Ornette Coleman on Nov. 14 Sunday, not Nov. 19

[Pepi Plowman]

I saw Ornette Coleman AND Thelonius Monk at the Jazz
Workshop on North Beach, way back when.  I never got
to hear Miles play, but saw him at some place on
Fillmore where John Handy was playing.  He was sitting
alone a couple of tables away from the stage, and the
whole area was cordoned off--a very isolated guy.

But gee, Gerry, you really knew a hell of a lot of
musicians!

pep
--- Harry Edwards <laughingwolf@ev1.net> wrote:

> oops. Meant to say he probably was in that band.
> twisty
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 4, 2004, at 1:48 PM, Michael Eisenstadt
> wrote:
> 
> > We used to have all the early Ornette LP albums.
> To our
> > ear his early stuff is as classic as Coltrane. The
> sidemen
> > I remember from him playing at the Five Spot were
> Don
> > Cherry on trumpet and Charlie Haden on bass. I
> dont
> > remember the drummer which according to the
> Internet
> > would have to have been Ed Blackwell or Billy
> Higgins,
> > at least on the records but maybe, just maybe
> there was
> > NO drummer in the live sets. Seems hard to believe
> but
> > Coleman did everything differently. I gotta check
> on this.
> >
> > I do seem to remember Coleman playing a weird
> white
> > colored plastic saxophone. This would have been
> around
> > 1968.
> >
> > As for Miles in the 1958 period, I count myself
> blessed
> > or at least very lucky to have heard him that
> winter at a
> > black night club on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn. I
> do
> > remember our table as being the only white table
> there
> > and I remember the perfectly fitted tan fawn
> colored 3
> > piece suit he wore. He didnt look at the audience
> there
> > either. That band  would have probably had John
> > Coltrane on tenor but as I didnt know squat about
> jazz at
> > the time, I will never know if I heard Coltrane
> live or not.
> >
> > As for $45, it isnt $45, its $20 which in these
> days
> > seems pretty cheap. As the house wont be full
> > (who the hell knows from Ornette Coleman in
> Austin?)
> > it will be my pleasure to infiltrate from the $20
> section
> > to the $35 or $45 sections or win a free pair from
> KUT.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 


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