My friend believes that Jazz is just a bunch of junkies noodling with their instruments. I tend to agree.

Kevstar wrote:

No, it isn't, but it's another example of pure genius.

juliecb wrote:
I'm with you.

Good... but not now.

First, lemme just say how chuffed I am
that this hits AFTER I've commited myself
to a drunken listen thru Faithless Street
(see http://www.radioparadise.com/c-content.php?name=songinfo&song_id=2279);
I'm not listening, I'm just browsing the playlists & posts.

Anyway, LOVE the Blue Note version from years earlier,
and all the Blue Note work for that matter.
And what about Monk & Gould as non-intersecting contemporaries?

dionysius wrote:

This is not Mozart.

Helchat wrote:

meloman wrote:

I've tried to keep an open mind & listen to different jazz styles. However, when this type of jazz comes on I flash back to painful tooth probing, drilling, & grinding Novocain shots. I was only 5 at the time, but I still get the sweats thinking about it. This dentist might have been "cool", but he definitely didn't have a very good chair-side manner. This is about the only type of music that affects me like I'm chewing on foil.

That's alot of notes and yet no melody. Not my cup of tea!

Kevstar wrote:

You mean, like Mozart did?

Sounds like a 3 year old kid discovering the piano for the first time.

mojoman wrote:
That's pretty funny. I never heard that before.

From what I've been able to gather (thanks, Internet!) that little nugget came from Tabitha Soren, interviewing presidential candidate Bill Clinton in 1992. Which isn't really the "early days" of MTV, but it's a good story nevertheless.

I like a lot of jazz, and while I respect TM for his groundbreaking contributions to the genre, I just never did really like most of what he played. It almost seems like randomity for the sake of sounding random. I realize there is a structure and a plan behind it...it's just not sonically pleasing to me. YMMV.

mojoman wrote:

Classic

Imkirok wrote:
Respectfully disagree in the presence of the greatest master of musical puns.

Imkirok wrote:

If a much overplayed Stray Cats tune is your buzz, then it's time for rehab. Monk's the medicine for what ails ya.

Back in the early days of MTV, one of those insufferably vacuous "VJ's" was interviewing a musician (I forget whom) about his musical influences, and one he cited was Thelonious Monk.

She (the VJ) looked a bit stumped and then asked, "Who was the lonliest monk?"

Serious buzz kill after hearing the 'Cats.

daveesh wrote:

physicsgenius wrote:

What are you doing on Monk's stage anyway?

physicsgenius wrote:
Tell me, physicsgenius, is it true that ignorance is bliss? Cause you're ignorant, but you seem kind of cranky.

physicsgenius wrote:

yeah... i've heard that chuck e cheese is a tough room.

Awesome - fits right into my "challenging" day

YEAH!, more Monk....more jazz in general

Beyond innovative.

Thank you!

triviagal wrote:
I envy you. That was one cool dentist you had.

There's just something so cool (and unique) about Monk's stuttery style.

physicsgenius wrote:
Sorry. If you played like this you'd be a REAL genius.