The Economist (US), April 11th, 1998
Jazz giants
Mr Misterioso
MONK. By Laurent de Wilde. Trans. by Jonathan Dickinson. Marlowe; 214 pages; $22.95.
STRAIGHT, NO CHASER. By Leslie Gourse. Schirmer Books; 340 pages; $27. BWA; K16.99
ACCORDING to a jazz joke of the late 50s, two hipsters were at a nightclub absorbed in a quartet session led by the pianist-composer, Thelonious Monk. When Monk's turn came for a solo, he sat motionless at the keyboard, staring into space as the rhythm section thundered away. One hipster protested, "Hey man, he didn't play anything," to which the other replied in awed tones, "Yeah, but just imagin...
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