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| Peace through superior firepower  |
 Alright all you jazz junkies, please welcome the happenest cats ever to swing: Thelonious Monk tappin' the keys like he's from somewhere else, I mean like outta this world. Charlie Rouse wailin' on the sax like 'cool' is his middle name. Butch Warren boppin' the bass beautifully Frankie Dunlop on the sticks and I mean man, like, it's irresistible. Syncopated and sexy. If you can't dig it you'd better get to the ER and have the doc check you for a pulse, like noooooow. Hit it, guys *The story goes that during the campaign for the 1992 presidential election, Tabitha Soren from MTV was interviewing Bill Clinton. She asked him who is his favorite musical artist and he said Thelonious Monk. After the interview she asked one of her co-hosts "Who is the loneliest monk?" | ||
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Didn’t take long to get the foot tappin’! "Common sense is wisdom with its sleeves rolled up." -Kyle Farnsworth "Freedom of Speech does not guarantee freedom from consequences." -Mike Rowe "Democracies aren't overthrown, they're given away." -George Lucas | |||
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I waited until I could use the good headphones. Damn... "I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation." Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II. | |||
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Thanks for that Para! ****************************************************W5SCM "We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution" - Abraham Lincoln "I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go" - Abraham Lincoln | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
Here at The Five Spot Cafe, there are no dogs among the cats, you dig? See, right about now, all the plastic fantastic Madison Avenue squares are putting on their pajamas and slippers after their four martini dinner and climbing into separate beds but we don't make that scene. Dance choreography by the Mad Monk | |||
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I was driving the first time I heard him and wanted to check out his music when I got home. I was afraid I wouldn't remember his name so I told Siri to make a memo. I gave her his name and when I checked the memo later it said the lonliest monk. Kinda cool finding him on Sigforum. | |||
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Great thread! I became a fan in college when a teacher played his Blue Note Vol. 1 album in class. Then I discovered Miles Davis, Art Blakey, etc. Charlie Rouse is an underrated player, didn't get the attention this guy did. But I love the Coltrane music as well.  "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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| Crusty old curmudgeon  |
This takes me back to when I was addicted to The Oscar Peterson Trio in the late 60's and early 70's. Same sound and vibe. Thanks for this Para. Jim ________________________ "If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird | |||
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Been a big monk fan since finding my dads 50’s and 60’s jazz vinyl collection as a teen. He got to see all the greats in the 60s for next to nothing (relatively) in San Francisco in the 60’s. He was not a rock and roll guy. Once YouTube came around and video of his performances… some of his stuff from Europe is amazing I distinctly remember that bill Clinton loneliest monk comment | |||
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