arguably racist, I think - if would be non-racist if someone had said, prior to his posting it, something like, "gee, Gryce is great because of his blackness which allows him access to the essence of American jazz cum soul, which rests in the depths of his negritude." (geez, that sounds like Stanley Crouch) - Since no one did any such thing, his whole assumption of such takes on a new and unfortunate light -

yes, will get to him when I hit St Louis -

two blondes and a 100 dollar bill?

she lives in a friend's condo complex in Philly; he recently spotted her at some market, I think - she's still tall, but apparently not so tan and lovely - but she still goes walking, but the only time she goes "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" is when she has a sore throat - don't know about the people she passes, however -

I listened to the Brother Matthew Lp a long time ago at Rutgers - as I recall it was painfully bad. He just didn't have the chops anymore.

bad technique?

yes, probably cribbed from a Bluebird reissue, as they are in excellent sound -

1935 recordings with Paul Mares and His Friars’ Society Orchestra. Sudhalter mentions 2 takes each of 4 tunes, I’ve only found 2 of the 8 tracks on CD, on Chicago White Small Bands I have these on an IAJRC LP 1935 recordings with Charle La Vere - Available? as above Kansas City Frank Melrose – Bluesiana (Delmark CD the delmark cd is available - he plays tenor, plays well, but with less distinction than his alto -

there was a relatively recent Astrid sighting in the City of Brotherly Love -

see number 192 - probably will be more of them, too - Adam, if you're out there, email me your address to alowe5@maine.rr.com - I'll run you off a CDR of McLennan - here's the latest: (note the 2 Russian Recordings) 237. Blues Vladamir Safanov with the Pop Band of Moscow 1939 238. Blues the Pop Band of Moscow 1939 239. New Orleans Lowdown Duke Ellington B. Miley 2/3/27 240. Song of the Cotton Field 2/3/27 Duke Ellington B Miley 241. Georgia Grind Duke Ellington and his Washontonians 3/26 piano solo 242. Rainy Nights The Washingtonians (Duke) 11/24 Charlie Irvis 243. Apex Blues (No. 2) Jimmy Noone 7/8/29 Zinky Cohn 244. Kelly’s Special Roosevelt Sykes 1930 245. One Man Nan Ethel Waters 5/21 246. Midnight Blues Ethel Waters 3/23

"Not every Negro jazz musician was a genius! He was okay, nothing special." I find this to be a racist statement; certainly this forum has never shown any Crow Jim tendencies and is very fair and balanced in its assessments, regardless of race - and the statement is offensive by the very fact that NO ONE has given the slightest hint at feeling that Gryce is a genius (or talented) by reason of race - so the complete non-sequetorian aspect of the above declaration is even more offensive -take the race chip off of your shoulder -

glad to see this thread continues - though discouraging that my pearls of wisdom in other threads have long since bit the dust - but then, I guess that proves the point -

a few more - 226. A Good Man is Hard to Find Bix/Tram/Murray/Russell/Rolini/Venuti 10/2/27 227. Singin’ the Blues Bix/Lang/Tram 2/4/27 228. Haunted Road Blues Clarence Ashley/Gwenn Foster 12/31 229. Been on the Job Too Long Wilmer Batts and The Lonely Eagles 230. If the Light Has Gone Out In Your Soul Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers 10/29/28 231. Mon Cherie Bebe Creole Dennis McGee (in New Orleans) 1928 232. Aggravatin’ Papa Sophie Tucker 3/23 233. Toddlin’ Blues Bix and his Rhythm Jugglers T Dorsey/Bix/Murray 10/11/24 234. Don’t Put Off Salvation Too Long Southland Ladies Quartette 1930 235. I’m On My Journey Home The Denson Quartet 10/20/28 236. Down the Dirt Road Blues Charley Patton

I think it's all the more complicated than this, and whether or not Catcher in the Rye is over rated or not is beside the point - some of this is a great levelling out of the crap we've been inundated with in both the book and music business - even on the jazz side there is just too much stuff issued and musicians (yes, good musicians with not enough good ideas) share the blame. On the new music/improvised music/jazz scene we see everybody who can breathe considers him/her self a composer worthy of three cds a year od material, much of it sub standard. So the result is a shrinking market that has become flooded with DIY stuff - and DIY is a perfectly appropriate thing, but people don't know or underststand their limitations. So we can blame this on the industries, but truly the fault lies not necessarily in our stars. The message to writers and musicians is learn more about not just your craft but your art, get away from graphic novels and quick, easy downloads, study the music and its history - but if you want to study history, learn how to do so, not in that quaint, middle-class way of going to school and memorizing because it's good for you. Recognize that modernism and the avant gard go back more than the few years that, up until now, you have recognized - try 200 or 300 years in literature and music. All if this is the unsurprising result of a very post-literate generation (not the first such generation - mine was probably the first). Maybe all of this is just the way it has to be in the brave new post post-modern world. In that case we should just let it be. But to me the answer is to look at some older models of the music business, like the 1920s in which niche audiences (by race, religion, class, etc) were priorities. Go to those audiences, bit give them something worth patronizing. So all this, a problem for many, is an opportunity for some. And JAZZ WORLD: STOP RECORDING - just a suggestion -

yes, straight from the horse's mouth - classic old-school move -

sorry so slow to respond - funny you should ask, as just tonight I was going through a German LP of '20s jazz recordings with 2 or 3 blues in it - I also have an odd collection of Russian and Eastern European stuff, and will include something - also, Django, of course, and some Danny Polo things with a Euro band - probably more, but not a lot, as I go through my stuff. It also depends on how far I go chronologically, haven't quite determined that yet. I love McLennan and there is a great Bluebird reissue with excellent sound, don't know if it's still available - I'd be happy to run you off a CDR, Chuck is right about him. My other favorite is Robert Petway (Catfish Blues) who has a similar sound (they ran together). I also have some excellent sounding sources for him. I'll run them off this weekend - there will, of course, be a number of things by musicians whom we regularly see - I am just trying to get a bigger picture than usual. As a matter of fact I've been crazy busy the last three-four days, and here are additions: 177. Red Man Blues Piron’s New Orleans Orchestra 3/25/25 178. Slow Motion Benny Moten (guitar) 6/9/28 179. I’m Gonna Cross the River of Jordan Some of These Days Jaybird Coleman 180. Lord I’m Discouraged Charley Patton 181.Chock House Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson 182. See That My Grave is Kept Clean Blind Lemon Jefferson 183. My Bones Gonna Rise Again Dave McCarin 5/19/31 184. Lord Lord He Sure is Good Elder Richard Bryant w/Sanctified Singers 2/7/28 185. Papa De Dada Armstrong/Bechet/Clarence Williams/Eva Taylor? 3/5/25 186. Wang Wang Blues Sam Ku’s West Harmony Boys 1928 187. Reefer Man Don Redman 6/17/32 188. You Have Lost Jesus Missionary Josephine Miles and Sister Elizabeth Cooper 5/16/28 189. When I Take My Vacation in Heaven Mother McCollum 6/30 190. Down On Me Eddie Head and his Family 4/22/30 191. I Am Born to Preach the Gospel Washington Phillips 12/2/27 192. Telephone to Glory Roosevelt Graves and Brother 9/20/29 193. Death is Only a Dream Edward Clayborne 7/19/27 194. Pure Religion Blind Nesbitt 12/7/30 195. Tin Roof Blues Original Memphis 5 10/4/23 Miff Mole 196. Bass Ale Blues Original Memphis 5 9/17/25 arrangement 197. A Blues Serenade Original Memphis 5 12/28/28 Signorelli 198. Sugar Alberta Hunter Fats Waller 5/20/27 199. Beale Street Blues Alberta Hunter Fats Waller 5/20/27 200. Hard Hearted Papa Monette Moore 1/26/27 201. Your Gonna Need My Help Sippi Wallace Hense Grundy Cal Smith 2/6/29 202. I’m a Might Tight Woman Sippi Wallace Natty Dominque Johnny Dodds 2/7/29 203. Second-Hand Blues Margaret Johnson w/Leecan – Cookey 2/24/27 204.Dead Drunk Blues Margaret Johnson w/Leecan – Cookey 2/24/27 205. Goin’ Crazy With the Blues Margaret Johnson w/Leecan – Cookey 2/24/27 206. Blood Hound Blues Victoria Spivey Holmes/Allen/Higginbotham/Nicholas/Foster 10/1/29 207.I Got a Man in the ‘Bama Mines Addie Spivey 10/1/37 208. Dunn’s Cornet Blues Johnny Dunn 4/11/24 209. London Blues Jelly Roll Morton’s Jazz Orch. 1923 210. Jazzin’ Babies Blues King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band 6/23/23 211. Number 2 Blues Johnny DeDroit 3/15/24 212. Waffle Man’s Call Johnny Bayersdorffer 3/17/24 213. She’s Crying For Me New Orleans Rhythm Kings 1/23/25 214. I Ain’t Got No Time to Have the Blues Louisiana 5 6/13/19 215. Mahagony Hall Stomp L. Armstrong – gtr solo: Lonnie Johnson 3/5/29 216. Up the Country Blues Wingy Manone 4/11/27 217. Everybody’s Talking About Sammy Sam Morgan 4/14/27 218. Careless Love Jimmy Tarlton 219. Leake County Blues Leake County Revelers 220. Farm Girl Blues Carolina Tar Heels 221. Down South Blues Doc Bogg 222. Cannon Ball Blues Frank Hutchison 223. Brown Skin Blues Dick Justice 224. Curley Headed Woman Burnett & Rutherford 225. Johnson City Blues Clarence Green

only correction - Eddie Durham wrote topsy by himself - Battle just stuck his name on it in a publishing deal -

Jobim played guitar -

she told off Lady Bird Johnson about the Vietnam War while attending a White House arts conference - she's my kind of woman -

excellent label; however, some of their releases (the early ones, I think) have horrendous noise reduction and have that gargling, "too much hiss reduction" problem. But they have done some excellent work -

thank you - I can't emphasize enough how great a play the Homecoming is - many playwrights of that era were in search of a way to deal with language and internal action, post-Beckett; the American solution (a la Albee) was shallow and false; Pinter showed the way - just to mention - Merchant had a wonderfully hilarious turn as the Inspector's wife in one of the last Hitchcock films, a daffy lady who cooked increasingly bad food - can;t think of the film, which I didn't think was very good; I think it was Hitchcock's next-to-last -

the Homecoming was, to me, the most important play of the post Waiting for Godot period - changed my life when I first saw a production of it around 1970. he had his own little sex scandal around 30 years when he abandoned his wife the actress Vivian Merchant for a younger babe, as I recall- also, politically to the left, I believe heavily involved in Amnesty International

and you can't go wrong with a Jewish trumpet player -

well, if you want to hear a great singer, try Nolan Welsh -