Off for a few days tomorrow - thought I'd leave with a story about Charlie Parker at work
Romeo and Juliet was set in the East End of London, and Charlie, as they were finishing up, decided to record some 'atmosphere' in Angel Lane Market - basically a matter of wandering around with the tape recorder running, recording streets sounds.
At one stage he found his reel had run out, so he set about putting on a new one.
At that moment, a mother passed with an extremely reluctant loud and cranky child in tow, letting out a stream of poetic abuse at the unfortunate sprog at great length.
Charlie finished replacing the reel, sprinted after the woman and said, "madam, would you mind repeating that?"
Lovely man!
Jim Carroll