AllenLowe

well, to paraphrase Jimmy Swaggart, I am glad I am not alone. The jazz thing is funny; I've met a lot of great musicians over the years, and when I truly found them un-likeable it made it very difficult to listen to their music objectively. The other way around, too - if I meet a muscian whose playing I did not previously like, but like that musician personally, I often lose objectivity. of course, the most evil musician I ever met was Sonny Stitt; I still like his playing, but that may be because his craziness was non-personal, he was just crazy - after all, I still listen to my Jeffrey Dahmer records -

don't know if this is the right place for it here, but I am looking for a good cartoonist, as in someone who draws in a good and quirky comic book style. Anybody know anybody?

or one of those Jack DeJohnette impersonators -

coulda been his evil twin...

actually, I didn't thank him and run away, but the rest of the story is true. I remember that everyone, including the staff of Tower Records, just watched him walk around like he was some kind of nut; everybody avoided eye contact with him -

anybody here ever met him? the reason I ask is that in the early 1990s I was at Tower Records in NYC and I looked over and there he was standing next to me. I said "are you Jack DeJohnette?" and he looked at me, shook his head as in yes, very slowly, amd glared at me like an angry guy on the street; and than just stared at me like he wanted to kill me. I thanked him for his time and than ran away. very weird...

still have the Dexter - and Tom Rolin, if you're reading this, I got a blank email from you -

I don't mind the gimmicks, per se, if the music works - I just found a disconnect between the sound of his playing and the things he was playing, if that makes any sense, a lack of feeling. A smugness that matched his personality (I heard him first and THAN met him at a reception when he played with Roswell Rudd at Harvard a few years back so at least the musical judgment came before the personal) -

me like Joe too. his playing shows the benefits of taking horse tranquilizers - shortened his life, but he did win the Kentucky Derby -

I'll also throw in a glassine envelope in Dexter's memory -

if someone buys the Dexter, I will throw in a Dave Schildkraut cd at no charge. I'm doing this because though everybody professes to love Dexter, I have yet to sell a single one of his cds... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........

prices include first class shipping in plastic sleeves: Dexter Gordon: Dexter's Mood. Various recordings, 1945-47, including Savoy and with Wardell Gray. Cool and Blue. $8 Duke Ellington. Carnegie Hall, November 1, 1948. 2 Cds, contains, according to the cover, the only recorded Duke performance of Lush Life. Don't ask me. Vintage Jazz Classics. $12. Buck Clayton. Olympia Concert 1961. Live in France with Emmett Berry, Dicky Wells, Earl Warren, Buddy Tate, Sir Charles Thompson, Oliver Jackson. $7. Cliff Jackson, 1930-1945. Chronological Classics. $5. Bill Challis and his Orch. 1936. with Artie Shaw, Jack Jenney Frank Signorelli. Circle. $6. Eric Dolphy. Music Matador. Le Jazz/Charly. $6. Benny Carter. Symphony in Riffs. ASV. $6. George Benson. Live at Casa Caribe, vlume 3. With Duvivier, Mickey Tucker. $8. Benny Goodman Volume II: Clarinet A La King. Columbia. $6. Benny Goodman Volume III: All the Cats Join In. Columbia. $6. Venuti and Lang. Jazz Portraits. (decent Euro issue). $6. Don Byas. Live at Ronnie Scott's: Autumn Leaves. Release on Ronnie Scott's Jazz House. With Stan Tracey $6. Lorez Alexandria. The Great. Impulse. $10. Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of the Breath: Brotherhood. Fledg'ling. $11. prefer paypal: alowe@maine.rr.com. Email me at same

Douglas is one of those players whose music I think I should like but whose work, so far, does little for me. Of course, I met him a few years ago and didn't like him, so I don't know how much that has influenced my opinion (he's quite full of himself). On the other hand, I've gone back to some cds and tried to steel myself away from worrying about personality, and it still hasn't helped. Anyone else feel the same? Larry Kart. are you out there? Wondering about your impressions -

well, let's just say it sounds to me like pop-gospel - (referring to my previous post about the slick) -

yes, yes, yes, for Deena Epstein - essential - also, any Document collection of old religious recordings, particularly from the 1920s and 1930s - truth is, contemporary gospel/jazz/syntheisis is too damn slick for me - and don't forget the first gospel pianist, Arizona Dranes -

1) well, let's be truthful - big confession here - I've gotten so burned out listening to jazz that I almost never listen to it anymore - 2) in my youth I listened to these Mingus sessions over and over and over (paritcularly Blues and Roots) - loved them, still think of them with affection - 3) I've gotten bored with jazz in general (see #1) and, much as I love the music, I just listen to things that sound to me as musicians doing radical new things, whether it be "new music" or old hillbilly recordings; will still listen to dead old friends of mine (Haig, Schildkraut, Dickey Wells, Hemphill, Carisi) though that gets harder and harder to do (I call it the Miss Havisham syndrome) - 4) I like really oddball things, electronic music, Marnie Stern, Big Black, old religious things, Mike Bloomfield, Dudu Pukwana - I crave novelty. Have listened to too much music in my life and so now have to pick and choose in order to stay awake, interested, and unjaded - 5) I am starting to play and compose and record again, and my time is tight, so I have to prioritize - not that jazz is not important to me, but I've listened to so much for so long that it's forever inside my head -

well, this post'll be the straw that broke Organissimo and brought down the system - wait, here it comes....stand back fellas... hmmm... sorta like the year 2k and the predicted computer disasters -

6 cds the box; I don't think I ever played any of the CDs; will ship for $50 domestic; prefer paypal; email me at alowe@maine.rr.com - which is also my paypal address and did I mention they are in MINT condition? (they kind of look like old mints left on a sidewalk on a hot day) -

some Euro bootleg -

ther Ornette sessions from the Hillcrest have been on CD (I have one issued from Italy), but they come and go very quickly - and yes, it was Spanier - Paul told me he has a tape somewhere of them playing "free" in the 1950s, but I'm not sure that he's been able to find it -

yes, Bostic - the Dorsey solos from this time are really remarkable -

actually I think we hit on the difference of older AM sound - tubes, which really do warm up the sound of whatever they're in - just compare a tube pre-amp for a turntable to a solid state - the difference is dramatic - as it is with solid state and tube guitar amps -

the interesting thing about those recordings I was transferring is how much Dorsey's interaction with the band sounded like Bird's with McShann - it was very surprising - true, he was not a jazz soloist like Bird was (as a matter of fact his playing sometimes reminds me of whats-his-name, the alto who recorded jazz and pop for King Records - damn, can't think of his name - in that he is more of a "player" than an improviser) - however, there are times he gets something quite advanced out - Larry - I don't think it was Grand Central Getaway - as I recall it was a vocal, though I am not certain - will have to pull out the 78s, which I still have. The reissue never happened because the 78s were in such lousy shape and could not be restored to CD quality - but I still have them; if I can find the CDR with them I'll listen to it; otherwise I am tempted to go back to the 78s, which are still in my basement -

Bley has very amusing stories about the whole Sonny Meets Hawk session - I think it's in his book, but to summarize quickly, Sonny was trying to throw Hawkins off, confuse him so he'd get lost; Hawkins stood next to Bley and had Paul cue him in in the right places. I love strories like these; Rollins, for all his diffidence on the record about musical matters, is the most competitive of musicians.

hear that fellas? Get it now - it fell off of a truck recently and I picked it up out of the road -