Jazz for aficionados
Jon Hendricks gets my vote for "The King of Scat". I bought "Jon Hendricks and Friends" after you recommended it Rok. Ursula Dudziak is a very unusual vocalist I've been enjoying lately, and she's not new, I just discovered her again while browsing through my old LP's. Since she doesn't like words, this is Ursula. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1W-Tr5dzyI Enjoy the music. |
Rok, I've got three books by and about "Nica". "Three Wishes" is the only one worth the freight. From a story book point of view, her life was far more interesting before she became "The Jazz Baroness". The rumors that she was intimate with "black" jazz musicians constantly swirled around her; especially after Bird died in her apartment, and she never attempted to stop any of them; with so many musician friends, it would have been pointless. In regard to her intimacies, including with Bird, no one has evidence of "any". Everyone who knew, including Bird, said their relationship was purely platonic. The alleged musicians, beside Monk of course, said they wished the rumors were true. Stop and think about it, she was a 42 year old Baroness with 5 kids when Bird died in her apartment. While it's not uncommon for people of different races to become intimate, "Class" is another matter. Once people get past their animalistic youth, they take a great deal more consideration into "intimacies". A 42 year old Baroness would have instilled requirements in regard to someone she chose to become intimate with. It's my opinion, and I stress that fact without one iota of evidence, that none of the musicians, black or white met her instilled requirements for intimacy. Musicians put it differently, they said that after having 5 kids, she wasn't interested in such things. Now you can scratch the other two books off your list. Enjoy the music. |
O-10: The Ursula Dudziak clip was interesting, but not my thing. Why does she have trouble with words? I see she was born in Poland in 1943. Tough time and place to be born! If you have three books by and about the Jazz Baroness, you must find her very interesting. I think I saw her on the documentary about Monk. She was 'married off', by her family, to a French control freak. Can you image what that was like? Came to America and didn't go back. I don't blame her. She was disowned by the family, but apparently she got her share of the money. I think "Rothschild" means money, in all languages. Drove a Bentley! Were they having sex? Here is a multiple choice answer. 1. Yes 2. Absolutely 3. Without doubt 4. all of the above These were Jazz Musicins!! And that does not make them 'animalistic'!!! hahhhahah Your Baptist is showing. :) I have quite a few books by Ayn Rand, my favorite author. She changed my outlook on life. I bet she loved Jazz. Cheers |
“She really liked younger men. Sometimes we would take off our clothes and listen to jazz.” ~ Alan Greenspan on Ayn Rand Rok, in case you didn't know, Alan Greenspan was a jazz tenor player. “The worst part of Ms. Rand's parties was Mr. Greenspan running around naked in the lobby.” ~ Doorman at 36 E 36th Street on Ayn Rand :-) |
The Frogman: Are we talking about Federal Reserve, Greenspan? If so, I guess I could see him playing tenor sax, in his younger days. ***“The worst part of Ms. Rand's parties was Mr. Greenspan running around naked in the lobby.”*** That would be the worst part of anything I can imagine. That's too awful to contemplate, even by New York standards. Unless, he under-went one hell of a metamorphosis from youth to old age. The Baroness definitely had better taste in Be-Boppers. :) Of course, Ms Rand was no raving beauty. But a brilliant mind! Cheers |
