This is wonderful on many levels. It's a great story about jazz and the culture of jazz, a story about being, and trying to be, cool, and, most wonderfully, a story that can teach you how to tell a story.
The Manhattan Transfer opened for Mr. Cosby at the Las Vegas Hilton in – oh, what was it? – 1975? Maybe. It was an amazing experience, and not just because of Cosby. James Moody was in the house orchestra! Which was very cool.
I love this! I also love how someone as high-profile as Cosby has surely turned-on lots of “newbies” to the jazz idiom. Imagine having someone like Joe Williams on his TV show back in the ’80s when jazz was not the hippest genre around (in some people’s opinions)!
I love this! I also love how someone as high-profile as Cosby has surely turned-on lots of “newbies” to the jazz idiom. Imagine having someone like Joe Williams on his TV show back in the ’80s when jazz was not the hippest genre around (in some people’s opinions)!
What a hilarious clip! I’ve already put it on my Facebook page to share with my friends. Thanks, Laurel!
What a hilarious clip! I’ve already put it on my Facebook page to share with my friends. Thanks, Laurel!