AllenLowe

thanks got it. We still have many copies available - purchaser #51 receives a stairmaster.

I have a wooden leg; so I will soon be fitted for a wooden shoe.

I ain't checkin' it twice -

just making sure my name's not on the list. it's been a tough year, but then, it always is.

thanks everyone, we're doing very well; could use about 10 more, but no complaints; finishing the artwork, and there will be a 52 page booklet.

Colinmce - don't worry - just remind me when you order and i'll throw it in. so far getting lots of orders - if I have failed to respond to any messages, apologies, but I'm caught up right now.

thanks everyone; looks like we're not far from our goal; February 1 should not be a problem; working on the notes (there will be a 50 page booklet) and packaging.

thanks everyone, bumping for tuesday -

you are in the first 10. thanks -

all set to begin the sales process - here's the promo sheet and info; please note the the first 50 to purchase the 4 CD set will get a bonus CDR of some rare performances with Julius Hemphill, a cut from out next project with Gary Bartz, some newly found Percy France and some private Joe Albany recordings that Joe gave me years ago. Best to email me at allenlowe5@gmail.com, though of course you can message me through here - here's the release: NOW AVAILABLE FOR ADVANCE PURCHASE: Due February of 2014, Allen Lowe’s new CD project: Mulatto Radio: Field Recordings 1-4 (or: A Jew at Large in the Minstrel Diaspora) with: Kalaparusha (in his last recording), Allen Lowe, Ras Moshe, Noah Preminger, JD Allen, Lewis Porter, Matthew Shipp, Ursula Oppens, Ken Peplowski, Jon-Erik Kellso, Randy Sandke, Ray Suhy, Kevin Ray, Gerhard Graml, Christopher Meeder, Lou Grassi, Rob Wallace, Dean Bowman, and special guest Rick Moody. Titled especially so no one can remember just exactly what it is called or what it’s about, Mulatto Radio is Allen Lowe’s new 4 cd set of original re-compositions of American song forms and contains: blues free jazz standard song form, post-minstrel pop forms, 19th century dance song, stride piano, bebop, voodon ritual music ragtime James Reese Europe Tristano-ism movie music abolitionist delusion, more blues gospel music of the Old Regular Baptists circus song medicine show music black minstrel pop forms musical double consciousness and New Orleans pianism, in a single package If you’ve read this far, we are offering this 4 CD as an advance purchase for $20 in the USA plus $1 shipping (email us for Euro shipping, at imericanmusic@gmail.com); we take paypal: alowe5@maine.rr.com BE ONE OF THE FIRST 50 TO ORDER AND RECEIVE A FREE BONUS CDR WITH RARE AND SEMI-RELEASED RECORDINGS, INCLDING ONE FROM THE OLD KNITTING FACTORY WITH JULIUS HEMPHILL, AND A CUT FROM OUR NEW ROBERT JOHNSON SOUNDTRACK WITH GARY BARTZ AS WELL AS SOME NEVER-BEFORE TRACKS GIVEN ME BY JOE ALBANY AND SOME NEWLY DISCOVERED PERCY FRANCE CUTS.

I'm thinking, Larry, that if the music was low enough to the ground - maybe coming from a 78 player that was mid-waist, then maybe the music COULD - oh, never mind.

I got stuck on the girls' bloomers. but seriously, that's a disgustingly sexist image, I think, sort of a Crouchian/Wyntonian neo-porn fantasy. Crouch really has no shame.

I tend to agree with a lot of that but I would feel better if, under high art, he had mentioned Sonny Rollins, Duke Ellington, Charley Patton, Dasheill Hammiett and Gil Evans.

interesting, first I've heard of this. And I know that was Prestige's m.o.

just saw Larry last month; one of the things I hope to do in the new year is help get a bibliography together of his work; he's not well and will be thrilled to know that people still remember his work.

thinking about ordering, but I worry about Pullman's illiteracy, as I read the intro on his site, and it was nearly incoherent. And I am just as troubled that critics don't see it; a quote from the Pullman book from that review just posted: "In January 1948, without any provocation that the psychiatrists noted, they reported that Powell erupted. " ok - first of all "erupted" is a terrible way to describe his condition; and "provocation" - whose provocation? The psychiatrists or Bud? Did they report this even though they were not provoked into reporting it? Yeah, I know what he means but this is an amateur's mistake. Makes me think that reading this book will be too much work. or this crap: "There were countless nights that Powell spent revolving around close colleagues and friends—and this was where creativity was in constant if elliptical motion. Of course in this closed system, when he was available, Powell was in orbit around Monk, who shone on him, and on everyone else, such intelligence that everyone tilted towards his light." I wouldn't mind just reading the interviews, but I'm gonna save my 20 bucks; if I want headaches I'll just show up at work.

MG - knowing jazz musicians as I do, I think it is likely that with a "hit" they developed delusions of grandeur and left for what they thought were greener pastures; maybe what they thought was better distribution or more promo. Right or wrong as they may have been in doing this, it does not mean that BN ripped them off.

1) 1968; as soon as I heard Work Time 2) prior to this I played in some rock and roll kiddie groups.

thank you Big Beat Steve - for making those points, which are exactly the point. Also, don't forget the black-owned label VeeJay which ripped everyone off; or the venal exploits of Berry Gordy, who left a lot of poverty and sickness in his corporate wake. Or Don Robey, who held off the collection of royalties at gun point.

about Ray Brown - years ago Al Gaffa was working with Al Haig at Gregory's, and one night he gave us an earful about how much he could not stand to work with Ray Brown, for the EXACT reasons Roker gives; over the years I have mentioned this to people who have looked at me like I was crazy (well, I THINK that was why they were looking at me like that). At any rate, glad to read Roker on this; Gaffa's complaint was primarily musical (that Brown just hogged all the rhythm space) but I think now he was also referring to the personality behind the bass.

me to, thanks for mentioning that Dan.

I like Steve Slagle, too; and if my new release ever gets out, even I might make the list - btw, did anyone mention Coltrane on alto?

there's a lot of good stuff in my ass.

pretty sure he did; Who Will the Next Fool Be? was, I believe, a Sun single.

nicest man I ever knew, and a helluva saxophone player.