http://alyoung.org/2010/01/07/thelonious-monk-the-life-and-times-of-an-american-original/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:09:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://alyoung.org/2010/01/07/thelonious-monk-the-life-and-times-of-an-american-original/comment-page-1/#comment-194986 Barbara J. Tierney Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:32:46 +0000 http://alyoung.org/?p=9686#comment-194986 Thelonious Thelonious to himself was true.............and remembered not to be false to any man............and for me that made all the difference! ...... Thelonious Thelonious to himself was true………….and remembered not to be false to any man…………and for me that made all the difference! ……

]]> http://alyoung.org/2010/01/07/thelonious-monk-the-life-and-times-of-an-american-original/comment-page-1/#comment-129038 Al Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:19:55 +0000 http://alyoung.org/?p=9686#comment-129038 Thank you, Bob. Your thoughtful, nostalgic comment has been posted at AlYoung.org for the world to behold. Your comment will find its way to Dr. Robin D.G. Kelley, author of this valuable, ground-breaking biography of Thelonious Monk. -- Al Young Thank you, Bob. Your thoughtful, nostalgic comment has been posted at AlYoung.org for the world to behold. Your comment will find its way to Dr. Robin D.G. Kelley, author of this valuable, ground-breaking biography of Thelonious Monk. — Al Young

]]> http://alyoung.org/2010/01/07/thelonious-monk-the-life-and-times-of-an-american-original/comment-page-1/#comment-129032 bob stoltenberg Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:34:44 +0000 http://alyoung.org/?p=9686#comment-129032 Prof. Kelley: Thank you for the book. I am a jazz musician/bassist/bass-maker. Hometown: Chicago. I spent time in N.Y. and Chicago with Wilbur Ware and Johnny Griffin (Griff). There were so many recollections in your book about my time in N.Y. and many of the cats I knew. Beaver Harris, a lot like Art Blakey, I would say. Wil and Alvin Jones told me to not get too involved in N.Y. 'cause I really liked that stuff. So, I left for Italy, studied violin-making instead. I saw Wilbur and Alvin many times afterwards. That's the short version. I think most people, when thinking about discrimination, think of the cats at a lunch counter, but this country is and has been terrible in the arts, too. Your book shows this, and I am thankful. -- Bob Prof. Kelley: Thank you for the book. I am a jazz musician/bassist/bass-maker. Hometown: Chicago. I spent time in N.Y. and Chicago with Wilbur Ware and Johnny Griffin (Griff). There were so many recollections in your book about my time in N.Y. and many of the cats I knew. Beaver Harris, a lot like Art Blakey, I would say. Wil and Alvin Jones told me to not get too involved in N.Y. ’cause I really liked that stuff. So, I left for Italy, studied violin-making instead. I saw Wilbur and Alvin many times afterwards. That’s the short version. I think most people, when thinking about discrimination, think of the cats at a lunch counter, but this country is and has been terrible in the arts, too. Your book shows this, and I am thankful. — Bob

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