JSngry

"Roundabout"? (wait a second... you weren't referring to the YES tune, right? ) Actually....yes, I was.

Ok, I'm in.

We've had many a 3-way w/the Ike Quebec 45 set, but the Cecil set got the freezeout. LTB's an open-minded woman, but you can't take that for granted. Respect must be paid. It's deserved.

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Be sure to shower when you are done. Showers are for brides- and mothers-to-be. I use the modern way and do a full body ultrasonic.

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I'm in the process of doing club remixes on all of mine. After I'm finished, I'm throwing them in the trash. Fuck all that old shit.

ZUP DAWG?

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I still say that a good bump is nothing to sneeze at...

I've been in Allen's shoes a few times over the years - doing something (sometimes doing a lot) to help somebody out, having it work, and then getting shut out completely of the subsequent success for no other reason than they see the opportunity to "build a career" for themselves and now that they've gotten to the point where they can (and might well not have gotten w/o your help), hey, later. "I did it all by myself!" Yeah, sure you did... It hurts, and you never forget. Fortunately, I've been able to get enough going on my own that I have gotten credit for that I look at those past experiences as so much "hey, you got me, fuck you, asshole, I'm moving on". But, yeah, you never completely forget. Or forgive. Even though you should. In the wrong place at the wrong time under the wrong circumstances, that shit can still turn me evil. And that ain't good. All I'm saying is that y'all oughta cut Allen a little bit of slack, at least up to this point. And that Allen oughta let go of it now before it gets bigger than it needs to be. Because it can get a lot bigger than it needs to be. I know from experience.

In the old days, many cats would spend that time drinking, getting high, getting laid, all of the above, or something like that. Or warming up. The music, and the need to make it, was immediate, and so were the opportunites to do so. No need to consciously look for any stimulation because it was all around you. But that was then.

Yep.

Even the "minor shit that ain't nobody found yet" part? Doesn't seem like you your style... But otherwise, it's nice to be able to return a favor once in a while.

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A good bump is nothing to sneeze at...

i don't think that critics, producers, etc. influence the creation of the music, not usually. But let's face it - as the ones who control the means of distribution (be it of product or information), they can't help but influence the way the music reaches the public, which in turn can't help but influence the way that some musicians go. John Hammond definitely had an "agenda", as did Norman Granz, Albert Lion, you name them. Chuck Nessa didn't record the Art Ensemble or Warne Marsh by pulling random names out of a hat, if you know what I mean. Getting that stuff out, and getting it talked about and played, reached people, and once that happens, hey, "influence" is under way. If the neither Basie nor the AACM never recorded, how would I, in lonely Gladewater, Texas, ever have heard them? And if critics had never written about them, how would I ever even have known about them? This isn't intrinsically evil or anything, it's just the way stuff works in our society. It's also why so many musicians have expressed interest in having their own labels. Unfortunately, the skills needed to market product and to create it seldom reside in the same individual(s), so... What I do have a problem with is an over-simplification of "agenda". Saying that some in the non-performing end of the business have used their position of influence to promote and act out on their own socio-psychological "issues", as some revisionist writers have been claiming (and no. I don't remember names) is probably true, but it's only partially true and it's probably not even the main truth. But that's what happens when you try to build your being on corpses - the obvious is already claimed, so you gotta go poking around for the minor shit that ain't nobody found yet and holding it up like a newly found treasure. Is it "illuminating"? Yeah, sure. But is it revalatory? Uh....I don't think so. Not usually.

Dionne's not a jazz singer, to be sure, but her musical director/husband at one time was drummer Bill English, and her classic interpretations of Bachrach/David songs were not totally uniformed by a jazz sensibility. Still, point well-taken.

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Martin Abraham John

This will be a great show!

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Congrats, John. The first disc was a good'un. I am, however, confused about how anybody can do "posthumous work". I mean, I'm as big a believer in the infinity of existence as anybody, but...