What a great birthday! Had Jazz class which was fun as always, watched some great new episodes of shows I like, then got all dressed up and went to Dizzy's Coca-Cola Club at Lincoln Center! Saw the T.S. Monk sextet, they were amazing. He was really impressive on drums and the pianist and bass player were also both awesome, the whole band was great. Also Robert Glasper was at the concert in the audience, which is cool in itself. But last year when I saw Thundercat for my birthday Robert Glasper was also there (and played), so this marks two years in a row that me and Robert Glasper have been in the same place on my birthday. Which makes me think that somehow I need to see him perform or run into him in a deli next year on my birthday just to keep the tradition alive.
Dinner at Dizzy's was real good, hung out with my Aunt and Uncle and Friend, and after even got an unexpected candled cake and present! After the show T.S. Monk came up to our table because my Aunt somehow makes things like that happen, and he talked about his passion for jazz and said happy birthday and I got butterflies.
After that me and Lizzy walked around the blistering cold of the meatpacking district. More like the meat locker, am I right! Because it was cold. Freezing cold. My ears almost froze off. We went to one strange alleyway bar which was unfortunately closed, then went to a rooftop club which was unfortunately awkward, then went to Bathtub Gin which was fortunately cool. The rooftop club featured as many security as patrons, making out patrons, antisocial patrons, and bartenders who were very annoyed with me for ordering water. The whole vibe was like "exclusive trendy rooftop club that you have to be cool enough to be allowed into, except there's no one here and there is no dancefloor". The view and music were nice though so it was cool, I'd like to go back there in the summer.
Bathtub Gin was nice, little speakeasy style place, not a lot of room but we sat in a bathtub which was actually preferable to a chair for me because how often do you get to sit in a bathtub. Some of the people there were hilariously drunk. Also reserved seating and tables seems to be a big thing in New York, which is weird to me because it's barely a thing in Oakland. Also I think Anthony Mackie was there. I decided against asking him questions about the set of Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
On the train ride back an older gentleman talked to us about his various plays and movies which were debuting and starring young pop stars, and I spent the whole conversation trying to figure out if it was true and determined by the end that it wasn't. I think. It was one of those things where you try to be nice and humor the person then they say weird things about Africa and you're like alright this conversation can end now. Thankfully wasn't stabbed though.
In honor of the great T.S. Monk for playing for us and talking with us after the show, here's some older T.S. Monk from his time as an R&B artist! This was before he followed in his father's jazz footsteps. Also he told an interesting story that Thelonious Monk is actually Thelonious Monk Jr., making him T.S. Monk III.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peDtzPBmHoY
Bon Vie Vie, by T.S. Monk, from House of Music
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