Cockroach: Theo! Theo Theo?
Theo: In Here.
Cockroach: Don't do It! Stop!
Theo: What?
Cockroach: Don't shave your head.
We're not in the video.
Theo: What?!
Cockroach: I've been calling, but it's been busy.
Theo: That was Vanessa. What's wrong?
Cockroach: I'm beat. I ran over here. Let's sit down.
This is terrible.
Theo: What happened?
Cockroach: I went down early, and I couldn't even get on the set.
Theo: You're kidding.
Cockroach: There were 200 guys already everyone had a shaved head.
Theo: Whoa!
Cockroach: They took the first 13 and sent the rest home. I told the assistant, "You said I was in." He gave me $50 for showing up.
Theo: Fifty bucks? That's great!
Cockroach: Yeah, but look at this.
Theo: Cockroach girls going to love it when they see you like
Cockroach: that yeah you're right I don't know whyI got so freaked about it anyway you need,
Vanessa: What are you doing? Cockroach(laughs)
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CULTURE: MATH HOFFA FT: CARL PAYNE FROM "MARTIN/COSBY SHOW"
In a candid conversation on Math Hoffa’s show, Carl Payne, renowned for his role on the Cosby Show, delved into his experiences portraying the iconic character Cockroach. Reflecting on his time on set, Payne shared anecdotes about the memorable moments and challenges he faced while bringing Cockroach to life. As he reminisced about the impact of the Cosby Show on his career, Payne provided…
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Carl Payne Tobey - Astrology of Inner Space - Omen Press - 1973 (illustrated by Barbara Brandel)
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A Week in Review for week of November 6th
This week CurvyElvie has been busy so these so just passed her by:
Robert De Niro lost his court case against his former assistant. He needs to pay her 1.2 million dollars. This is over her claims of gender discrimination and retaliation. This is a far cry from her initial demand of $12 million dollars. De Niro had a claim against her that she used frequent flyer miles without his consent. He…
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'Round Midnight is a jazz standard composed by jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, and is the most recorded jazz standard written by a jazz musician. Despite Monk composing the tune, the first recording was actually by Cootie Williams, who helped Monk with its composition. Williams' original rendition predates Monk's by 3 years - being recorded on August 22, 1944.
I think it'll be interesting to see how different people interpret this standard, both across individual musicians' performances and across styles and instrumentations. I think that kind of variation is what makes jazz special and unique in the world of music - there's no single, correct, or "true" version of any song, just someone's own way, which is in constant communication with the performers and performances they learned from, borrowed from, and were inspired by. Compared to the back catalogs of classical music where there's room for expression but not the same room for experimentation, or to rock or pop which are so chained by copyright it's hard to iterate on shared songs, it's wholly unique.
Jazz can be impenetrable to people who don't know much about it, and I don't feel anything like an expert myself, but hopefully this is a good microcosm to hear different styles and approaches and for people to learn about the whole musical tradition broadly. For this experiment, this recording is the baseline, the root of the whole evolutionary tree. I encourage you to return to it occasionally, compare it to that night's recording of 'Round Midnight, see just how wide the tree of jazz can branch.
Performers in the August 22, 1944 session:
Trumpet: Cootie Williams
Trumpet: Ermit V. Perry
Trumpet: George Treadwell
Trumpet: Lammar Wright
Trumpet: Tommy Stevenson
Trombone: Ed Burke
Trombone: Ed Glover
Trombone: Robert Horton
Alto sax: Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Alto sax: Frank Powell
Tenor sax: Sam "The Man" Taylor
Tenor sax: Lee Pope
Baritone sax: Eddie de Verteuil
Piano: Bud Powell
Guitar: Leroy Kirkland
Bass: Carl Pruitt
Drums: Sylvester "Vess" Payne
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