papsrus

Ordered over the past couple of weeks. Went a little bananas with american music releases. But they really are affordable and a treasure trove: Emile Barnes' Harmony Four (american music) Wooden Joe Nicholas (american music) Prelude to the Revival, Vol. 1 (american music) Prelude to the Revival, Vol. 2 (american music) Bunk Johnson 1944 (american music) Kid Thomas Valentine Creole Jazz Band (american music) George Lewis Bands Trios & Quintets (american music) Kid Howard La Vida Band (american music) Barnes and Bocage Big Five (american music) Johnny St. Cyr (american music) Also: Tiny Parham 1926 - 1929 (chronological classics) Denis Charles -- Captain of the Deep (eremite records) The Parham I'm really looking forward to hearing. The Timeless double CD release is ridiculously priced at amazon, so that was out. But this 1926-29 chrono classic seems equally well received.

When I dance, it tends to be involuntarily. Kind of like spontaneous combustion ...

Just got off the phone with the foster home. Picking Bodhi up Sunday morning.

Exciting! Discovering your new neighborhood. Making it your own. Good luck and roll with it, Shawn.

I notice this bank offers a savings account interest rate of over 1% for balances in excess of $100 K. It's just bizarre that anyone would have that much dough in a savings account, regardless of their net worth, when there are so many better uses for it. Weirder still that they would withdraw $400 from this account at a cash machine. Security isn't foolproof on those things. You'd think a person wouldn't access such an account through any means other than a face-to-face with the bank manager. Weirder still that they would request a receipt then leave it behind. The whole thing is just plain weird.

Thanks Dan. My girl is a devoted cat person. She hasn't met Bodhi yet, but I'm sure she'll love him.

I lost Butterball, my little rescue papillon, about two months ago now to what my vet surmised was an "acute event." She was about 15 years old and went into rapid congestive heart failure one day after showing no signs of the disease at all previously. Took her to the emergency after she began to develop what I can only describe as a cough or wheezing that became increasingly wet over the course of about 8 hours. Despite large doses of lasix and an oxygen chamber, she went pretty quickly and I miss her, of course. But, before long I was in touch with a couple of rescue groups again and after a few visits to a couple of foster homes and much consideration, I have decided to adopt Bodhi. More here. He's about 6 years old, a little bit on the large side for the breed, very calm demeanor and just really a sweet guy. I just emailed the foster home a few minutes ago to let them know. He's not too far away from me, so hopefully I'll be able to pick him up as soon as tomorrow. Peanut, my cat, has been pretty bummed since Butter died. She's in for a surprise!

Thanks to you fine folks, I now have the following on order: Emile Barnes' Harmony Four, on Moms' enthusiasm Wooden Joe Nicholas, on everyone's enthusiasm Vols. 1 & 2 Prelude to the Revival, on Jeff's description, which indeed makes it sound, if not essential, near enough. Also awaiting Bunk Johnson 1944 Listening now to Punch Miller 1960. And enjoying the hell out of it.

Even funnier is he withdrew $400, which I guess is the daily max from a cash machine. But you'd figure someone with $100 mil in a savings account would have a pile of Benjamins stuffed in the old household cookie jar or something.

Link Fist of all, only $250,000 is FDIC insured.

Btw, anyone who might check out the sound samples from this one at amazon, the song list and samples they provide are not from this album. Not sure where they're from.

You are living the dream!

... should mention Joe Robichaux on piano on that above disc, too. Wonderful.

OK, snagged this one recently -- Peter Bocage and His Creole Serenaders. It features Louis Cottrell on both clarinet and/or tenor on all but one tune. Very dialed-back, this one, which I love. Bocage, whom I knew nothing about before getting this, plays trumpet mainly, and some violin. This release features him leading a seven-piece band and a quartet. There's also one duo performance. All of it recorded at Tulane University in 1962 and 1963. Very nicely recorded. I really dig the laid-back pace of the music here. Cottrell on tenor is wonderful, and is maybe the reason to hear this one. But the ensemble playing is fine, too -- very light and loose. It just rolls along effortlessly. Bocage has a generally quiet approach to the horn, his main instrument throughout. And Cottrell is so melodic and light, they fit together beautifully, I think. Cottrell's Living Legends release from 1961 that Chris Albertson produced is a gem, too.

Allen is expecting to have the disc available to ship by the end of this week. You can either wait till it appears on his website or send him a paypal payment now. Either way.

Bah ... post away. Your insights are invaluable. I didn't know about this new release (not that I would, necessarily). Will check it out. The RogueArt sounds intriguing also.

Now Available: Blues and the Empirical Truth; a three CD set; Allen Lowe with Matthew Shipp, Roswell Rudd, Marc Ribot, and Lewis Porter; featuring Ray Suhy $15 shipped in the USA $23 to Europe. (paypal: alowe5@maine.rr.com) "Allen Lowe is jazz's ultimate outsider musician" - Francis Davis "Blues and the Empirical Truth" a review by Ken Shimamoto …as a saxophonist, the leader’s playing is exploratory, but with an awareness of tradition, as though he breathed in the entire history of blues and jazz (which I suppose, in a way, he has) and is now blowing it out through the bell of his horn. Lowe burns with incandescent fire on up-tempo numbers, cries the blues a la Ornette on “(Bull Connor Sees) Darkies on the Delta,” flexes his muscles to show off his range and fluidity on “No More Blues (the Sins of the Mother),” and even comes across like one of those freedom-drunk, fire-breathing ‘60s guys on “Pete Brown’s Blues,” “In a Harlem Ashram,” and “One Trane Running.” Lowe’s tunes almost always come with a back story, with titular or musical allusions to jazz and Civil Rights pioneers, Richard Hell, Richard Strauss, the Carter Family, minstrel shows, the Regular Old Baptists – he avers that he listens to nothing but gospel music – Salvation Army bands, an obscure post-Beat poet, and the Velvet Underground, to say nothing of the album’s Oliver Nelson-inspired title. Blues and the Empirical Truth only includes a couple of vocal features. On the slow shuffle “Carnovsky’s Blues/The Whores’ Dance,” the terrifying slavery-days narrative “Cold Bed Blues,” and the ominously relentless “Blood on the Mirror,” engineer Todd Hutchisen intones Lowe’s lyrics like Colonel Bruce Hampton singing from the bottom of the ocean… There’s much to be amazed by in this cornucopia of sounds. I know I’ll still be digesting this by summer, which makes Blues and the Empirical Truth an early candidate for my record of the year. And again, hearing this outpouring gives me hope. If creativity this robust can survive and thrive in the Maine woods, who knows what other pockets of thrilling, individuated compositional and improvisational excellence are lurking out there in the backwater burgs of America? (Or, if a masterpiece drops in the woods, does anybody hear? Visit http://www.allenlowe.com/ for the answers to this and many other questions.)

Dealing with the same here. It's tough all right.

Bunk and Leadbelly. At New York Town Hall 1947 How is this?

Thanks for pointing that one out. First mention of it here, it seems. Curious enough that I just went ahead and placed an order. Will be interested if Jeff, or others, weigh in though.

Yes, glad you made it. Keep us posted and here's hoping you find some suitable digs before long. Sure you will.

Appreciate all the birthday wishes. Thanks. And Jeff, we'll hit Frenchmen Street one of these days.

Go get 'em!

Enjoy!