Re: (TV) Monk/Trane's influence on Verlaine's playing

[Michael Olcsvary <olcsvary@erols.com>]

Gee, and I though no one noticed.
The reason I brought this up is because of "Little Johnny Jewel."  While I
agree that there aren't a lot of harmonic similarities to Monk in the intro, it
strikes me that there are in Tom's use of space and phrasing - a 2-or-3 note
segment, a breath, another little lick, a longer pause, then a flurry of notes
that lead up to - a pause, and something that's almost ( but not quite )
unrelated.  Of course, the main break is another matter ( and damn if it still
isn't as startling now as it was way back then ), but the beginning...I know
Coltrane's often been cited as an influence, along with Albert Ayler, and I
figure if he's hip to them he'd have to know something of Monk's work as well.
See you on the flipside,
Michael

Joe Hartley wrote:

> Monk?  Not hardly.  Tom doesn't play those bizarre intervals that Monk
> reveled in.  Hell, you can often tell a Monk tune in 2-4 notes because
> no one else would pick those notes!  There's more of the 'Trane modality
> in Tom's playing, but that's not unique to Trane.
>
> I have, however, determined a huge influence:  Nuggets.  It's a compilation
> put out by Lenny Kaye back in the mid-70's of pre-psychedelic artyfacts
> that clearly influenced Tom.  The Electric Prunes, Count Five, Amboy
> Dukes, they're all here and all weave a thread through a lot of TV.
>
> Originally a double album, it was re-released a few years back as a
> stunning 4 CD set.  Songs from my childhood vaguely remembered from AM
> radio came rushing back like the hot kiss at the end of a wet fist.
>
> There's a lot in TV's music that harkens back to these rough Nuggets,
> acknowledged by TV in their live covers of Count Five (Psychotic
> Reaction) and the Chocolate Watchband.
>
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