AllenLowe

I, too, am in agreement - if the cops, lazy butts that they are, enforced the law, a lot of lives would be saved -

be sure to listen to my new recording of Blue 7 with liner notes by Gunther Schuller -

allright, but I only have ten fingers and ten toes - and one abnormally large appendage -

funny thing about Norah JOnes - I heard her, on the radio, singing a Hank Williams tune and thought, wow, this is a great country singer. But than I heard her singing some jazz tunes and I thought, wow, this is the world's most shallow jazz singer. and I think we're confused here - she's related to ALBERT Shankar -

she's a great performer, basically an indie folk/rocker, I would say. Nice person too, starting to get some increased national attention. I wrote a piece for her based on the old melody Wildwood Flower -

titled as above, my new CD has just appeared on my doorstep; 2 cd set with myself on alto, synth, guitar and vocals; plus: Matt Shipp solo piano and in duet with me on guitar (three cuts) Marc Ribot solo guitar (2 cuts) Erin McKeown, vocal (one cut) Randy Sandke, trumpet Scott Robinson, contra bass clarinet (Robinson and Sandke are on two cuts) Lewis Porter, solo piano (one cut) and others all self-composed except for one trad tune (Oh Molly Dear) I know this is not the "offering and selling" forum, but I will sell it to Organissimo members for $11 shipped. It is basically a 2 cd autobiography and self-summation. Happy to solicit reviews and send review copies as well as radio station copies. email me at alowe@maine.rr.com it's a strange one, I think, but I just listened to it and actually like it.

should add that the rhythm section in that dream is Organissimo - with Earl Grant subbing -

"A frontline of Jack Teagarden and Paul Desmond. I heard them play "Stars Fell On Alabama" once in a dream." throw in Moms Mably, three midgets, CHEWY, Symphony Sid, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and you and I have the same dream (though mine occurs nightly) -

he's no Oscar Peterson -

just updated the list - all CDs will be transmitted telepathically for inter-cranial download -

all cd's will be shipped first class in plastic sleeves - all prices include shipping: prefer paypal - my paypal address is alowe@maine.rr.com shoot me an email at same: Chet Baker Live in Paris 1960-63 Live in Nice 1975 Esoldun $6 Sheila Jordan Portrait of Sheila Blue Note $6 Roy Eldridge Hecklers Hop Hep $5 shipped Duke/Mingus/Roach Money Jungle Blue Note $7 shipped Duke Ellington And His Mother Called him Bill Bluebird $5 shipped Bobby Jaspar with Friends (Mundell Lowe, Renee Thomas, Duvivier,Shaugnessy) Fresh Sound $8 Stan Getz/Eddie Sauter Mickey One Verve $7 Count Basie 1947 Brand New Wagon Bluebird $5 Count Basie and orch Jubilee Alternatives Hep $12 Ran Blake Quartet Short Life of Barbara Monk Soul Note $9 Ran Blake Painted Rhythms Gm $12 D. Gillespie Sextets and Orchestra Musicraft $6 Anthony Braxton Coventry Concert West Wind. $8 Art Ensemble of Chicago with Fontella Bass. $12 Paul Bley Touching Black Lion $10

actually, it's Mo Mozart, the guy who owned the deli across from the old Half Note -

I would suggest you contact Roswell Rudd, who knew those guys, including Chris McGregor, quite well (one of the pieces on a CD he did with me was dedicated to McGregor) - shoot me an email at alowe@maine.rr.com and I can get you his phone number - it may very well have been that group; the passage of time has eroded any more specific memories, though I did have a very nice conversation with Pukwana and Feza -

don't know if any of the Brits out there remember anything about, but when I was in London in 1970 I went to a club called the Phoenix and saw Feza and Pukwana with an Ornette-type group. Wonderful night and they were two very sweet and friendly guys - I was only 16 so I don' remember it as well as I would like to but it was quite an experience -

I believe that, ultimately. it's in the speakers - whatever the engineer is mixing on - also, EQ, and few engineers, in my experience, are any good at this - I spent a fortune on audiophile speakers when I was doing remastering full time; the best $2500 I ever spent -

I will mention, in all fairness, that Bill Evans admired OP's playing greatly -

I mean, I can forgive Germany for Hitler - but the Canadians are on my shi# list forever -

and let's stop those Nazi comparison's - unfair to the Nazis - though I am told by people in the know that Der Fuehrer, in late-night sessions at Berchtesgarden, played much like Oscar - only thing he lacked was a good rhythm section -

what can you say about a musician who said Monk was important as a composer but not as a pianist? I hate him. Can't stand his playing. Glib....pre-digested...fake blues player...no taste...no feeling...annoying musician, everything sounds the same...and read his autobiography to understand why he is such a shallow musician... did I mention that I hate him? no offense to everyone, but there is no musician in any style or form that I find more annoying. Less feeling than Kenny G...more like Mantovani...or Ferrante and Teicher. Andre Previn plays as well as OP. I can do a good imitation of OP playing the blues on the piano, and I suck on the piano - though even I play the instrument with more feeling than OP - no kidding here, it ain't vanity it's reality - I hate him - his playing is like a fingernail against a blackboard - more than one well-known pianist, by the way, has agreed with me about OP, but off-the-record - I HATE HIM but that's just my opinion...

there is a memorable Barry Harris quote to the effect that Raney's playing at times was on the level of Bird's - I always remember that Al Haig told me Raney was a complete nut, which was interesting coming from Al (sort of the pot calling the kettle...) - on the other hand this was confirmed by some other accounts I heard - which is why he became quite reclusive in those last years -

[one record i have long been dreaming of is some Masada plus Bill Triglia (Dave Douglas, John Zorn, Bill Triglia, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron) Tony Fruscella / Open Door tribute record just to let you know, Triglia is still alive - so it could happen (without Fruscella)

I actually find it quite fascinating - it has a certain objectivity that I find appealing. In a way, without human intercession, it reveals an important aspect of that solo's essence - and, very ironically, by being so mechanical it sounds more individual than a gaggle of tenor players I can think of, existing as it does without certain inflections I've heard a million times before - this thing has real possibilities - and I am completely serious here -

I would get certain of the old Columbia LPs, which sounds best - I got rid of he Sony box when I llistened to Weatherbird, which has CEDAR distortion ( heard as a sort of gutteral croak, like someone claring their throat) right at the beginning - inexcusable - also, take a look at some of the pictures on the Sony box, which have also clearly been digitally restored and look ridiculous, overly-sharp and too much detail - digital madness - someone ought to be prosecuted for this stuff -

get the music, if you will, but don't try and talk to Mantler, who's a nasty SOB -

Dickey Wells and Dickey Wells (one of them was a club owner in Harlem in the 1930s, really)