NY TIMES NOTICE: US Tour of NYC Upper West Side Starts and Ends Feb.20:

[AllenLowe]

from the NY Times:

 

ALLEN LOWE at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola (Feb. 20, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.). Mr. Lowe doubles as an alto saxophonist and a kind of alternative cultural anthropologist. His histories of American popular music (“That Devilin’ Tune: A Jazz History 1900-1950” and “God Didn’t Like It: Electric Hillbillies, Singing Preachers and the Beginning of Rock and Roll, 1950-1970,” among others) reflect a fathomless musical knowledge and an iconoclastic streak. Those elements define his music too: a loose meld of American folklore, halcyon pop and free jazz. For this concert, Mr. Lowe has convened a 13-piece band to honor the heavy influence of John Coltrane’s 1960s work. He’s doing it in decidedly unconventional fashion, reaching back to the polyphonic sound of early-20th-century New Orleans.
212-258-9595, jazz.org/dizzys

Edited February 16, 2018 by AllenLowe

[ghost of miles]

Will there be t-shirts?! 

[AllenLowe]

probably not, but here is our set list:

Funeral March: Watch Your Step/New Orleans is Sinking and so is Dixieland
Tiger Rage
Modal Stomp
Monk and the Evangelist
Of the Lamb
Exit My Mind
Enclosures
March of the Vipers Part 2
Vachel Vachel
Monroe Incident
In the Midst
Roswell's Dream
Play That Ladnier
Holy Roller Shakes
Name Her
Tar Roof Blues
Pee Wee Russell Enters Into Heaven
In a Lonely Place

 

[clifford_thornton]

Can't wait!

[ghost of miles]

It sounds great, Allen, and congratulations on the NY Times notice.  I was at JALC for the Jazz Congress last month and will be back in NYC in late April, wish I could catch your performance. 

[Teasing the Korean]

Allen, I didn't know you were a writer for the New York Times!

[AllenLowe]

well, I subscribe.....

[AllenLowe]

Just to let everybody know, we will be streaming live on Tuesday night February 20 from Dizzys.

[Dan Gould]

Now hold on just a sec. Dizzy's is the Upper West side of Manhattan? My father had an apartment/office at 57th and 6th. My sister lives on West 89th street.

If Dad worked in mid-town and my sister is unquestionably  on the upper west side how the heck is Dizzy's the latter and not the former?

In all seriousness break a leg tomorrow. In the figurative, show-business sense.

[AllenLowe]

Thanks, good point; afterwards we plan on going up to 125th St. and hanging out.

[Dan Gould]

Alright so at least you're meeting the definition of "tour".  You know, two or more geographical locations.

[GA Russell]

Sounds great!  Break a leg Allen!

[uli]

enjoyed last nights streaming. thks.

[Dan Gould]

43 minutes ago, uli said:

enjoyed last nights streaming. thks.

Good that means Wynton didn't hear about the heathen getting booked into Dizzy's and hustle Allen out of there.

[clifford_thornton]

Even Zeke Tolin enjoyed himself...

[Quasimado]

8 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

Even Zeke Tolin enjoyed himself...

He was there?

Q.

[clifford_thornton]

In red.

[AllenLowe]

thanks for coming Cliff, great to see you as usual.