AllenLowe

see- and you guys think I'm crazy -

my mother took lessons with a famous one-handed pianist (lost the other in WWI) who just happened to be Ludwig Wittgensgtein's brother-

well, you need a lefty piano, like a lefty guitarist uses a lefty guitar -

got it thanks - SOLD

Zep always annoyed me - though they sure knew how to show a girl a nice time -

I do believe the Zep has sold -

CD: Charlie Mariano/Philp Catherine/Jasper van't Hof: Sleep My Love CMP (not the Cadence line) $6 shipped media - prefer paypal: alowe5@maine.rr.com

1) Led Zeppelin BBC SESSIONS 2) 6 and 7/8 String Band (New Orleans String Band) both are 2 CD sets; will ship each for $13 media mail - prefer paypal - my paypal address is alowe5@maine.rr.com

this stuff is strange - it's now been about 40 hours since I took the only dose I will ever take of this stuff - feeling a little strange, almost paranoid, a little on the angry side, some strong anxiety - will be ok, but jeez, let this be a warning to ANYONE who tries to take this crap-

Parker is my friend -

http://www.askapatient.com/viewratings.asp...;sort=DateAdded that's it -

CHuck - how about the Jazz record Mart? He's selling plenty of stuff that falls withing the realm of the questionable-

mighta de-pressurized the cabin -

well, tell her I said hello -

amen - I think I mentioned earlier about one guy on the net who said he was seeing a shrink for problems that vanished as soon as he stopped taking this stuff - that's one of the weirdest things I've ever heard but I'll tell you, when I woke up at 3 AM and couldn't talk and could barely figure out what my wife was saying to me (I think it was my wife), I knew this wasn't my usual bad dream -

I remember a pianist complaining about working with Benny Goddman, that "he uses the sheet music changes!"

for me it was a real musical education - especially for tunes that were a little bit out of the mainstream and that had good changes in the Real book - like "Where Are You," "You Are Too Beautiful," "I Should Care" - particularly if one compares them to the original sheet music changes; first of all, by looking at the original sheet music one has a better idea of what the original composer intended and one can build from there - as Monk did on many occassions - on the other hand, it always fascinated me that Monk himself frequently stayed near the original sheet music changes - listen to his solo Columbia version of Dinah - where a typical modernist would look to reharmonize the A section (adding probably 2 and 3 minor subs) he stays on the F like an old-time pianist - which in many ways I think he was (even his version of stride sounds more like a '30s ragtimer than it does like James P.) - also on the Monk/Rollins version of More Than You Know, he resists the temptation to play a 2-5 in the third measure of the melody - my point in all of this is that the Real Book was, for me, an eye-opener on how jazz players use harmony, especially in relation to the original music -

I also wonder if aging increases sensitivity - about a year ago I had four teeth pulled and was given a lot of novocaine, and I felt drugged for a few days - at one point I woke up in the middle of the night, went toward the bathroom, and passed out - fortunately my wife was there and caught me - not to worry, however - as long as I know that Dan Gould wants me dead, I will continue to live, just for spite -

yes I agree with you - my pharmacist is a neighbor and always has good info on drugs, though I didn't ask him on this one - I always think of that Woody Allen movie where he's in prison and agrees to take part in a drug experiment; the only side effect is that he turns into a Hasidic rabbi for 24 hours -

back to the subject - though doctors really deny it, the most accurate info I have ever gotten in regard to drug reactions is the anectdotal stuff on the net - my son has been through a million different things for various conditions, and the doctor always says - "that can't be related" but sure enough I find someone on some bulletin board recounting the exact same experience - I also found one web site this morning with recountings of really horrendous physical reactions to protonix -

Mike - about the Real Book - I understand the problems with it, but I think it's a good thing - personally I learned the idea of chord changes from going through it, generally for the better. As a self-taught harmonist, it taught me how to use the piano to approach "standard" or triadic changes as a complicated but related sequence; it was always useful to compare its changes to original lead-sheet changes. It also gave me good ideas on how to use intervals to re-harmonize (eg. looking at a "G" as many things: the top of an AbMaj7 or as the 6th of a Bb chord or as the 9th of an f chord) - all things which allow huge amounts of harmonic and improviser freedom. I know that there are probably better ways to learn this, but it worked well for me, or at least within my own self-contained system (enough so to receive compliments from both Julius Hemphill and Randy Sandke, so I always felt I was doing something right - and the Real Book was a big push in the right direction) -

by the way, I think part of Flanagan's noncholance was a bit of professional jealousy or, really, pride - as in, 'hey it wasn;t just Coltrane on that record, I'm an important guy too." Tommy was a gentle guy, but he understood his own abilities -

oh, I'm NEVER taking this stuff again - not sure what they will suggest next, but I will call the doctor next week -

always good to see a Larry Kart piece I had not seen before - thanks Larry - vis a ve Giant Steps, I should tell you Jim, about my meeting with Tommy Flanagan about 30 years ago - I said to him, "what was it like playing on Giant Steps?" thinking he would report some great musical epiphany - he said, "it was just a set of chord changes."

slurred speech, chest pains, almost passed out, nauseated, severe leg pain - courtesy, it turns out, of the drug Protonix, which my doctor just gave me for reflux - got back to sleep after a while, but been reading on the net this morning about how bad this thing is for some people - one guy said his symptoms were so bad he started going to a shrink, only to have also his symptoms disappear as soon as he stopped taking Protonix - hope he got his money back (from the shrink, I mean) - anybody here had similar fun with this drug?