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Abramson, Herb, 53, 62, 245 Abraxas, 54, 71, 237 Aconci, Vito, 123 Albert-Levin, Marc, 145–46, 260–64 Alderson, Richard, 23–24, 47, 52, 54, 61, 126–28, 13 5–36, 1 50–59, 167, 189, 1 95, 260, 262 Ali, Rashied, 147, 194 Allen, Byron, 103, 219 Altschul, Barry, 154 American Center (Paris), 172, 208 Amougies (Belgium) festival, 172, 1 92, 250–51, 254, 26 3 Anderson, Michael D., 58, 75, 90, 218, 232–39, 255 Anthology of American Folk Music, 185– 86, 273 Antonia, 186–87 , 190 Artists House, 218, 25 2 Asch, Moe, 20–21, 23, 5 2 Asher, Peter, 66–67 Ashton, Dore, 260–61 Astor Place Playhouse, 30, 52, 283 Ayler, Albert, 20–21, 5 0, 52, 86, 91–92, 109, 117 , 140–42, 150–51, 16 3–64, 176, 211–12, 230, 254–5 7; family, 45–46; Holy Ghost, 45 Bailey, Derek, 113 Bangs, Lester, 54 Baraka, Amiri (LeRoi Jones), 110–11, 145–46, 161, 228–31, 254 Barbieri, Gato, 29, 224–27, 250–51 Base Records, 70 Beach Boys, Th e, 59 Belafonte, Harry, 151–5 2 Belogenis, Louie, 210–12 Berger, Daniel, ix Berger, Karl, 29, 87, 176, 258 Bernstein, Howard, 24–25, 59 Blackwell, Otis, 15 Bley, Carla, 22, 47 Bley, Paul, xiii, 22, 46–47, 110, 112, 1 54 Boss Blues, 240–43, 245–46 Bowart, Walter, 85–86 Bowery Poetry Club, xvii, 87, 103, 13 5, 180 Boykins, Ronnie, 22 Brand, Dollar (Abdullah Ibrahim), 225 Braxton, Anthony, 268 Breuker, Willem, 87 Brickell, Edie, 123–2 4 Brill Building, 94 Brötzmann, Peter, 215, 222 Brown, Marion, 22, 50, 86, 88–89, 13 5, 145–49, 157, 194, 208, 249–50, 260, 262–63, 267 Burrell, Dave, 176, 180, 18 3, 250–51 Burroughs, William, 57 Byas, Don, 268 Byrd, Donald, 17 4 Café Wha?, 64 Cage, John, 13 5, 138, 1 99, 270 Calibre, 71, 237 Campbell, Joseph, 57, 199–201 Celestrial Communication Orchestra, 175–76 Cherry, Don, 141, 16 4, 224–25, 254, 25 7 The Coach with the Six Insides, 31, 5 7, 155, 199–203 Cohen, John, 185 Cohen, Leonard, 207 285 Index 286 Index Cohen, Michael, 98, 101 Coleman, Ornette, 16–1 9, 109, 17 4, 279–80 Coltrane, John, 49, 91, 98–99, 1 45–46, 17 4, 196, 255 Columbia Records, 41–42, 194, 259 Connecticut tribe, 240–43, 247 Contemporary Records, 103, 106 Cooper, Jerome, 252 copyright, 14, 41–42, 76–77 Cosby, Bill, 67 Coursil, Jacques, 103, 1 45, 254, 25 7, 265–72 Crist, Art, 61 Cromagnon, 240–46 Davidson, Lowell, 109–10, 11 4–15, 16 1, 210–16 Davis, Art, 14 Davis, Miles, 261–62 Dexter, Van, 199, 201–3 Dillon, Jay, 53, 95–96 Dixon, Bill, xv, 22, 10 3, 110, 13 5, 1 45, 172–7 4, 267–68 Dolphy, Eric, 103, 106, 1 51 Dom, the, 266–67 Donald, Barbara, 99–100, 103–7 Douglas, Alan, 18, 13 5 Downs, Charles, 210–12 Dufty, Maely, 13 Dylan, Bob, 151–5 2 East Village Other, 28, 34, 40, 85 Edmiston, Peter, 53, 55, 130–31 Ehlers, Michael, 258–59 Ellington, Duke, 175–76 Elliot, Brian, 240–42, 244–45 Ephron, Michael, 65, 17 6 Erdman, Jean, 57, 155, 1 99–203 ESP-Disk’: art directors, 24–25, 53; b usiness , 23, 26–28, 31–36, 38–4 4, 52–56, 60, 75–76; college tour, 29–30, 18 3, 1 96; European artists, 32–33, 87–89; fa ilure, 38–44; Global Copyright Administration , 31, 7 6–77; launch, 27–28; licensing , xvi, 36, 42, 69–72, 237; P ier 17 concert, 30–31; p olitics, 34, 38–40, 60, 86, 157; publishing, 31, 7 6, 82; recording engineers, 24, 30, 43, 46–47, 61–62, 150–59, 177, 244–45; relaunch, xvii–xix, 73–76, 232, 237–39; r oyalties, xvii, 35–36, 69–71, 76–77, 82–83, 237; T own Hall concert (May 1, 1 965), 45 ESP-Disk’ catalog: Balaklava (Pearls Before Swine), 128–29, 13 2; Barrage (Paul Bley), 112;Bells (Albert Ayler), 45, 1 50–51, 204; Black Beings (Frank Lowe), 217–19; Burton Greene Quartet, 194–95; Call Me Burroughs, 57, 280; Closer (Paul Bley), 154; The Coach with the Six Insides, 31, 5 7, 155, 1 99–203; College Tour (Patty Waters), 51;Concert for the Comet Kohoutek (Sun Ra), 48–49; Contact High with the Godz, 54; East Village Other, 34, 40, 85–86, 157...

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