AllenLowe

well, it does speak to some of the weakness of the form - I mean, if Clapton can do it - and his fire went out about thirty years ago - sounds better, however, than Nels Cline from when I heard him a few years ago - problem with Clapton, like most of the guitar gods who want to shred, is that when it isn't noodling it's just scale patterns - even Zappa had a tendency to fall back on that - them guys need to learn about chromatics, from scale to harmony -

every time I think I'm out...........

my fav is Subterraneans - I used a quote from it, about dreams, for years -

jeez, how do I miss these threads? it's a good thing my left hand is hurting s much I can barely type - but I love this stuff - it's like watching UFC on the Spike channel from a hospital bed-

probably not - I think he's determined to take all the music with him -

thanks for that - my impression is that Braxton, for all the recognition he's received, is frustrated and somewhat alienated from much of the rest of the jazz world, even those with whom we would think he would make natural alliances. A lot of this has to do with his sheer independence, his refusal to hew to racialist orthodoxy and to do and say what people seem to expect him to do and say. When I saw him last month he wryly commented that "Cecil Taylor finally agreed to let me play with him," and he was clearly pleased to have participated in that series - though he did say he would only do one more with Cecil; so my suggestion is, if you can go see the two of them together, it may well be your last chance -

I have three copies of volume 1, 9 cd set, promos, mint but open. Will sell for $40 shipped in the US; prefer paypal; email me at alowe@maine.rr.com

nice book on the whole blues thing and on revisionist historians of the post 1960s era - hardcover, very good shape. $11 plus media shipping conus. prefer paypal. email me at alowe@maine.rr.com

I have a little CEDAR module which is quite remarkable in this way - I've also had luck by deleting things directly on the wave-form (somewhat like micro-surgery, but it can be done) - so - you can take the scratched cut, put it through CEDAR - and than transfer it to a CDR - and than send that CDR to have it re-pressed on vinyl - and VOILA you have removed the scratch from the record -

ROBERT HANCOCK WHERE ARE YOU HIDING?

apparently there is some dissent about the Europeans (and there's nothing to be ashamed about, Mike; it just shows that bigotry knows no boundaries) - I did, however, get the following email that makes a cogent argument for the other side: " 'not so advanced' what are you -insane. why were they all moving over here??? to get away from your horrible segregation - u numb nut -Robert Hancock " a formerly silent member of the forum?

gotta watch out for shorty george -

trying to move some boxes of Devilin Tune - will sell any or all volumes, 1-4 $40 each plus shipping conus ($6 priority, $3 media) email me at alowe@maine.rr.com paypal address is same

sorry I'm so slow on the response - I'm a little under the weather post-surgery - I'll shoot you an email with track list -

haig was a giant, which he remains in spite of some recent revelations - he is mentioned by virtually every one of the 2nd and 3rd generation of bebop pianists - eg Hank Jones, barry Harris, Tommy Flanagan - as the guy who offered an alterntive to Bud Powell for new pianists of that era. Also, and just as significantly (and this is something Bill Crow said to me years ago), he was considered to be the guy who codified the chord changes to the new tunes that were than coming into the jazz repertoire, all the standards that were expanding the music in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

actually that's almost exactly what Jaki Byard told me many years ago - he was observing that the Europeans racial attitudes were not necessarily so advanced, and pointed out that they assumed, in Jaki's words, that Dolphy was "just another black junkie,"and that Dolphy died because of it.

"I could burn the missing set for whomever, free of charge!" well, now you won't have to - looks like Bley did that already -

well, postal rates have gone up - here's what's left: Chico Hamilton Quintet with Eric Dolphy. Fresh Sound. May 1959, Dennis Budimir. $8 June Christy with Johnny Guarnieri. Vol 1. Jasmine. $7 John Carter. Fields. Gramavision. $16. Lucky Thompson. Lucky Strikes. OJC. $10 Ennio Morricone. Film Music Vol. 1 Virgin. $8 Ennio Morricone. iWestern, Italian RCA cd. $8. The Band Swings, Lorez Sings. King. $6 Paul Horn The Jazz Years Black Sun $10 or buy the whole batch for $675 plus shipping

Roach is one of those towering figures in AMerican life for whom I wish a real and accurate bio would be written - musically ecumenical, revolutionary musical figure, prone to violence and some terrible personal deeds, but also a great and private benefactor in an un-publicized way, from what I have been told. We tend to want our cultural heroes to be either/or, and he wsa definitely on anther plane in this respect. Capable of an angry anti-semitism on the one hand, but a dispassionate viewer of the whole black/white thing (this from a personal conversation). Somebody needs to write that book about him -

cds; prices include media shipping; prefer paypal; email me at alowe@maine.rr.com Mickey One: Stan Getz/Eddie Sauter Verve $8 Sonny Rollins: Way Out West: Original Master Recordings: Audio Fidelity. A boutique CD. Promo hole punched in corner. rare, I think, but who the hell knows?: $20 Chico Hamilton Quintet with Eric Dolphy. Fresh Sound. May 1959, Dennis Budimir. $8 June Christy with Johnny Guarnieri. Vol 1. Jasmine. $7 John Carter. Fields. Gramavision. $16. Lucky Thompson. Lucky Strikes. OJC. $10 Ennio Morricone. Film Music Vol. 1 Virgin. $8 Ennio Morricone. iWestern, Italian RCA cd. $8. The Band Swings, Lorez Sings. King. $6 Paul Horn The Jazz Years Black Sun $10 Ron McClure Trio: Beirach/Nussbaum. Inspiration. Ken Music. $8 Steve Lacy/Gil Evans: Paris Blues. Some scuffs. $6 or buy the whole batch for $775 plus shipping T

that might not have been a bad thing - no more nights snoozing at the Symphony -

when I heard him, Earl played real hard with a metal mouthpiece, a lot of chords, very hip - unlike anything I'd heard of him before; hope those LPs reflect this -

not sure where all this is going - I just had surgery, out of it for a few days and I come back to the land of alto legends - but let me add: 1) Earl Warren was one of the greatest alto players I ever heard in person, and 'tis a pity he never recorded in a solo context to any good effect - those several nights I saw him at the West End Cafe in the late 1970s showed he would have blown Benny Carter off any stand - 2) Pete Brown is another of my favorites along with Boyce Brown - no relation - 3) don't forget Hilton Jefferson and George Johnson - 4) I recently heard a STUNNING Horsecollar Williams alto solo on an old Etta Jones record - 5) sorry to hear there are so many alto players - I gave up tenor for alto because I thought there were too many damn tenorists -

all night sessions is auto-pilot bebop, much as I love Hawes - his best work is the live 1950s stuff Xanadu put out and that's now been bootleged elsewhere - alo as a sideman on the live Warell Gray that Xanadu put out - in these years he's a mad man, brilliantly inventive and hot. ALso, for a studio session, I like Green Leaves of Summer -

well the issue is bigger than Marsalis - someone is going to get the salary there, even if it is not him - the issue is the inflated salaries in the so-called non-profit world - and that's a REAL big can of worms -