Lenny Bruce Jazz Fan

[Randy Twizzle]

Cool man cool

[AllenLowe]

I keep a pic of Lenny on the wall at work.

Better than even this, check out the DVD of the Lenny Bruce Performance Film. Still available, and indispensible - at the Basin Street West, 1966.

Edited November 16, 2010 by AllenLowe

[Chuck Nessa]

Stan Kenton was a jazz fan too. What does this matter?

[Larry Kart]

Stan Kenton was a jazz fan too. What does this matter?

You mean Mort Sahl, right?

[Chuck Nessa]

Same guy.

[Larry Kart]

Same guy.

[AllenLowe]

I think you mean Stan Freberg.

[Larry Kart]

.... What does this matter?

Maybe not that much, but why (if this what you're saying) not at all? It was part of the social furniture of the times and also seemed to matter not just to some fans but also to some of musicians who hung out with Bruce and Sahl, though in the case of the former a possible rhyme in sensibilities was not the sole reason. Also, if you find Paul Desmond's sense of humor in general to be present in his music, Desmond and Sahl were friends on much the same wavelength back in their San Francisco days.

[AllenLowe]

I'm not really sure what Chuck is questioning here - if it's a matter of Bruce's 'relevance,' I do believe his stuff holds up amazingly well.