AllenLowe

June would work for me - gotta see what works for Jim -

I'm actually not sure which group Braxton was referring to -

I love Blue Serge - Thanks for the Memory is incredible -

well, if we want name-calling, gotta have Clem -

Braxton would be great, but he basically told me, last summer, that his only interest is to be booked with his group - which could be done; all depends on budget -

will do -

from what I remember from talking to guys from that generation who knew Chaloff, he was considered pretty evil - just a nasty junkie who liked to get others hooked and sell whatever he could sell to whomever would buy it - and Madame Chaloff, his mother, a noted music teacher, hated Jews; sad stuff, unfortunate, especially given his incredibly soulful playing -

or maybe a human sacrifice -

well, let's clarify - the conference may include panels - maybe a noted Chicago musician to field questions; or a group pf radio people to talk about contemporary jazz radio; collectors to talk about what's hot and what's not, what's rare and what's not, what they've found that you don't know about; writers to talk about contemporary coverage of jazz and the literature; Clementine to tell us why we're all full of shit (now that's one I personally would like to see); could be a lot of things - could include tables of used LPs; a show of jazz videos and films (maybe invite Mark Cantor); a criticism of jazz academia; a talk about Jack Purvis; a debate between Chris Albertson and Berigan - a resurrection of Che - plenty of room for suggestions -

"I'm not thrilled about the costs. It would cost money to go to Chicago to begin with, then we've got to shell out for a "boring" conference?" yes, $35 is very steep for a professional conference - and thank you for that vote of confidence - and for that touching display of affection for you fellow organissimo-ites -

I have approx. 5 sets of Devilin Tune that I picked up at a bargain rate from the distributor - un-sealed but compete and all in near-mint condition - I would prefer to sell in 4 volume sets - $100 for each set plus shipping, which we should figure at $15 - would prefer paypal - my paypal address is allenlowe@verizon.net I would like to move these in the next five days, otherwise will probably sell to a cut-out house - I will break up the sets for $30 each plus shipping ($5 domestic) - email me at allenlowe@verizon.net I'm willing to put them aside for you if you guarantee payment by mid-January -

so far I am underwhelmed by the response - c'mon guys -

by the way, the more I think of it, I think a friday-saturday conference makes the most sense - otherwise we'll lose a lot of our people on sunday as they try to catch flights outta there -

I was going to wait on this until after the holidays, but I wanted to get a sense of the forum - Jim and I have discussed maybe holding an Organissimo Conference in May of 2008 in Chicago - the idea is a 2 day conference, maybe a panel discussion or two, maybe some vendor tables, and a Saturday night performance by some goups, plus a stripper (just seeing if anyone's paying attention) - the way I see it is that this site and this conference can be used to galvanize at leat some segment of the jazz audience that is tired of the same old-same old, the crappy promotional tie ins, the same musicians over and over again, the bad music, and the sight of Berigan dancing the rhumba - well, I can't eliminate that last, but maybe we can get him to do a Merengue instead - but all seriousness aside, this is a chance to do something for ourselves instead of waiting for an industry that is semi-comatose; get to hang out, talk about the things we care about, listen to some music (and maybe we can get a few ringers), see what we each look like in the flesh (now there's a thought) - and here's the need: I'm thinking we charge maybe $35 for the weekend, for the panels and conference, try to find a place to hold the discussions/concerts (I'm working on this separately but we are happy to entertain suggestions), and hopefully we can draw some non-Organissimo people who live in Chicago and the environs - Larry Kart will give the introductory address - (just kidding there, Larry) - however, Larry does have a large rec room, and if he can get the pool table and the large-screen TV and his beer-drinkin' buddies out of there, we might be able to use it - at any rate, I don't thing we can make a go of this unless we have at least 50 paying conference go-ers; figure, you fly in on Friday, conference on Saturday, concert Saturday night, some meetings/conference things on Sunday, and than go home - that's the general outline - though maybe it should be fly in on Thursday, conference/concerts Friday and Saturday, go home Sunday - let us know what you think, and make a committment to go -

well, there's different kinds of swing - and I always felt it was clear from Little Walter's playing that he had listened to the kind of post-bop swing tenors that played like Jacquet, Big Jay McNeeley, Prez, etc - I find his time closer to a jazz/swing feeling than any other blues harmonica player - Chuck's experience is doubly sad given how young he was when he died -

thank you for printing that - I had a nice long lunch with Anthony in July; I had not seen him in quite some time; I had almost forgotten how open-minded and independent he is interms of race, music, American influences, and just general personal generousity. Truly a great American -

Little Walter was a major musician, though the blues guys never get it right - they always try to describe him as a bebopper, though his playing was quite the oppposite - he was clearly influenced by the swing tenor players, and he himself swung more than any other blues guy who ever was, particularly harmonica players; you can hear this in virtually every note he played, he thought of himself as a lead, horn-like swing voice. There's also a very good bio of him available -

Brittany Spears? I thought we were talking about Broccoli Spears -

this family is so fertile, I heard she's changing her name to Brittany Sperms -

well, a lot of times you know a tune but you don't exactly know it - chord changes, transitions, the bridge - or different musicians might play it differently - so this would probably be a way of assuring that everybody on the session is on the same page -

well, my favorite was after the black tap dancer did his thing and Welk came on and said, "that boy sure can dance." I was watching with grandma, circa 1969, and I almost fell off my chair -

hey, is this spam? no postings allowed without a little protection money - let's say, oh, $3000 in a brown paper bag if you ever wanna see your copy of Ascension alive again - otherwise it goes right into the wood chipper - I'll be calling you back in about two hours - and no cops -

trumpet is tough - Randy Sandke told me he stopped playing for a few years after being instructed badly about embouchure and busting his larynx - ouch - Doc Cheatham was a wonder of nature, more lip and chops at 90 than a whole band full of brass players. Gentle soul, but tough as nails privately -

I'll do anything for money -

"hey punk, where you goin' with that flower in your hand? hey punk, where you goin' with that flower in your hand? goin' to San Francisco, to join a psychedelic band." -Frank Zappa