Hamlet Hamlet Hamlet, Mingus, and Woodstock

THIS IS A TRUE STORY.

The events depicted, took place in my house, 2017.

At the request of the Giada the dog, the names have not been changed.

Out of respect for the Bella the cat, the rest has been told exactly as it occurred.

Last year, I purchased a Miles Davis album, Kind of Blue, which was voted the greatest jazz album of all time. 

Hamlet hears it playing and says quizzically  “Where did you get this music?”

I told him I loved jazz because of it.

He said, “So you bought one Mile Davis album, and you love jazz?  Miles Davis, really?”  I said yes and it’s awesome.

Now Hamlet jumps on the table, opens a bag of Mozzarella sticks, grabs one, puts it in his mouth like a cigar, and does his best Mo Green imitation from Godfather 1.  “I’m Mo Green.  You don’t find jazz.  Jazz finds you.  I was dating cheerleaders while you were still in short pants.” (I don’t know why he does Godfather characters, when he does such a great Billy Batts from Goodfellas.)

Anyway, he grabbed my iPhone and downloaded Charles Mingus, ‘The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady’.  He said, “I played with Mingus at Woodstock.  We jammed with the Dead on Dark Star.” The story goes, that the Dead were getting shocked by the microphones and the amps, due to the poor electrical system.  Though entirely unbelievable, this story is however, plausible, since Hamlet and Charles do not play electric instruments.

There is nothing in the world like a Grateful Dead concert, and hearing it from Hamlet makes it doubly so.