Das tut mir leid! Um das Thema Alonzo Levister abzuschließen, so erinnert sich Dan Morgenstern:
Lonnie was a pretty good piano player. He would occasionally – very rarely he might sit in on a jam session. He had been to New England Conservatory. He was a talented composer. Lonnie’s still around. He’s older than me. He’s now in his 80s. Except for a brief period, when he was associated with Charlie Mingus and made an album on Mingus’s Debut label which has never been reissued, but one track was reissued in this big Debut CD package which reviewed the label. He was also later associated with Oscar Brown, Jr. He composed a number of short operas. He got a very nice review in the Village Voice from Gary Giddins many years ago when they were performed just a couple of times in New York and then did it again later. Unfortunately, nothing has ever happened with him, but there was one thing that he did do. He did some arranging and some work for Prestige. He did write a piece that was recorded by John Coltrane. It was called Trane’s Slow Dance. Years later, when – I hadn’t seen Lonnie in quite a while. I asked him – because this was after Coltrane’s death. Coltrane had become this iconic figure. I said, “You must be getting some nice royalties for Trane’s Slow Dance.” He said, “No. I never . . .” I said, “You have to contact the label. They’ve got stuff in escrow for you.” He did. Then he called me and said he got a big check. His stuff had been sitting there for years. So that was another aspect of my New York life.
aus seiner Oral History, die man – neben einigen anderen – hier finden kann… ein etwas chaotischer Text, ist aber viel drin…
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