jlhoots Posted January 21, 2014 Report Posted January 21, 2014 "It looks almost professional." Sure does - just got mine out of the mail-box - many thanks!Wow - faster to Zurich than to the western US!!Maybe mine will show up today. Quote
king ubu Posted January 21, 2014 Report Posted January 21, 2014 Well, I got the Lowe Prime treatment, not sure how I deserved it, but it got shipped a day early, it seems About to pop in the first disc right now ... Quote
Stefan Wood Posted January 21, 2014 Report Posted January 21, 2014 On disc 3 now. Music to shovel snow to........ Quote
AllenLowe Posted January 22, 2014 Author Report Posted January 22, 2014 well, the USPS is somewhat inconsistent. Quote
Head Man Posted January 22, 2014 Report Posted January 22, 2014 (edited) Not arrived in the UK.........yet. UPDATE 1: It landed on my carpet this morning and I'm currently playing Disc 1.....sounds good UPDATE 2: What's included in the bonus disc, Allen? Edited January 22, 2014 by Head Man Quote
ejp626 Posted January 22, 2014 Report Posted January 22, 2014 Made it up here to Canada. Thanks! Lots of listening over the next couple of weeks... Quote
king ubu Posted January 22, 2014 Report Posted January 22, 2014 What's included in the bonus disc, Allen? from Allen's BE ONE OF THE FIRST 50 TO ORDER AND RECEIVE A FREE BONUS CDR WITH RARE AND SEMI-RELEASED RECORDINGS, INCLDING ONE FROM THE OLD KNITTING FACTORY WITH JULIUS HEMPHILL, AND A CUT FROM OUR NEW ROBERT JOHNSON SOUNDTRACK WITH GARY BARTZ AS WELL AS SOME NEVER-BEFORE TRACKS GIVEN ME BY JOE ALBANY AND SOME NEWLY DISCOVERED PERCY FRANCE CUTS. The (one) Percy France cut, "Ornithology" (c. 1980 with Jeff Fuller on bass) - is terrific! There's also one by Albany with a sax player I've never heard of (Dickey Myers, tune is "What Is This Thing Called Love", ca. 1979). Then there's a great cut with Hemphill from the album "New Tango" (rec. 1992) as well as two from the (upcoming, I sure hope!) project "Man with the Guitar: The White Machine" (rec. 2013, one with Gary Bartz, the other with DJ Logic). Very enjoyable! Quote
king ubu Posted January 22, 2014 Report Posted January 22, 2014 Just finished my first complete spin of this set - and it's very, very good! Guitarist Ray Suhy often is truly amazing, and the tuba of Christopher Meeder adds plenty of spice. Matthew Shipp, Ursula Oppens and Dean Bowman each have their two-part contribution (sequenced apart of each other in all cases), Kalaparusha and JD Allen are each on about half a dozen tracks and both contribute stellar playing. So do Ken Peplowski (one trio with bass and the piano of Lewis Porter) and Randy Sandke (half a dozen or so ensemble cuts with Peplowski). Lewis Porter does a series of piano solos that are very fine ... and then there's Allen's sax playing of course - not really sure how to describe it, the tone (alto mostly) is big and old-school, more like a tenor out of the Hawkins/Webster line often ... and thick and heavy too (like Jackie but with different - some would say: better - intonation) ... the lines though often reminded me of some of those great classic Oliver Nelson solos, they sound spontaneous yet very well-conceived. (Do feel free to blush for a second, Allen, it's really good what you do on these discs!) Obviously there's lots of interesting, on-the-mark and tongue-in-cheek comments in the accompanying booklet .. Allen is kind of weaving a web that entangles ragtime, Harlem Renaissance, minstrelsy, Whiteman, James Reese Europe, Zora Neale Hurston, Bud Powell, Monk, Bird, Bunk Johnson, Lennie Tristano and so much more ... truly a fascinating and deeply personal (yet in my understanding most valid) look at the history of our beloved music. The best part of it though is: you don't need all the learned talk and intelligent insight provided in the comments - the music speaks for itself, loud and clear. Quote
Head Man Posted January 22, 2014 Report Posted January 22, 2014 What's included in the bonus disc, Allen? from Allen's BE ONE OF THE FIRST 50 TO ORDER AND RECEIVE A FREE BONUS CDR WITH RARE AND SEMI-RELEASED RECORDINGS, INCLDING ONE FROM THE OLD KNITTING FACTORY WITH JULIUS HEMPHILL, AND A CUT FROM OUR NEW ROBERT JOHNSON SOUNDTRACK WITH GARY BARTZ AS WELL AS SOME NEVER-BEFORE TRACKS GIVEN ME BY JOE ALBANY AND SOME NEWLY DISCOVERED PERCY FRANCE CUTS. The (one) Percy France cut, "Ornithology" (c. 1980 with Jeff Fuller on bass) - is terrific! There's also one by Albany with a sax player I've never heard of (Dickey Myers, tune is "What Is This Thing Called Love", ca. 1979). Then there's a great cut with Hemphill from the album "New Tango" (rec. 1992) as well as two from the (upcoming, I sure hope!) project "Man with the Guitar: The White Machine" (rec. 2013, one with Gary Bartz, the other with DJ Logic). Very enjoyable! Thanks KU, I thought there was some more information somewhere. Any chance that either you or Allen could provide a full track and personnel listing? Quote
king ubu Posted January 22, 2014 Report Posted January 22, 2014 I'm sure Allen can do it without having to type it all, so ... Quote
Head Man Posted January 22, 2014 Report Posted January 22, 2014 (edited) I'm sure Allen can do it without having to type it all, so ... Where did you get the information from? Edited January 22, 2014 by Head Man Quote
king ubu Posted January 22, 2014 Report Posted January 22, 2014 from a small sheet included in the package Quote
Head Man Posted January 22, 2014 Report Posted January 22, 2014 from a small sheet included in the package Ah, thanks. I wonder whether mine was in the "empty" package when I threw it on the fire! Quote
jlhoots Posted January 22, 2014 Report Posted January 22, 2014 from a small sheet included in the package Ah, thanks. I wonder whether mine was in the "empty" package when I threw it on the fire! That's where mine was. Fortunately I didn't discard it. Quote
AllenLowe Posted January 22, 2014 Author Report Posted January 22, 2014 (edited) sorry, there should have been a full track listing in each package - I can;t seem to get it to paste in here; will try tonight from home - Edited January 22, 2014 by AllenLowe Quote
xybert Posted January 22, 2014 Report Posted January 22, 2014 I've still barely scratched the surface, listening wise, but first impressions are extremely positive. Love the liner notes, really add to the immersion. Like Blues and the Empirical Truth i can tell that this is going to be music to really get lost in. Just a random word of thanks from an iTunes user: i really appreciate that all the track info was loaded in to Gracenote or where ever else it was loaded. I was bracing myself to have to manually enter 4 discs worth of track titles etc. Was doubly stoked that the bonus disc info was also already in iTunes! Above and beyond. Allen, i really enjoyed reading your thoughts on Bud Powell. Is there any chance you'd be willing to share what some of your favourite recordings of Bud's are? Thanks for your time. Quote
AllenLowe Posted January 22, 2014 Author Report Posted January 22, 2014 hi - 1) here's the bonus CD listing: (Bud recommendations to follow) - Field Recordings Bonus CD 1) Slave Rebellion 4:14 Gary Bartz – alto saxophone Allen Lowe – tenor saxophone Lewis Porter – piano Christopher Meeder – tuba Jeff Fuller – bass Jake Millet – electronic drums Recorded: Brooklyn, 9/21/13 (from the Soundtrack to Man with Guitar: The White Machine) 2) What is this Thing called Love 6:46 Joe Albany –piano Dickey Myers – alto saxophone Recorded off of a radio broadcast at the State University of New York at Binghamton, ca. 1979 3) Ornithology 8:05 Percy France – tenor saxophone Jeff Fuller – bass rec. NYC ca. 1980 4) Blue Ballade 2:53 Allen Lowe – alto saxophone Christopher Meeder: tuba DJ logic: turntables Jake Millet – electronic drums Recorded: 9/21/13 (from the Soundtrack to Man with Guitar: The White Machine) 5) March of the Vipers Allen Lowe – tenor saxophone Julius Hemphill – alto saxophone Robert Rhumbolz – trumpet John Rapson – trombone Paul Austerlitz – clarinet Jeff Fuller - bass Ray Kaczynski - drums Recorded: October 1992 at the Knitting Factory, NYC From The CD: New Tango ’92 (see www.allenlowe.com) Quote
Head Man Posted January 22, 2014 Report Posted January 22, 2014 hi - 1) here's the bonus CD listing: (Bud recommendations to follow) - Field Recordings Bonus CD 1) Slave Rebellion 4:14 Gary Bartz – alto saxophone Allen Lowe – tenor saxophone Lewis Porter – piano Christopher Meeder – tuba Jeff Fuller – bass Jake Millet – electronic drums Recorded: Brooklyn, 9/21/13 (from the Soundtrack to Man with Guitar: The White Machine) 2) What is this Thing called Love 6:46 Joe Albany –piano Dickey Myers – alto saxophone Recorded off of a radio broadcast at the State University of New York at Binghamton, ca. 1979 3) Ornithology 8:05 Percy France – tenor saxophone Jeff Fuller – bass rec. NYC ca. 1980 4) Blue Ballade 2:53 Allen Lowe – alto saxophone Christopher Meeder: tuba DJ logic: turntables Jake Millet – electronic drums Recorded: 9/21/13 (from the Soundtrack to Man with Guitar: The White Machine) 5) March of the Vipers Allen Lowe – tenor saxophone Julius Hemphill – alto saxophone Robert Rhumbolz – trumpet John Rapson – trombone Paul Austerlitz – clarinet Jeff Fuller - bass Ray Kaczynski - drums Recorded: October 1992 at the Knitting Factory, NYC From The CD: New Tango ’92 (see www.allenlowe.com) Thanks very much for doing this, Allen. I'll try and be more careful next time....... Quote
AllenLowe Posted January 22, 2014 Author Report Posted January 22, 2014 it's ok; as for Bud recommendations - as asked a few posts back - you cannot go wrong with anything recorded up until 1953; after that it's problematic. Just my opinion. Quote
xybert Posted January 22, 2014 Report Posted January 22, 2014 it's ok; as for Bud recommendations - as asked a few posts back - you cannot go wrong with anything recorded up until 1953; after that it's problematic. Just my opinion. Cheers. Quote
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