Apparently I need to listen to more Monk. Why couldn't he be more of a prog Rock guy? I know gazillion tunes from Rush, Genesis, Yes, and many other things from the 70s.
On Fri, Sep 28, 2018, 7:11 PM Diner, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 12:34:23 PM UTC-4, Tom Wolper wrote: >> >> 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." >> > > > And during last night's monologue, after they played a tape of Lindsey > Graham saying something particularly ridiculous, Batiste played a few bars > of Monk's "Well, You Needn't." > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
