OK Larry, I can see your point(s). I doubt, however, if any editor would have been able to persade Ind to drop references to Reich (which some may feel weakens his general thesis). As you know, he has always been outspoken concerning him, so I can't imagine him not including him and his influence on himself and others associated with LT at the time. The Mingus thing, well, I would have thought that his Atlantics WERE comparatively successful, and that Ind thought they were trying to capitalize on that, rather than developing the relationship with Lennie. Concerning LT himself, I had a friend who worked with him for several years, and his impressions of the man pretty much substantuate Ind's. Finally, while the others may have spoken in general terms about Tristano's teaching and philosophy, Ind's account made it fall into place, for me, at least ...
so I'm ready to overlook areas that may irritate others.
Q.