AllenLowe

I don't want to start any arguments; I only want to point out that Garner at his best shows that you can be funky, slick and very on top of the beat and still sound fresh and non-cliched, unlike a certain other pianist. That's all I will say. For now, anyway.....

i gotta say I neglected Perkins (probably heard some of the later less comfortable things) until Larry straightened me out and then I went back and now think he just had the most wonderful soul. Floated right by me (or over me) at first, however.

so sorry; my guy left us a year ago (he's the one in my picture). This is the hardest thing in the world; but you just have to remember, as I am sure you do, what a nice life they had with you.

I bet there were some old reels lying around that somebody just surreptitiously transferred to digital and carted away.

sorry I will miss this one, but let me send out a major recommendation to anyone close enough; this is a real band.

no, I just really loved that LP when I first heard it back when it came out, or probably a few years later; I used to go see Konitz all the time at Gregory's with Dick Katz and Wilbur little and his playing, on the right nights, was just a revelation. It was very close to what he did on Spirits.

what I was saying was that Spirits was with Mosca. Which it was, and he was the subject of this thread. Hence my mention of the cd.

just listening - was it Spirits? with Konitz.

sound is rough but this music makes me ecstatic; especially McPherson, who is so much more alive on these air shots.

funny because I saw Brubeck at Newport - late 90s, maybe - with Militello, and Brubeck just did his regular thing. As with OP, it drove me nuts.

aurelio, that's fine, thanks everyone.

I never did get a reply, but I did annoy some people. Mike Fitzgerald went bezerk because I posted the same thing on his group (which he later kicked me off).

yes, absolutely. Reduced down it sounds better; which is basically why our commercial CDs - at 16/44 - sound better when originally recorded at 24/96. I say this from multi-recording experience.

just a note, have been recording in 24/88 and 24/96, and even with my aging ears and some hearing loss, the difference is significant. Even on my little Tascam DA 40.

will do, thanks -

well, pretty much as soon as I get 'em and can assemble the digi-paks; they will probably all be ready at about the same time -

now that is a beautiful piece. Shows what can happen when he just.....plays.

well, been working hard, and some have pre-ordered; there is light at the end of the tunnel; Coming in October on Constant Sorrow Records and Tapes: 1) Matthew Shipp Plays the Music of Allen Lowe; with Kevin Ray, Peter McLaughlin, Eliot Cardinaux, Chris Klaxton, me, Michael Gregory Jackson, Matt Shipp and from our new In the Diaspora of the Diaspora series: 2) Ballad For Albert (me, Matt Shipp, Kevin Ray, Jake Millett) 3) We Will Gather When We Gather - with me, Hamiet Bluiett, Matt Lavelle, Ras Moshe Burnett, Ava Mendoza, Lou Grassi, Kevin Ray, Jake Millett 4) Man With Guitar: Where's Robert Johnson? with Gary Bartz, me, Jeff Fuller, Brian Simontacchi, Jake Millett, Lewis Porter, DJ Logic, Christopher Meeder 5) Where a Cigarette Is Smoked By Ten Men - with me, Zoe Christiansen, Kris Day, and Miki Matsuki all are $11 shipped for Organissimo members (these are real CDs) - Price is: 2 for $20 3 for $27.50 4 for $30 5 for $10,000.00 my paypal is alowe5@maine.rr.com

thanks Larry; wish I could read your reviews on a more regular basis.

that's Manny Albam? that's a beauty; usually he sounds sorta generic to me.

well, I didn't want to say anything, but many years ago I was kidnapped, tied to a chair, and forced to listen to West Side Story as played by O.P.

we should mention, in the interest of full disclosure, that Bill Evans loved OP's playing.

ok; I can live with that; I was just trying to explain why I, personally, do have trouble remaining silent when his name comes up.

that's a good book.

1) you did cause me to have a bad dream, Larry, but I have forgiven you 2) geez, I said worse things about OP than Jsngry did; so I guess I am guilty as well - but you people have to know that a) yes, we ARE forced to listen to OP because he is so damned popular; and b) I personally am deeply offended by his playing; seriously, it is the jazz equivalent, to my ears, of Donald Trump. So these reactions are understandable.