XMAS SALE: Louis Armstrong's America, 2 volumes, 4 CDs

[AllenLowe]

Francis Davis called this project "a revelation" and considers it the top CD of 2024.

Dusty Groove writes:

"A stunning project from the great Allen Lowe – an expansive array of sounds that's way different than you might expect from the title – as it's not a portrayal of the America during the years in which Louis Armstrong walked this planet – but a pastiche of past aesthetics, present performance, and future-thinking combination of elements! Lowe's always been way more than just a jazz musician – and the set shows the way he often operates with more of a larger artistic vision – not exactly as a composer, but maybe with the energy of a visual artist – part creation, part collage – with a sense of aesthetic interplay that really comes through in the project!"

Phil Overeem has said of this project: "No important music chronicler has ever composed and played this well."

We performed it to two standing ovations for Yale University's Duke Ellington Fellowship Series.

So what're you waiting for? I will never be able to do this kind of work again. It was like a race against death. So far I am only slightly ahead.

Both volumes, 4 CDs, for $30 shipped in the USA.

This price will hold until Christmas.

My paypal is allenlowe5@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

[jazzbo]

Wow! Both these volumes are excellent listening. . . and this is one heckuva deal. Happy holidays Mr. Lowe!

[rostasi]

I agree. This ain’t just a project - this is Allen and cohorts painting with sound.
A mosaic of the old, the now, the yet-to-be found. This is a deeper Allen:
layers, echoes, crossing frontiers. He’s out here building worlds,
mixing where the past and present sat. It’s like he’s got a canvas in his head,
Throwing notes like brushstrokes, blending hues the ears haven’t read.
Part creation, part collage. He’s in that zone.
Where the aesthetic plays like whispers on a saxophone.
You feel the interplay, the energy, with a vision that's wide. 
This is art that moves through time. It doesn’t just glide - it collides.

Congrats on the reviews and successful concert!

Edited 4 hours ago by rostasi

[AllenLowe]

29 minutes ago, rostasi said:

I agree. This ain’t just a project - this is Allen and cohorts painting with sound.
A mosaic of the old, the now, the yet-to-be found. This is a deeper Allen:
layers, echoes, crossing frontiers. He’s out here building worlds,
mixing where the past and present sat. It’s like he’s got a canvas in his head,
Throwing notes like brushstrokes, blending hues the ears haven’t read.
Part creation, part collage. He’s in that zone.
Where the aesthetic plays like whispers on a saxophone.
You feel the interplay, the energy, with a vision that's wide. 
This is art that moves through time. It doesn’t just glide - it collides.

Congrats on the reviews and successful concert!

thanks for saying that. It's been a difficult Fall; lotsa rejection, therapy, a few holes I felt like crawling into. But it always helps to hear things like that.

[jlhoots]

1 hour ago, jazzbo said:

Wow! Both these volumes are excellent listening. . . and this is one heckuva deal. Happy holidays Mr. Lowe!

Agree with all of that.