AllenLowe

"so perhaps Al Killian just was playing too high!" well, this applies to 90 percent of the beboppers as well -

I'll only add this to Larry's comment - I spent approximately 2 hours with Tristano, trying to interview him (not sure of the date but it must have been 1976-77); he was scary, had an aura of the type I have only read about in accounts of certain kinds of cult leaders whose strength of personality and ability to read people makes them want to please them - it's hard to explain well, but it was a bizarre and somewhat scary experience for me (I was maybe 22 or 23); I felt as if he could read my every move, sense what I was thinking. It was fascinating at first, because this was LENNIE TRISTANO, a guy I had dreamed of meeting - but after a while I just wanted to get out of there because he was so damned controlling. And in retrospect I can see how so powerful a personality could have an effect on people who tend to be socially unformed (ie. jazz musicians), fragile of ego, brilliant but insecure -

Love is a no-talent butthead who screwed underage girls and physically abused Wilson -

no one admires Tristano's music any more than I do (and I did spend an afternoon with him once, but that's another story) - what disturbs me (and maybe Larry - can't speak for him) is the cult around Tristano, the fear of criticism, the Jim Jones- like adulation - as a matter of fact, I understand it, as I found him damn scary (I was only 23 or so) and would likely have taken that kool-aid if he'd asked me - I prefer John LaPorta's very clear-headed assessment of Lennie in LaPorta's autobiography -

certainly, every 105 bars - but hey, who's counting?

I don't remember that one, but will have to look through my Carson stuff - sounds like his kind of tune -

I thought this was about a Duke Ellington tune - haven't listened to that Doors version in a long time but as I remember it's pretty straightforward - did you have the window open? Maybe it was the wind and outdoor acoustics, which can wreak havok with pitch - -

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bumping up for the night shift -

I'll have to go find my autographed copy of Mein Kampf -

Thelonious Monk Quartet: Live in Stockholm 1961 - Dragon -2 CDs. w/Rouse/Ore/and Larry Kart's favorite dummer, FrankieDunlop - I have this in plastic sleeves, not jewel box: $18 shipped Miles Davis - Jack Johnson - this is the 1992 release - $6 shipped Von Freeman - Live at the Dakota - Premonition - I got doubles on this one, and am willing to part with #2 - $10 shipped Tim Berne: Fulton Street Mall: Columbia: $8 shipped Tim Berne: Fractured Fair Tales: JMT: $9 shipped JR Montrose + the Joe Abdeely Trio: In Action: Bainbridge: $15 shipped Jackie McLean: Let Freedom Ring: Blue Note: $6 shipped Hampton Hawes Trio: Here and Now: OJC $6 shipped paypal, check, money order - my paypal address: ammusic@maine.rr.com email me directly at: alowe@maine.rr.com

well, I shouldn't admit this in public - but Son of Weizen works for some Mafioso over in Jersey, and he recently hijacked an Amazon shipping truck -

wow, those are great books at amazing prices - how do you do it?

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I just want to add that my previous post was in no way a criticism of Margaret's management of Henry Grimes, and I don't want it to be interpreted as such; I just felt that one nice thing about criticisms made in these forums is that they are usually direct, honest, and heart felt - and that they should be countered in specific, not general terms.

yes, Larry, thanks for saying that - Killian was a great trumpeter, nothing like Sandoval - a real player, musical and fascinating to listen to - there are also some good citations and analyses of his work in Schuller's Swing Era, as I recall -

"I only feel sorry for the few resentful sad sacks out here who go into attack mode after a few beers or because they're alone or they don't like women or whatever their problems may be." please spare us the gratuitous attacks on un-named figures, as this is exactly the kind of thing you are complaining about relative to your own relationship with Mr. Grimes. I'm sure you're doing a great job, but there are lots of examples of jazz mismanagement and lots of legitimate questions about the state of jazz employment -

I'm not a Van Dyke Parks fan - I find his writing to be too precious, reaching for a poetry he just does not get to -

not sure - will take a look -

gonna bump this up - about to make a contribution to the karl Rove defense fund -

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"me likey Duke" - nah, that's been used before - one suggestion I would have would be to find somebody who's still alive and who worked with Duke - but you better move fast as they're dropping like flies -

bump -

well, all of them were breast fed - too late about that now - but the mortality rate is high with that - and, as my mother told me - words to live a long life by - "Never take candy from strangers - unless they also offer you a ride."

yes - like Groucho said, he's worked his way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty -