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...Sound. All the best players of the time would drop by to sit in at Minton's. Saxophonist Charlie ("Bird") Parker, Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. Drummer Kenny Clarke and Guitarist Charlie Christian were all regulars and, in fitful collaboration with them, Monk presided at the birth of bop. His playing was a needling inspiration to the others. Rhythms scrambled forward at his touch; the oblique boldness of his harmonies forced the horn players into flights the likes of which had never been heard before. "The Monk runs deep," Bird would say, and with some reluctance Monk became "the High Priest...
Monk, the baroness, and Monk's present saxophonist, Charlie Rouse, 39, were driving through Delaware for a week's work in Baltimore. Monk stopped at a motel for a drink of water, and when he lingered in his imposing manner, the manager called the police...
Abroad, at least, he is approached as if he were a visiting professor. (Interview on an Amsterdam radio station last week: "Who has had the greatest influence on your playing, Mr. Monk?" "Well, me, of course.") Most pleasing of all to Monk is a new quartet led by Soprano Saxophonist Steve Lacy that is dedicated solely to the propagation of Monk's music. In the past Monk has been the only voice of his music; he even has trouble finding sidemen...
Among the band's members are some authentic jazz virtuosos. Sonny Payne is the grooviest of the big-band drummers-to watch, if not to listen to. Alto Saxophonist Marshall Royal, Trumpeter Snooky Young and Guitarist Freddy Green are all heartfelt blues soloists. Bassist Buddy Catlett, the band's newest member, gives the whole orchestra a subtle and highly advanced sense of rhythm. Keenly aware of all these virtues, Basie never lets his audience get a glimmer of the solemn musicianship behind them. "Now a little foot-pattin' music," he announces happily. Then he sits down...
...DANNY KAYE SHOW (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). Guests are Soprano Eileen Farrell, Actor Louis Jourdan and Saxophonist Gerry Mulligan...