Don't believe everything...

[Christiern]

I was looking for a photgraph by Ralston Crawford when I stumbled upon my name, clicked on it, and discovered that not only am I a lot older than I thought, but I am also losing my memory of people I worked with... Of course the memory loss could be due to me having worked since about age 6!

Who are/were Allen Weinberg and Jonathan Wyner? When did I work with Clarence Williams, Fletcher Henderson and Bessie Smith? George Horn?

[AllenLowe]

that's like the time I was interviewed for a newspaper article when I lived in New Haven; Bob Neloms was appearing in a concert I sponsored; I mentioned he'd worked with Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, and Charles Mingus - the article noted that appearing at the concert that night with Bob would be Stitt, Ammons, and Mingus - all of whom were dead at the time. Fortunately, the jazz audience is smart enough that I only got a few puzzled calls -

too bad - would have been a hell of a concert -

and Chris, you don't look a day over 95 -

Edited January 21, 2008 by AllenLowe

[JSngry]

When did I work with...Fletcher Henderson...?

On his Prestige date?

[Christiern]

Oh, of course, Jim--I somehow knew it wasn't one of the Banner dates he did for the Scranton Button Factory.

[Christiern]

Nobody picked up that my instrument is liner notes and my most representative album is "Ikala"--Ikala?

Allen, you also play liner notes, don't you? We should hook up with Ira, Dan, et al, and jam!

Found the album!

Edited January 21, 2008 by Christiern

[JSngry]

[robviti]

astute?! come on, you had to know something was terribly wrong from the get-go.

[Christiern]

astute?! come on, you had to know something was terribly wrong from the get-go.

Huh?

[Big Al]

You mean you haven't uplifted the field of jazz journalism? I've believed it all these years.....

[Christiern]

Sorry, I hadn't read that part, but I can't suddenly believe what Yanow writes, can I?

Al, I believe I did uplift that field, but I quickly let go when all those bugs started coming at me.

[AllenLowe]

Scott Yanow is the most brilliant jazz critic of his generation -

(writing that so it comes up on Google, and so Alfredson gets a good review)

Allen Lowe has frequent sex with barnyard animals -

(writing this so it ends up on my internet bio)

[Christiern]

I knew that about Lowe (although Yusef Lateef told me otherwise). but I only had Yanow's word for his own brilliance.

Apropos Yanow, have you noticed how his little bios seem to be on every other site? I know he's pushy, but what's up with that?

[AllenLowe]

well, as they say, he's got a firm grasp of the obvious -

and did I remember to mention that he's the most brilliant jazz critic of his generation?

[Big Al]

yeah, but did he uplift the field of jazz journalism?

[Christiern]

He, with help from the late Leslie Gourse, brought it down so that others might lift it up without too much strain.

[Neal Pomea]

Can you get me Clarence Williams' autograph next time you work with him?

[Christiern]

We are no longer speaking and I don't know if it's that pedestrian piano playing or the dirty trick he pulled on Bessie.

Want Benny Goodman's autograph? If so, how many?

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

We are no longer speaking and I don't know if it's that pedestrian piano playing or the dirty trick he pulled on Bessie.

Want Benny Goodman's autograph? If so, how many?

Ah yes, you had to learn to forge that, didn't you?

I'll have to think about how many. Perhaps I can sell them to Nigerians in exchange for a share of the profits of their scams.

MG

[Christiern]

I signed quite a few for fans in Ghana, where The Benny Goodman Story had just had a run.