Monk III on Miles and Monk

[mikeweil]

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/10/31/thelonious-monk-iii-on-miles-davis-and-his-late-fathers-legacy/?KEYWORDS=jazz

[Chuck Nessa]

Hmmmm.

First sentence of the piece "Late Jazz legend Thelonious Monk is known across the world as a musician, bandleader, composer and vocalist."

[Larry Kart]

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.

[clifford_thornton]

• 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...

[JSngry]

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?

[johnblitweiler]

what institution was at 81st and Broadway?

[Stefan Wood]

The 92nd st Y.

[Larry Kart]

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."

[AllenLowe]

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.