mikeweil Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/10/31/thelonious-monk-iii-on-miles-davis-and-his-late-fathers-legacy/?KEYWORDS=jazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 Hmmmm. First sentence of the piece "Late Jazz legend Thelonious Monk is known across the world as a musician, bandleader, composer and vocalist." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 Hmmmm. First sentence of the piece "Late Jazz legend Thelonious Monk is known across the world as a musician, bandleader, composer and vocalist." I also like the goofy second sentence: 'With his signature “bebop” jazz sound and his diverse repertoire, younger jazz musicians looked up to him as a profound and prolific thinker about jazz music and its historic institution.' I remember that historic institution; it was at 81st and Broadway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 5:08 pm October 31, 2014 Gerry Frederics wrote: What a bunch of bunk. Miles Davis (whom I dislike almost as much as Ebola) thought of Monk as a stumble-bum on the piano and in that case he was right on target. Gerry Frederics Insightful commentary! Googled the above commenter and apparently he posts a fair amount on White Nationalist and Hitler/Nazism revisionist sites. Sheesh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 I'm glad I'll be dead before this shit goes totally wrong...at least I hope I will be. I know, be careful what you wish for, etc. In fairness to everybody, though, of what use is truth to any but the living, and of what use is reality to any but the survivors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnblitweiler Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 what institution was at 81st and Broadway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 The 92nd st Y. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 what institution was at 81st and Broadway? Just picked at random. It's a corner on the Upper West Side where a friend of mine's apartment is. Could have said: "I've spent time in that institution. Decent food there when Warden Marsalis was in the mood -- gumbo." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 there is something here I did not know before - Monk gave Miles haircuts: "and what it was like to see his father help groom Davis" wonder if they hosed him down first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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