When i was in high school through college, i went to the village vanguard. Time tolonius was there and i was in town, i tried to go. And was a great, great part of my life. Ah, but the funny story was, telonius would get up and dance sometimes in the club. The new york cabaret laws are really weird,. So you can't dance in the club, but you can stand and rock around with the music or something. I don't know. But the longest we got up and dance is when ben's wife came home. Because i would do that for for ben's family, a theysid once the a, once
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on segregation, Islam, Harlem vs. LA, Earl Manigault, jazz, fighting Bruce Lee, Kareem’s conservatism, dancing with Thelonious Monk, and why no one today can shoot a skyhook.
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