AllenLowe

"I've heard about a dozen of his concerts" well, than it's about time for you to actually go to one -

and Jo Jones was the epitome of being crazy!

also, let's throw in Hines' early influence Teddie Weatherford, who made some group recordings in the 192os and than some solos in the 1930s and that's all -

let's not forget the 1920s solo sessions -essential - plus Weatherbird duet with Armstrong -

yes, thanks, tried that without success -

well, it's a different kind of thing - more of a mix of punk rock with elements of free jazz - I only know the cuts from No New York - just a different and very interesting sound -

I like him -

thanks - last I'd heard he was living on the West Side of NYC - great and creative musician -

"tell me where you have the complete master takes of Henderson, Cab Calloway, Mills Blue Rhythm, Johnny Dodds, Edgar Hayes, Red Allen, Joe Sullivan, Don Byas, Cootie Williams, Putney Dandridge, Hot Lips Page, Bud Freeman, Andy Kirk, Cozy Cole, Stuff Smith, Richard M Jones and dozens of others." in the basement -

coming late to this as well, but I know Bill Triglia - Bill is kind of an elusive guy who has worked a bit to avoid the limelight - about 20 years ago a Japanese lable contacted me because they wanted to record him in a trio setting - I set up a meeting in NYC with someone from the label along with Bill, and Triglia seemed interested - after that meeting, I was told by the Japanese rep that Bill refused to answer or return phone calls - Bill himself told me he was nervous about it, did not feel in shape, but I think this reflected something of a pattern. Bill did tell me one great story about going up to Sonny Rollins's apartment (I think in the early 1960s) and hearing Sonny practicing with Fruscella, just the two of them - wish I could have been there - also, another interesting thing about Fruscella - 2 separate contemporaries of Fruscella said virtually the same thing to me about Fruscella at different times, independently - that he was playing in that style BEFORE Miles, and that he had it together as a style before Miles - (the two musicians were Triglia and the drummer Sir John Godfrey) -

just wondering if anyone knows of James Chance's whereabouts and contact info -

sorry so slow to respond - I do have copies of American Pop - $20 shipped if anybody's interested - the notes for this new box set are directly drawn from the book -

Matt is a great pianist and a very nice and interesting guy - I'm recording with him in NYC in March and looking forward to it - he's very open and a pleasure to deal with -

hey - can you make me a CDR of it? Mail it to my new address: po box 10 Zillion Andorra would you mind also zeroxing the cover?

hey Adam, sorry I'm so slow to respond - the session with Sandke and Shipp will probably be at Systems 2 on March 21 in Brooklyn - I'm waiting for confirmation - shoot me an email if you're interested in attending -

well, I know a guy who knows a guy who knew a guy whose second cousin was married to a guy who knew two guys who... well, never mind. I do remember sitting in Bradley's one night watching Jaki Byard play when Mingus walked in the door with - Monk! Strange night; wish I'd had a camera with me -

you can reach her through the Mingus web site -

playing the alto for the first time in about 20 years - picked up a nice old King which has been set up nicely. Currently have a Meyer 6 mouthpiece, ok but a little too mellow sounding - looking for a slightly more "sour" sound, some edge, maybe more Ernie Henry-like, Art Pepper-ish-hardness. Prefer a plastic/rubber mouthpiece. Don't want to spend over $100 if possible - any ideas? I'm in a hurry, as i have to record with this thing -

daytime bump - gotta move a few more of these babies. The wife is making me clean up and sell, whatever doesn't go here will end up at Stereo Jack's -

well, I'll be playing in Brookyn that week with Marc Ribot. Matt Shipp, and Randy Sandke - BUT, these'll be recording sessions for a new project (more promotion here, taking pre-orders for the CD, which will be an Andorra-only release )-

bumping up for the Hawaiians -

I'm not at my main computer now, but it's yours -

just as an historical addendum - Cleveland and Cincinatti have long been important bases of African American music, from the years just after the Civil War to King Records in the 1940s-50s. Ohio was an early stop on the Underground Railroad, as a border state with Kentucky. In the 1870s a Cincinatti journalist named Lafcadio Hearn wrote a series of articles (called Children of the Levee and reprinted many times since) which represent some of the earliest subtantial descriptions of black musicians performing in dives and other disreputable locations. It's a major and important documenation of the music as it existed between avocation and profession in the years before recordings, as it began to take on it's very particular modern character - fascinating stuff -

there's a short but interesting interview with her in the book Central Avenue Sounds in which she describes being raped more than once while on the road with a big band - sadly enough, from what she says, it seemed to have happend while she was travelling with Dizzy's band -

here's a bunch of books I'm selling - prices don't include shipping; I take paypal or check or money order; email me at alowe@maine.rr.com (my paypal address is same) The Horn - first edition hardover of the John Clellon Holmes novel. Nice Shape. $40. Bird: The Legend of Charlie Parker, First Edition hardcover of the Robert Reisner book, very good condition but no slipcover. $25. New Musical Configurations: Anthony Braxton's Cultural Critique. Paper. $10 Playboy Guide to Jazz. Neil Tesser. Paper, signed by author. $5. Frontiers of Jazz, Third Revised Edition. Paper. Ed. Ralph De Toledano. $8 Early Downhome Blues. Jeffrey Todd Titon. Paper. $8 The Country Blues. Sam Charters, paper. $5 James Brown, the Godfather of Soul. Paper. $5 A Guide to Longplay Jazz Records. Fred Ramsey. Rare 1954 hardcover first ed. No slipcover. $25. Jazz New Orleans 1885-1963: An Index to the Musicians of New Orleans. Sam Charters. Very rare paperback. $25. Jazz Among the Discourses. Ed. Krin Grabbard. Wrinkled cover, paperback. $6. Milestones 1: The Music and Times of Miles Davis to 1960. Jack Chambers. Hardcover. $12 (interestingly enough this has some writing in my hand on the first page - it has a phone number I wrote down which is none other than Dizzy Gillespie's). Boy Meets Horn: Rex Stewart. Autobiography, hardcover. $20. Duke Ellington: Barry Ulanov. Rare hardcover first edition in decent shape. $20. Kind of Blue: Ashley Kahn, paper. Slightly bent corner of front cover. $6 Barney, Bradley and Max: 16 Portraits in Jazz. Whitney Balliett.Hardcover. $6. Jack Teagarden: The Story of a Jazz Maverick . Smith and Guttridge. Paper. $6. With Louis and the Duke: Barney Bigard. Paper. $5