it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing?

December 12, 2009 6:07 PM

With his whimsically biting number from 1988 entitled Jazz Police, ol' Lenny Cohen has shown himself to be a prophet once again: Jazzer drop your axe it's jazz police!

disclaimer: Larry Ochs, the offending saxophonist if question, is an old friend of mine, but his stature in the music world and the newsworthyness of the episode will, I hope, override any accusations of friend-linkery...

posted by flapjax at midnite (9 comments total)

Sorry, that's saxophonist in question.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:12 PM on December 12, 2009

TOO ACCESSIBLE
posted by Sys Rq at 6:27 PM on December 12, 2009

Is this the dude the muppet saxophonist is based on?

Side by side.
posted by abc123xyzinfinity at 7:17 PM on December 12, 2009 [5 favorites]

abc123xyzinfinity: Hahaha! I think you're onto something!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:27 PM on December 12, 2009

Sorry. No Cigar. Off to Metafilter Jail with you.
posted by dunkadunc at 7:57 PM on December 12, 2009

What no YT link of the offending performance? I'm calling the police...on this MeFi post!

disclaimer: Flapjax and I are friends on Metafilter.
posted by humannaire at 8:17 PM on December 12, 2009

What no YT link of the offending performance?

Apparently, the video clips have been taken to an undisclosed location.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:20 PM on December 12, 2009

Ochs is amazing- totally brilliant cat. truly ridiculous are people...
posted by frankbooth at 8:14 AM on December 13, 2009

There must have been some way to work Stanley Crouch and Wynton Marsalis into this.
posted by timeistight at 8:21 AM on December 13, 2009 [1 favorite]