Final Appeal Through Indie Gogo Recording Project

[AllenLowe]

that;s an interesting book - queasy is the word, however. Finally able to see that clip - thanks, Moms.

[jeffcrom]

Go, Allen! Go, Shipp! Go, Suhy! Enjoyed it.

[AllenLowe]

thanks; more to come.

[.:.impossible]

Thanks for sharing Allen. Thanks Moms for the Big Joe Williams clip!

[AllenLowe]

my tribute to Zora Neale Hurston - features Kellso on trumpet, Lewis Porter on piano, me on alto.

http://soundcloud.com/allenlowe-1/my-little-voudon-babe

[EKE BBB]

What a company you got, Allen! Apart from being excellent and polyvalent musicians and thorough researchers, Kellso and Porter are a couple of wonderful human beings!

Edited August 9, 2012 by EKE BBB

[robertoart]

This is very fine too. I even thought the music had definite 'crossover' potential until I heard the saxophone solo. Maybe you could edit it out

That's some beautiful trumpet playing.

Edited August 9, 2012 by freelancer

[AllenLowe]

Kellso is quite great. Love his playing.

[David Ayers]

Thanks for streaming - it's the future! Well, it's the present...

[AllenLowe]

"the past refuses to be over" - Phillip Larkin

[AllenLowe]

I'm very happy with this whole thing, btw, and will post something soon with Kalaparusha on tenor.

It's very difficult to write this much music; transcribe it for 9-10 musicians; drive 300 miles carrying three horns, a piano, 3 microphones, about 100 lead sheets, and a weeks's worth of clothing (this took 3 sessions); sleep on a floor; go into the studio; conduct the band; instruct the engineer; read the music; coordinate the 3-4 different combinations of players; and then try to play a creative solo. And we recorded 39 songs.

not one musician was late, and, believe me, no one got paid very much, so I am thankful.

but something tells me Esperanza Spalding doesn't have to go through all this.....

Edited August 9, 2012 by AllenLowe

[cih]

steamy!

[AllenLowe]

http://soundcloud.com/allenlowe-1/emancipation-rag

[AllenLowe]

just two recent mixes from the new project -

I'm an Old Regular Baptists features Kalaparusha and Ras Moshe -

http://soundcloud.co...regular-baptist

The Discreet Charm of the Underclass is our craven attempt to snare the trad crowd, as it's from 1850:

http://soundcloud.co...et-charm-of-the

just two recent mixes from the new project -

I'm an Old Regular Baptist features Kalaparusha and Ras Moshe -

http://soundcloud.co...regular-baptist

The Discreet Charm of the Underclass is our craven attempt to snare the trad crowd, as it's from 1850:

http://soundcloud.co...et-charm-of-the

Edited September 9, 2012 by AllenLowe

[cih]

really great. Love "Other Bodies Other Souls" too

[AllenLowe]

thanks - still trying to come up with a name for the CD,

[tranemonk]

really good stuff Allen....

Looking forward to ordering...

[AllenLowe]

thanks; ended up re-mixing a lot. Overall there are approximately 65 cuts.

[Adam]

How About "School of Thieves" for the album. :-)

[king ubu]

Wonderful, Allen! Ras Moshe!

Love the groove on the second tune!

How about naming the album "The Discreet Charm of the Underclass", too? - Would be a great title, methinks!

[AllenLowe]

hmmmm......both good ideas. Also thinking of "Renovations in Jazz....."

[flat5]

I'd like to know who is playing clarinet and who is playing cornet on 'Brickyard Blues', please.

[cih]

or "Excavations in jazz" - 'the exposure, processing and recording of jazz remains' - maybe that sounds a bit fossilized

Edited September 10, 2012 by cih

[tranemonk]

I like that one!

Wonderful, Allen! Ras Moshe!

Love the groove on the second tune!

How about naming the album "The Discreet Charm of the Underclass", too? - Would be a great title, methinks!

[AllenLowe]

1) thanks for the title suggestions - leaning toward Renovations because we are "renovating" the tradition, and I like the Kenton reference; I also like "the past refuses to be over" which is a line by Philip Larkin; though I am also considering I Hate Maine.

2) on Brickyard Blues it's Randy Sandke on trumpet, Ken Peplowski on clarinet; they are on a few other cuts as well. Good friends, great musicians.