Tom Reney

[Lazaro Vega]

From Tom Reney: concerts by Andrew Cyrille, Sunny Murray, Joseph Jarman-Don Moye, Bill Dixon, Marion Brown, Hamiet Bluiett, and many others.

http://www.jazzhistorydatabase.com/

and on Max Roach:

http://www.jazzhistorydatabase.com/collections/wcuw_festivals/1979.html

Here's some info on Tom Reney:

http://www.wfcr.org/about/staff/reney.php

[AllenLowe]

the biggest problem with that thing - and I think it's great in principle - is that they only hit part of New England - I lived in New Haven for 20 years, and that city had a long and very interesting jazz history, some great and brillliant musicains - Bobbie and Eddie Buster, Dickey Myers, Tommy Brasile, Ed Cercone, Jeff Fuller, Ray Kaczynski, Dave Dana - hell, I played there for 20 years and organized more work for musicians than probably anyone else (and I brought Max Roach, Jaki Byard, Tony Williams, Tito Puente, Freddie Hubbard, James Moody to town) - I ran the biggest jazz fest they ever had.

and not a word about any of it. It's a problem for me.

Edited April 9, 2010 by AllenLowe

[relyles]

the biggest problem with that thing - and I think it's great in principle - is that they only hit part of New England - I lived in New Haven for 20 years, and that city had a long and very interesting jazz history, some great and brillliant musicains - Bobbie and Eddie Buster, Dickey Myers, Tommy Brasile, Ed Cercone, Jeff Fuller, Ray Kaczynski, Dave Dana - hell, I played there for 20 years and organized more work for musicians than probably anyone else (and I brought Max Roach, Jaki Byard, Tony Williams, Tito Puente, Freddie Hubbard, James Moody to town) - I ran the biggest jazz fest they ever had.

and not a word about any of it. It's a problem for me.

From the site

An Interactive Jazz History Multimedia Museum

The New England Jazz History Database is an active and growing library of materials focused on the preservation and education of the History of Jazz in New England. We invite jazz historians, musicians, family members, educators and students to contribute materials!

Maybe you can contribute some stuff to help make a complete picture?

Edited April 12, 2010 by relyles

[AllenLowe]

might do - it's just that this has happened before with a different (I think) New England jazz tribute organization -

it's just that they never make any effort to look south of Massachusetts. The Connecticut musicians shouldn't have to work so hard.

[relyles]

might do - it's just that this has happened before with a different (I think) New England jazz tribute organization -

it's just that they never make any effort to look south of Massachusetts. The Connecticut musicians shouldn't have to work so hard.

I can agree with that.