mikeweil Posted January 22, 2004 Report Posted January 22, 2004 Jim Sangrey posted some of these as a result of the "pokerface joke" regarding his reaction to his own track in the BT # 5. Here they are: The joke for me came in Randy's poker allusion, because a "bit" of mine is "Musicians You'd Not Want To Play Poker With". Some examples: Coleman Hawkins - No way in hell to figure out what he's holding. Ben Webster - You COULD win some hands, but you'd be afraid to. Lester Young - You'd probably win ALL the hands, but feel so bad about doing so that you'd give him all his money back, and probably some of yours too. John Coltrane - Would never take the horn out of his mouth long enough to ante up, so what's the point? Art Tatum - never sit down at a table with a man who has more than two arms. My own modest contribution: Dizzy Gillespie - if you win you'll get to know the truth about how his trumpet was bent. The stage is yours ... Quote
mikeweil Posted January 22, 2004 Author Report Posted January 22, 2004 Charlie Parker - by no means you could take his sax in case you win! Quote
JSngry Posted January 22, 2004 Report Posted January 22, 2004 Art Pepper - the lights go out in the room EVERY time... Quote
JSngry Posted January 22, 2004 Report Posted January 22, 2004 Charlie Parker - by no means you could take his sax in case you win! Hell, half the time it wouldn't even be HIS sax you'd take... Quote
mikeweil Posted January 22, 2004 Author Report Posted January 22, 2004 Thelonious Monk - no way to stand these long hard looks ... Quote
mikeweil Posted January 22, 2004 Author Report Posted January 22, 2004 Philly Joe Jones - would always spoil your concentration with a Bela Lugosi imitation at the right time! Quote
couw Posted January 22, 2004 Report Posted January 22, 2004 Charles Mingus - if he loses, you will too. Extremeties that is. Quote
mikeweil Posted January 22, 2004 Author Report Posted January 22, 2004 Oscar Peterson - too fast for ya! Quote
couw Posted January 22, 2004 Report Posted January 22, 2004 Lee Morgan - he's so HOT, the cards burn to ashes in his hands. Quote
mikeweil Posted January 22, 2004 Author Report Posted January 22, 2004 Wes Montgomery - you'll never get to see even the back of the cards behind his blurring thumb. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted January 22, 2004 Report Posted January 22, 2004 how about a table with these poker bluffers norah krall kenny g wynton m burns ss1 Quote
Chrome Posted January 22, 2004 Report Posted January 22, 2004 I'll second Wes "Full House" Montgomery. Quote
Chrome Posted January 22, 2004 Report Posted January 22, 2004 ... or maybe Louis Armstrong. From what I understand, he had a thing about going for the pot. Quote
brownie Posted January 22, 2004 Report Posted January 22, 2004 Benny Goodman! The Eye would be on you all the time! Quote
mikeweil Posted January 22, 2004 Author Report Posted January 22, 2004 Jackie McLean - always one step beyond ... Quote
JSngry Posted January 22, 2004 Report Posted January 22, 2004 Thelonious Monk - no way to stand these long hard looks ... Yeah, but if he's wearing shades like this, you WILL go home a winner! Quote
Tom Storer Posted January 23, 2004 Report Posted January 23, 2004 Stan Getz - can get a nice poker game going all by himself, no need for anyone else (cf. Zoot Sims' famous comment, "Stan's a great bunch of guys"). Quote
robviti Posted January 25, 2004 Report Posted January 25, 2004 playing with monk could be frustrating: "hey monk! sit down, will ya? stop dancing around and play your hand. geez!" Quote
paul secor Posted July 5, 2018 Report Posted July 5, 2018 On 1/21/2004 at 0:50 PM, Soulstation1 said: how about a table with these poker bluffers norah krall kenny g wynton m burns ss1 Quote
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