[Dixielandjazz] Avant Garde in NYC

[Jim Kashishian]

>..........Archie Shepp, Roswell Rudd, Carla Bley, Steve Lacy and Paul
Motian other free >jazz players in the 1960s when Avant Garde started in
NYC.

Carla Bley:  interesting antedote connected with that name, and adds a bit
to the "celebrities playing with top musicians" threads.

During my music business connections with Pink Floyd (1978 to 1985) I was
out to dinner with drummer Nick Mason (sorry for the name dropping!).  He
had just done a solo album with Carla Bley & a batch of the Avant Garde
people in NYC.  An interesting, swinging album.  I asked Nick about it.  His
answer says a lot about the man:  "I'm so lucky to have this fame so that I
can play with people of this stature"...or something along those lines.  

When Roger Watters left the group, a Spanish rag said that Nick had become a
used car salesman.  They neglected to say that he has one of the largest
collection of Ferraris in the world, and sells & buys them regularly.  Not
exactly the impression the magazine left.  :>

Jim