Incredible vintage video of Stitt with other early bop musicians Walter Bishop, piano, Tommy Potter, bass, and the legendary Kenny Clarke, drums. Trombonist JJ Johnson is the actual leader of the group. He introduces the piece but doesn’t play. Posted by “Soglider”
James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide
Introduction Over a month ago I began running the first episodes of “James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide,” a rambling consideration of Thurber’s works, examining his life and work in some detail. The links to the first part and the most recent part are given below. Part 6 continues my discussion of the short story “The…
Pseudo New Yorker
Legal humor here. “Now we call this little sweetheart ‘Old Kill or Cure’. And you’ll never guess why.” “Feeling listless and anemic, huh? Well, that’s about to change.” “What the FDA don’t know won’t hurt ya, ya know what I mean?” “Okay, get a grip on your jock. This one’s going to sting a little…
Mealy-mouthed diplomacy and vain posturing are not seldom the truest wisdom in politics
We can only hope that both Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin could be so smart. One can wish the two had a dialogue more or less as follows: Putin: What’s the idea of engineering the overthrow of a democratically elected government? I thought you were like pro-democracy! Obama: I have all these idealists to satisfy….
Anne Applebaum: Neocons cans luv homos too!
Move over, Buzzfeed, and stand down, Upworthy. There’s a new boy on the block, who’s just lost all his scruples. Yes, Literature R Us is all about the traffic, and today’s headline is the proof. Though I’ve done my share of Anne Applebaum-bashing in the past, I must confess that, when Anne isn’t trying to…
Brit Brothers—“Little Rootie Tootie”
Bril Brothers Jazz Art Club, September 22, 2010 (Moscow). Personnel: Alexander Bril (tenor-saxophone), Dmitry Bril (soprano-saxophone), Vladimir Nesterenko (keyboards), Alexander Kulikov (drums), Vladimir Koltzov-Krutov (bass). Posted by Taberculat
James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide, Part 5
INTRODUCTION Several weeks ago I began running the first episodes of “James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide,” a rambling consideration of Thurber’s works, examining his life and work in some detail. The links to Part 1 and Part 4 are given below. Part 5 picks up with my discussion of his second book, The Owl in…
Fantastic! Dizzy Gillespie with the T.S. Monk Orchestra—“Little Rootie Tootie”
Gillespie in excellent form, and the band sounds good too! “T.S. Monk,” Thelonious’ son, is on drums. The band plays a version of the Hall Overton arrangement worked out by Monk and Overton for the “famous” Town Hall concert waaay back in 1959, still my favorite “modern” big band sound ever. Posted by “SnoGlider”
Pseudo New Yorker
Legal humor here. “I know it eats remotes. But it eats other things too.” “I think our possessions are starting to possess us. Especially this one.” “I know we got it for the rats. But now I’m starting to miss them.” “Yeah, it’s cheaper than ball and claw. But it’s creepier too.” “Buying a love…
Donald Rumsfeld: “Yes, I am an untrained ape, smearing myself with my own feces. Why do you ask?”
I’m only sorry I can’t make that headline a little tougher. Big Don bemoans the fact that President Obama failed to obtain a “status of forces” agreement with Afghanistan. “We have status of forces agreements probably with 100, 125 countries in the world. This administration, the White House and the State Department, have failed to…