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Old 05-02-2006, 12:45 AM   #21 (permalink)
Joe DiMonte
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Pittsburgh,Pa
Posts: 634
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You have been away a long time,KJ LaGuardia ls right by Lincoln Center, not far from Monk's home
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I beg forgiveness.
I recall the school next to Lincoln Center as Brandies High.Monk I recalled resided on San Juan Hill around 62nd Street and the West end (10th / 11th Avenue area).
Is my failing memory really failing ?


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quote]Manny cool, I think we worked together when Manny was a teen-aged virtuoso. There were some very seriously gifted guys in Manny's class. Manny is our urbane urbanite in the mid-west. Check out Manny styling in the Monette montage.Mi amigo is right out of G.Q
Is Manny as clean as Hank Crawford or the NY Board of Health ?

........the other guys need to consult Mannie for instructions on appearance. Mannie was, in the words of Babs Gonzalez, expoobident!
Wilmer[/quote][/quote][/quote]Whenever I hear the name Babs,I think of scatting and one his favorite lines:
Skidilibee - la bee you, oo-e bop she bam .....
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