Comments on: “Jimmy and Me” by Tom Wayburn http://www.jazzloftproject.org/blog/general/jimmy-and-me-by-tom-wayburn Chaos Manor Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:15:23 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: cosgrove http://www.jazzloftproject.org/blog/general/jimmy-and-me-by-tom-wayburn/comment-page-1#comment-3990 cosgrove Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:04:20 +0000 http://www.jazzloftproject.org/blog/?p=297#comment-3990 tom, Any idea where Gino Biondo is these days? tom,

Any idea where Gino Biondo is these days?

]]> By: Roberta Arnold http://www.jazzloftproject.org/blog/general/jimmy-and-me-by-tom-wayburn/comment-page-1#comment-917 Roberta Arnold Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:17:36 +0000 http://www.jazzloftproject.org/blog/?p=297#comment-917 Sam thank you for calling me so many years ago. Collegues we work with around the world are contacting me and thrilled with your book. It' a great trip ever since we met. Congrats on a beautiful book and website. Thanks for writing and posting a review of Cuber's new cd this morning. Friend Sandy, you saved my life. I have never forgotten to send blessing to you. Tommy, Ronnie & I have talked about you so many times. Hope life is good to you. Love to all. Roberta arnoldmusic@optonline.net Sam thank you for calling me so many years ago. Collegues we work with around the world are contacting me and thrilled with your book. It’ a great trip ever since we met. Congrats on a beautiful book and website. Thanks for writing and posting a review of Cuber’s new cd this morning. Friend Sandy, you saved my life. I have never forgotten to send blessing to you. Tommy, Ronnie & I have talked about you so many times. Hope life is good to you. Love to all. Roberta
arnoldmusic@optonline.net

]]> By: Tom Wayburn http://www.jazzloftproject.org/blog/general/jimmy-and-me-by-tom-wayburn/comment-page-1#comment-535 Tom Wayburn Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:31:33 +0000 http://www.jazzloftproject.org/blog/?p=297#comment-535 Gin, I am very happy to hear that you are pleased with the part you played in my story. I will continue to stay in touch with you and Ted as we have only just begun to do after many years. Please call me if you wish. Tom Gin,

I am very happy to hear that you are pleased with the part you played in my story. I will continue to stay in touch with you and Ted as we have only just begun to do after many years. Please call me if you wish.

Tom

]]> By: Gin http://www.jazzloftproject.org/blog/general/jimmy-and-me-by-tom-wayburn/comment-page-1#comment-517 Gin Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:29:44 +0000 http://www.jazzloftproject.org/blog/?p=297#comment-517 Hi Tommy, Thank you for mentioning that you hired me as an assistant to help you with your science editing work. Two things come to mind from those times for me. The first was that during that time it was illegal to live in lofts. You were sub-letting Carla Bley's loft at the time and I was so impressed by how everything in the room was set up to look like a studio/office with no sign of actual habitation. The bed clothing was conveniently stowed in large file cabinets and all of the mainstays of living were hidden away. The other thing was that, in order to help you with the proofreading, I had to learn the characters of the Russian alphabet. Remember I was only 17 at the time and still completing my high school work so I thank you for your faith in my ability to do the job. For years after that I was still able to use the alphabet to write out English words. It was like learning a magic code. This is a good memory for me from those times. Hi Tommy,
Thank you for mentioning that you hired me as an assistant to help you with your science editing work.
Two things come to mind from those times for me. The first was that during that time it was illegal to live in lofts. You were sub-letting Carla Bley’s loft at the time and I was so impressed by how everything in the room was set up to look like a studio/office with no sign of actual habitation. The bed clothing was conveniently stowed in large file cabinets and all of the mainstays of living were hidden away.
The other thing was that, in order to help you with the proofreading, I had to learn the characters of the Russian alphabet. Remember I was only 17 at the time and still completing my high school work so I thank you for your faith in my ability to do the job. For years after that I was still able to use the alphabet to write out English words. It was like learning a magic code.
This is a good memory for me from those times.

]]> By: ron free http://www.jazzloftproject.org/blog/general/jimmy-and-me-by-tom-wayburn/comment-page-1#comment-453 ron free Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:51:13 +0000 http://www.jazzloftproject.org/blog/?p=297#comment-453 hey tom, long time, man. enjoyed your musings. these blogs read like great works of fiction don't they? what hath sam stephenson wrought? i dunno if its just because i was a part of that scene during much of my wasted youth (double entendre fully intended) but i find all of these stories to be absolutely riveting. peace, brother hey tom, long time, man. enjoyed your musings. these blogs read like great works of fiction don’t they? what hath sam stephenson wrought?

i dunno if its just because i was a part of that scene during much of my wasted youth (double entendre fully intended) but i find all of these stories to be absolutely riveting.

peace, brother

]]> By: ben aronoff http://www.jazzloftproject.org/blog/general/jimmy-and-me-by-tom-wayburn/comment-page-1#comment-438 ben aronoff Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:37:41 +0000 http://www.jazzloftproject.org/blog/?p=297#comment-438 another piece of the "jimmy" puzzle...it really brought back memories of my own past in NYC...best...b. another piece of the “jimmy” puzzle…it really brought back memories of my own past in NYC…best…b.

]]> By: Tom Wayburn http://www.jazzloftproject.org/blog/general/jimmy-and-me-by-tom-wayburn/comment-page-1#comment-436 Tom Wayburn Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:18:04 +0000 http://www.jazzloftproject.org/blog/?p=297#comment-436 Hi Sandy, I am not surprised to see your comment after seeing where Sam published "Jimmy and Me". I will stay in touch. The purpose of this comment, though, is to mention that Billy Steen was traveling with the popular pianist Bobby Stevenson who was Jimmy's uncle and an acquaintance of my mother. I'll write you off-line later. Tom Hi Sandy,

I am not surprised to see your comment after seeing where Sam published “Jimmy and Me”. I will stay in touch. The purpose of this comment, though, is to mention that Billy Steen was traveling with the popular pianist Bobby Stevenson who was Jimmy’s uncle and an acquaintance of my mother. I’ll write you off-line later.

Tom

]]> By: Sandy Stevenson Krell http://www.jazzloftproject.org/blog/general/jimmy-and-me-by-tom-wayburn/comment-page-1#comment-435 Sandy Stevenson Krell Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:05:02 +0000 http://www.jazzloftproject.org/blog/?p=297#comment-435 Tom I read your note on the blog. I don't remember not liking you but my recolection is that I had very fond memories of you. I remember laughing alot with you. When our son Jimmy was born I remember you looking at him and saying "I'm not real fond of baby's you know. They are too oogy. That was followed by Alice McCloud saying "our son was cute but awfully pale. I guess a little reality never hurts. I still thought he was the most beautiful baby in the world. My e-mail is tomandsandykrell@aol.com Keep in touch. I have more to say but I am in a hurry. Sandy Tom I read your note on the blog. I don’t remember not liking you but my recolection is that I had very fond memories of you. I remember laughing alot with you. When our son Jimmy was born I remember you looking at him and saying “I’m not real fond of baby’s you know. They are too oogy. That was followed by Alice McCloud saying “our son was cute but awfully pale. I guess a little reality never hurts. I still thought he was the most beautiful baby in the world. My e-mail is tomandsandykrell@aol.com Keep in touch. I have more to say but I am in a hurry.
Sandy

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