re: #2 Obdicut

I love Thelonius, and I love this interpretation— more classical than I’m used to, in a nifty way. Never heard it before. Thanks!

Ever see the Thelonious Monk doco Straight No Chaser? There’s a hilarious scene from the mid-60s, when he’s on tour in Europe. He’s lying on a bed in a hotel in Copenhagen, trying to order his familiar down-home food from room service.

“Say man, you got any chicken gizzards?”
“Chicken…??”
“Chicken liver?”
“Um, ve haff chicken…sahlad.”
“You got any regular liver?”
“Regular liver…?”
“Beef liver?”
“Ummm, ja, ve haff beef liffer…”