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and Dudley Moore

Gloria Jean The Coffee Guy (from Mad TV) Coleman Hawkins

There's a lot of wild quotes from that book. I think the most famous was:"The only way a caucasian musician could swing is from the end of a rope!" 'Caucasion'....that's very polite.

Switch hitter. Plays Be-bop and Funk.

......the granddaddy of reverse racism and self pity co-opts another marquee legend into the fold. 'Let's all sing the Jimmy Smith was a Meshugganah Blues' Come Together - right now - over Jimmy'

Oh no, Lola Smith has shown up on the boards! Now I suppose Jim's going to have to scrub this thread and remove all of these negative words. Obviously Jimmy was a saint. Everyone else is completely misrepresenting him here. Maybe they're not misrepresenting him.

what the hell is wrong with you? why are you attacking someone who gives more to jazz in a week than you do in a year?!? if that. Nothing wrong with me. You don't see something off in this little piece of youtube detritus? I stand by my comments. That 'interview parody' must be a real barrel of laughs. Sonny Rollins electrician has given a lot to Jazz. Mensch. Meshugganah. Hand maidens to the stars.

What did he expect? That Jimmy Smith was gonna kiss his ass. Or sorry......should that be tookus. He should have sucked it up and accepted not every jazzman was going play by the marcus of queensberry rules. Is this pathetic little passive aggressive youtube anecdote meant to be some kind of belated payback/riposte to Jimmy Smith. And he makes a point of saying he still got paid! Big fuckin' deal. Fuck off Bret. I'm glad I didn't have to read your insipid little liner notes.

Jimmy Smith said the only two guitarists he never had to tell what to play were Kenny Burrell and Wes Montgomery. He must have forgot his session with Grant Green which has the amazing Back Talk on it. The tune Grant does his party tricks on. There is a funny story in the liner notes to the Verve Wes Montgomery cd, where Russell Malone and Mark Whitfield recall stories they heard about Jimmy Smith and Wes. When Wes arrives at their session for Verve, Wes gets out of his car and before he has even introduced himself to JOS he says...'don't go messin' with me. I've heard about how you mess with guitar players, don't start anything with me The other important part of the story was how Wes got out of the car in a very well tailored suit. 'Clean', was how Malone and Whitfield relate it. Great liner notes on that one.

The second Test starts on Thursday

Doesn't sound like a very friendly Black man does he.

And all composed in camouflage pants.

Covers....oohh no. Jarrett isn't doing covers. He's offering his genius to a hoary old chestnut like Yesterdays and elevating it to his lofty thresholds. The tune isn't really worthy of it. And neither are we. But Jarrett persists. For our own good. It's his pro-bono work.

Enrico Rava's not even famous.

Onions will come on after Root

What does that mean? She's playing dumb. As a "character," so to speak, or as a harpist? If it's the latter, why was she the first-call harpist in the L.A. studios for so many years? She's obviously a skilled harpist. But c'mon, this spot on Carson is as worked as your average wrestling match. She was obviously shooting for the stars, so to speak, and happy to play up to the 'starmaker' Carson. It's all a bit to cloyingly naive for me.

They want to let everyone know mummy and daddies money hasn't corrupted their street cred.

ooohhhhh....the wispy watercolour impressionistic flourishes of Lord Keith are so deep.

What does that mean? She's playing dumb.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=1BxRYIoKMJU