harry allen- tenor saxophone

[Larry Kart]

i think of an allen gig as a performance. we can agree that he has mastered that craft.

that being said, i would suggest that allen deserves wider popularity in his native country.

I suppose any gig is or should be a performance. And every performance one gets paid for (or even if you don't get paid, if you feel that why about things) is a gig. I'm reminded for some reason of an old LeRoi Jones remark: "I knew a man back in Newark who could whistle with peas in his mouth, but nobody every said he was hip."

As for Allen deserving "wider popularity in his native country," why? There are plenty of players around who are more individual and inventive, even within the style or styles he favors.

[JSngry]

Harry Allen?

Sheesh.

No.