Hardbopjazz Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) I've never heard of him before. And what exactly is a jazz humorist? I sure wish I was at this concert. The best seats were 5 dollars. I've guess this had to be from the early 1960's. Edited January 1, 2018 by Hardbopjazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Crater. http://jazzprofiles.blogspot.com/2016/07/jazz-humor-zoot-finster-series-by.html http://jazzhistoryonline.com/Jazz_and_Standup_Comedy.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted January 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) Thanks, but I still don't ever recall hearing of George Crater. A Woody Allen kind of humor? Edited January 1, 2018 by Hardbopjazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Crater, George Crater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted January 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Typo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) Interesting post which takes me back a lot of years. I remember reading some of his stuff in Downbeat and maybe Jazz Review back in the 60s. Some of it was pretty funny. I thought Crater was pseudonym but never thought much about it. Now I know. Edited January 1, 2018 by JohnS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 A favorite album with me and my jazz loving friends c.1960. Ed Sherman had clearly listened to Lenny Bruce, another favorite of ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 13 hours ago, BillF said: A favorite album with me and my jazz loving friends c.1960. Ed Sherman had clearly listened to Lenny Bruce, another favorite of ours. I have the LP too, but hardly ever listen. I guess that it would be a good one to play for jazz loving friends, as you say. To me, Ed Sherman comes off as a jazz-influenced minor league Lenny Bruce. I assume that George Crater was a takeoff on Judge Crater. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Force_Crater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 2 hours ago, paul secor said: I have the LP too, but hardly ever listen. I guess that it would be a good one to play for jazz loving friends, as you say. To me, Ed Sherman comes off as a jazz-influenced minor league Lenny Bruce. I assume that George Crater was a takeoff on Judge Crater. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Force_Crater I hadn't heard of Judge Crater. A fascinating read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, BillF said: I hadn't heard of Judge Crater. A fascinating read! I included the link because I thought that most overseas members wouldn't be familiar with his legend - as well as most U.S. members under the age of 50 or so. 21 hours ago, Hardbopjazz said: I've never heard of him before. And what exactly is a jazz humorist? I sure wish I was at this concert. The best seats were 5 dollars. I've guess this had to be from the early 1960's. By the way, that was quite a New Year's Eve bill. Edited January 1, 2018 by paul secor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Internet dates that concert as 1961. I've only heard of Judge Crater because of frequent references to the name by Johnny Carson. Nobody where I lived knew who he was, so...thank you internet, eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Perhaps knowledge of the Judge Crater story was a NYC thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 2 hours ago, paul secor said: Perhaps knowledge of the Judge Crater story was a NYC thing. Probably, except for the Johnny Carson mentions. Growing up in the Midwest, Jimmy Hoffa was the mysterious disappearance of choice, supplanting D. B. Cooper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Paul, it was much more than an NYC thing. I remember asking my Bostonian mother about it fifty years ago when I was in high school (though I don't now remember why). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 Listening to cds of Coltrane's '61 European tour I was reminded of George Crater's comment "If I hear John Coltrane play My Favorite Things one more time I'm going to strangle Mary Martin." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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