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[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

That's awesome. I saw Coleman in Baton Rouge early in his career. I was young and rigid in my thinking and I thought he was full of crap, so I beat him the fuck up and wrecked his tenor sax. But I think this was ultimately a good thing because it got him onto the alto, which was a way better way for him to express his voice, if you know what I mean. Anyway, we later became friends, and I was the one who told him that, if he was going to let them write out the chords he had to play over, they might as well write out his entire solo for him. He dug that, man. Later, he said he felt like he could play flat in tune or sharp in tune, but never mentioned that he got that from me. Did you know he didn't like the name "Lonely Woman"? He wanted to call it "Out To Lunch." I said, no man, that makes you sound like a fucking clarinet player or something. He agreed. I hooked him up with Jerry, although I now think that may have been a mistake. Anyhoo, it's cool that we can share our remembrances of him on this day.

My ex aunt turned him on to pot. true story.