In his YouTube post Eric says he prepared this version of Monk’s tune for his 2007 album. Well, the album is available here, but “Trinkle Tinkle” isn’t on it. But you can listen to it here instead.
Author: Alan Vanneman
Well, if Hillary Clinton jumped off a cliff, would you do that? And the same for the Roman Stoic Musonius Rufus
The New York Times has a long, all too-informative article on leading Catholic windbag and Princeton University professor Robert P. George who explains that he can’t be blamed for supporting the invasion of Iraq because Hillary voted for it. He goes on to say that he doesn’t like to talk about sex because the Roman…
Jason Moran plays “Thelonious”
Barney Kessel, Tal Farlow, & Charlie Byrd—“Things Ain’t What They Used To Be”
Yeah, the clip says “Things Ain’t What They Were,” but that’s wrong. According to commenters, the bald guy with the acoustic is Charlie Byrd. Charlie’s brother is on bass and Chuck Redd is the drummer. The tune was composed by Duke Ellington’s son Mercer Ellington.
Sorry! Computer failure!
Double episode tomorrow! I promise!
MJQ—“Bag’s Groove”
A late gathering, and I’m not even sure if it’s Percy Heath on bass and Connie Kay on drums, but it certainly ought to be. Definitely John Lewis on piano and composer Milt Jackson on vibes. The MJQ could sound a little cutsy and contrived at times, but not here, not at all.
Pish-Posh at the Knish-Nosh, and Other New York Horrors
You know that little pond in Central Park next to the Alice in Wonderland statue, the pond that Big and Carrie fell into when Big tried to kiss Carrie and she didn’t want him to (because Amanda told her not to let him)? Well, it’s drained right now, which takes away a little from the…
Anne Applebaum totally double-crosses me. Again!
This is getting ridiculous. I just finished nailing the last nail in Annie “Europe Sucks” Applebaum’s coffin, so I thought, when she uncorks a thoughtful, seriously pro-Europe review—a totally way pro-Europe review, actually—of Christopher Caldwell’s recent double-dome tome on Europe and the Muslim hordes, Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West….
New at Bright Lights: Looking at Charlie
My review of Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times is now up at Bright Lights Film Journal here. Full issue, not entirely safe for work, here.* In an excellent piece, Karin Luisa Badt explains why Roman Polanski is a total shit here. *I suppose the Updike triptych isn’t entirely safe for work either. Sorry! At least there…
Suitably Smoky—“Well, You Needn’t,” Parts IX and X
Featuring Hannibel Peterson on trumpet; Don Weller, tenor saxophone; Martin Blackwell, piano; Dave Green, bass; and Brian Spring, drums. Somewhere, and some time, in England.