On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 9:30 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been a critic of Baptiste, and a lot of what I don’t like is still > there (his mumbled comments on the monologue are often incoherent). But > there have been significant improvements: they have less annoying monkey > business between him and Colbert at the open, less interaction between them > at all, and what is there is less forced. It’s always better when the A > guest interacts with Baptiste and gushes over him. Also, my impression is > that over the last year they have given increased focus to the drummer, > which is a good idea. IMO Baptiste is still not adding much “wins above > replacement”, but he is no longer a drag on the show. > > I noticed Last night he played “Maniac” for Emma Stone, which is one of > the few times I was able to detect a connection. This of course was a great > joy with Paul. I get the feeling there often is an intended reference by > Baptiste, perhaps over my head musically (or, it could be that Baptiste’s > versions of even recognizable songs are idiosyncratic). Is anyone keeping > track of the Baptiste play on music? >
I listened to a lot of be-bop era and 50s jazz many years ago and I recognize some of the standards Jon plays when a guest comes out but the names of the pieces don't come to me any more. One that I recognize is that when Colbert mentions the pee tape, Batiste plays a phrase from Thelonious Monk's "Trinkle, Tinkle." -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
