AllenLowe

hey I wonder - if you post the same thing twice, does Jim subtract one of them from your number of posts?

guess I did mention it - I also, as I recall, fell asleep in the middle of it -

did I ever mention that my parents took me to a John Cage concert, possibly at Carnegie Hall, in the early 1960s? All I remember are two huge hi-fi speakers that were on either side of the stage, and a guy who rode across that stage on a bicycle -

Bishop's avant-country record is quite good, but I have been disappointed to find that some of his other, more jazz-style stuff, sounds somewhat generic -

that's one of my favorite LPs -

that's ok, I was thinking more in terms of drunken musicians calling me in the middle of the night to complain that I owed them money - of course, they could never tell me EXACTLY what I owed them money for - I guess on general principle - and than, of course, one of said musicians called me about ten years later in the middle of the night to APOLOGIZE for accusing me of owing him money - part of his 12 Step Program. But I digress...your book sounds a lot more interesting -

"Just think if they had let Allen Lowe write the Dexter Gordon section." not a bad idea - I once had a conversation with Dexter that took about 4 hours - or maybe just seemed to - back to Penguin - they had me in the first few guides, called me a "cult figure" in one of them, which I kinda liked - impressed my daughter to think that the old man had something in common with Charles Manson -

good idea Larry - and talk to me if you're interested in about 80 stories; these days they come back to me like flashbacks in the night; that's why I'm making a film, though I should write 'em down -

maybe people thought he was dead because he's a drummer who plays very quietly....

I remember Harewood - used to see him in the 1970s - looked alive then -

so, I called Columbia University Jazz Studies today as I was trying to reach a guy there who's doing research on Julius Hemphill; well, first I talked to some dodo who never heard of Julius and he says hold please; next thing I know, someone picks up and says "this is George Lewis." I was somewhat taken aback, but first thing I could think of to say was, "hi, I'm Allen Lowe, by the way, I know Chuck Nessa."

I'M BACK

glad to see this because I've just located a bunch of my old photos form the 1970s - shots I took of AL Haig, Duke Jordan, a shot of Eddie Durham, Bob Neloms, Chet Baker, Joe Venuti, Roy Eldridge, some shots from Bill Evans' funeral, some shots of Jaki Byard, Charlie Banacos, Bill Triglia, Max Roach, Dizzy, Basie, George Shearing, Schildkraut, Art Pepper, Sonny Stitt - will take me a while but as soon as I get them scanned I will put them on here -

definitley Schlitten, as he told me so himself way back when (I worked for him briefly) -

we're unrelated, but I met Frank through Julius Hemphill - truly one of the nicest people I ever met -

thanks, Jim, will probably be in contact - was worried as I had a good talk with the guy who does my tech and he is worried re-my current setup and the amount of disc space that video takes up - problem right now is that I can't put the bucks into the kind of upgrade that would make it work - thanks everybody for the various advice - and what's so funny about that Mother Theresa remark?

I haven't watched TV since last night -

he didn't look too good, close up - when I met him he opened his shirt to show me where he'd had something or other removed (his spleen? just can't remember) - there was a large indentation - nice guy, though.

just checking to see if there's anyone out there within spitting distance of Maine who can help me - I'm working on a documentary on music (not real specific there, I know, but it is coming together as a memoir/broadsheet); shooting in high definition, so far have interviewed Matt Shipp, Roswell Rudd, Jonathon Lethem, 7/4, Daniel Carter, Marnie Stern, my dog; planning on also talking to Paul Bley, Ursula Oppens, maybe Braxton if he comes out of hiding;will cover some dead guys like AL Haig, Curley RUssell, Joe Albany, Tommy Potter, Art Pepper, Jaki Byard; also will have some bits on murder (have two friends who've been lost to that particular thing); doing some performance shots as well - I'm hoping to cut together some rough footage over the next six months (there is some interest in a showing of some sort in Italy next year; might happen, might not) - will be a free-form memoir on some of the people I've known, plus my own strange life - I have decided that, though I'm a good audio editor, the editing of video is way out of my realm - I'm not averse to paying for the service, but it would have to be significantly discounted or voluntary (think of me as the Mother Theresa of jazz); hey, might even give you a screen credit and a piece of the action (I'm working on a Producers-type scam here); all seriousness aside, I don't know what I'm doing, and yet I do, in a strange and un-natural way. Willing to travel to work on this stuff, the tech end is just more than I can handle by myself - email me at alowe5@maine.rr.com if this interests you as a side-project -

that was one of a bunch of places - last gig they worked was at the Angry Squire, and he also worked one of Haig's last gigs at a club over on the East Side, around 37th street - I'm sure he doesn't remember, but on the way up to that Koch gig he had to stop to get his amp from Sonny Fortune's apartment on the upper West Side someplace - and they did an impromptu duo - yes, those WERE the days -

probably a good thing - de-hiss is the new anti-christ -

just wondering, long as we're sorta on the subject - there are two import CDs of other Bird - at the Finale, and at Cafe Society - I know what this stuff sounded like originally, just worried that these Euro labels might have tried to "improve" the sound - anyone know about these others?

Chris, didn't realize you were friends with Ben Brown - I used to see him all the time when he played with Al Haig - and I'm sure he won't remember but I played with him once (a benefit, circa 1978, for a group that was trying yo get rid of Ed Koch) - also, sorry to hear about his wife (Chevonne?) she was a good singer -

you'll get it in two weeks -

of course, they charged my credit card on July 18, 1974 -