Guy Kopelowicz ("brownie"), 1939-2025

[EKE BBB]

Many thanks for your remembrances of Guy, which are quite similar to mine! And also for the links.

[Big Beat Steve]

Oh ... I only saw this topic right now. I am very sorry to hear about his passing. His knowledge will be missed. I still remember a personal encounter with him in 2006 when I spent a week at Eurodisneyland near Paris with my family, and when I contacted him in preparation of the trip he kindly agreed to meet me during my "day off from the family" during that stay to show me around to a couple of record stores I was not yet aware of. It was very interesting to "talk jazz" with him, though the meeting was all too brief. And the way he clearly was greeted in awe by the shop staff at two of the record shops we both went into showed the high regard the Parisian jazz scene had for him everywhere. 

Thanks for all you contributed to documenting jazz, Brownie, you will be missed!

[optatio]

Remembering Guy/'Brownie' ... https://www.ayler.co.uk/html/judsonhall.html 

[Michael Weiss]

RIP. Was fortunate to meet Guy in person in Paris in 2018. He had me over for lunch – Cassoulet and a serious Bordeaux in a beautiful apartment on the rue de Pontoise. Showed me great photos he took in NY in the 60's. Always inspiring to be around people with such exemplary careers who witnessed landmark storied sounds and sights first hand. Thankful for the sharing of his knowledge and passion for jazz on Organissimo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Holy Ghost]

I felt something was wrong when he hadn't posted here for a time. RIP to a man who got to see the history of jazz with his own eyes and camera lens, as it was happening in the 60's. Dude went to New York to Judson Hall, and saw and photographed Albert Ayler?!?! Wooowww! 

"Albert Ayler’s seminal Spirits Rejoice session was recorded live at Judson Hall, New York, on September 23, 1965. Photographer Guy Kopelowicz captured iconic images of the performance, which featured Albert Ayler (tenor sax), Don Ayler (trumpet), Charles Tyler (alto sax), Henry Grimes (bass), and Sonny Murray (drums). "

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