Cool Cat, Swinging to Bop
Kato the Gnostic Cat is in love with this new music I downloaded, After Hours by Charlie Christian and Dizzy Gillespie (with a little-known house pianist named Thelonious Monk). It was recorded live in a Harlem jazz club in 1941. First time I played it, Kato jumped up on the desk (where the computer speakers are) and crouched down, staring at the speakers like he was stalking a chipmunk. Then he started to relax, then he curled up in a little ball, purring loudly, listening to it.
One of the tracks is a song by Dizzy called “Kerouac.” The song Kato appears to like the most is a nine minute jam called “Swing to Bop.”
As I've said before, Kato is one cool cat.
Grateful Update: Kato has finally responded to a non-jazz track! It's a 10-minute drum solo from a Grateful Dead show I downloaded from Archive.org.
Both of my blog entries today (this one, and “Resting Places of the Soul” above) originated in an ongoing conversation with my friend Carl McColman.
posted by Darrell Grizzle | 2:54 PM
3 Comments:
just a good life
Thelonius Monk is very well known to anyone whose been exposed to jazz. Kato has good taste.
I wonder what Kato would think of one of my favorite musicians out of New Orleans, Kermit Ruffins. Give a listen sometime.
Thelonious Monk was "little known" at the time of this recording, 1941. He is, of course, a jazz legend.
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