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Joe DiMonte · 06-22-2006, 09:17 PM

Byron Stripling

Had I not picked him up from the airport when he came to Eastman to give a master class in the mid 90's (and proceed to blow us all away....literally.....his bell was no more than ten feet in front of me..DANGER ZONE!), I wouldn't even know who he was!

It was considerate of you to display a random act of kindness.
However,my inquisitiveness leads me to ask if you stopped at WEGMANS prior to your arrival at the airport to pick up a cold case of GENESEE,or do you prefer to offer your arriving guest's a SCHAEFER brew from Brooklyn ?

I am one of his biggest fans! He is a great person/man on top of it. He told a funny story about how he was able to get cheap rent in Manhattan. He said he could live in a neighborhood where the rent was cheap because no one was going to complain to a big black man about his practicing.

It's evident to me that he heeded the advise of RANDY WESTON,a 6' 8" pianist and BROOKLYN native.
For the record,during my times in the City,most New York City dwellers were tolerant to practice sounds coming from reed and trumpet players,it's those damn drummers that drove us NUTS.
At one time in the early 60s,Kenny Dorham & Cal Massey lived within a block of each other in Brooklyn.
No one I knew complained and Sonny Rollins late night practice sessions
from his home on Willoughby Walk drew large crowds including the members of the Police Precinct from across the walk by Pratt Institute on Classon Avenue.

06-22-2006, 09:17 PM	#17 (permalink)
Joe DiMonte Mezzo Piano User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh,Pa Posts: 618	Byron Stripling Had I not picked him up from the airport when he came to Eastman to give a master class in the mid 90's (and proceed to blow us all away....literally.....his bell was no more than ten feet in front of me..DANGER ZONE!), I wouldn't even know who he was! It was considerate of you to display a random act of kindness. However,my inquisitiveness leads me to ask if you stopped at WEGMANS prior to your arrival at the airport to pick up a cold case of GENESEE,or do you prefer to offer your arriving guest's a SCHAEFER brew from Brooklyn ? I am one of his biggest fans! He is a great person/man on top of it. He told a funny story about how he was able to get cheap rent in Manhattan. He said he could live in a neighborhood where the rent was cheap because no one was going to complain to a big black man about his practicing. It's evident to me that he heeded the advise of RANDY WESTON,a 6' 8" pianist and BROOKLYN native. For the record,during my times in the City,most New York City dwellers were tolerant to practice sounds coming from reed and trumpet players,it's those damn drummers that drove us NUTS. At one time in the early 60s,Kenny Dorham & Cal Massey lived within a block of each other in Brooklyn. No one I knew complained and Sonny Rollins late night practice sessions from his home on Willoughby Walk drew large crowds including the members of the Police Precinct from across the walk by Pratt Institute on Classon Avenue. __________________ "Clark Terry - C.T.,as his friends call him,is not only a master of the trumpet and flugelhorn,but a master musician and a leader to the manor born." - Dan Morgenstern.