Word: monke
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cheers from rigidly orthodox religious leaders back in Jerusalem. Once the demands of protocol had been discharged, the patriarch of the Jewish homeland intended to indulge a longtime fascination with Buddhism by making a ten-day contemplative retreat at the home of U Nu, himself a Buddhist monk. Meantime, livening up the diplomatic garden parties, Ben-Gurion wowed his hosts by showing up attired like a potbellied pixy in Burma's traditional gaungbaung headgear and silk sarong. Chortled the Israeli leader: "Now I know what the Scots wear under their kilts...
Although Thelonius Monk was a significant creator in the new jazz of the '40's, he reached real maturity in about 1957 with the Brilliant Corners LP on Riverside (12-226). Monk was a pioneer in the controlled use of space in his writing and playing, and his tonal practices are totally original. He is also one of the great wits of jazz. Try one of the several records on which he appears as a solo pianist. Cecil Taylor occupies the position of enfant terrible of the piano which Monk once held. His music--sometimes only peripherally music--consists largely...
Dual Piano Jazz (Dave McKenna, Hal Overton; Bethlehem). An inspired teaming of two pianists who organize their twining duets with admirable clarity and liquid ease. Monk's Mood and Ruby, My Dear-both by Thelonious-are worth the price of the album...
...occasionally so cool it congeals. In warmer moods, the soloists-particularly Don Ellis on a hoarsely tender trumpet-are first-rate, and the songs, with their lopsided choruses and barely articulated melodies, have their own tantalizing outer-worldly charm. Included: Russell's own Ezz-thetic and Lydiot, Thelonious Monk's 'Round Midnight...
...hands, at least with female communicants. But David's way is strewn with obstacles, the most formidable of which is his Godfearing, hot-tempered mother, who tries to purge him of lechery through prayer, threats, and maternal tantrums. David's sin is diagnosed by a saintly monk as a "fear of fear." In the end, what finishes David is what eventually brings down most Don Juans-the cumulative weight of complication, subterfuge, blackmail, lies and disorder that results from a lifelong dalliance with too many women, and loyalty to none...