Plus: The Elaine Dame Trio at Crooners; a concert of staged opera scenes and arias at the Landmark Center; and Owámni: Falling Water Festival; Low Cut Connie at First Avenue; and more
jazz recording to sell over a million copies. it made jazz popular in the united states. dave brubeck dying yesterday. a great musician. little-known fact, the guy that played stand-up bass for him the last ten years, mike allen. is that right? nobody knew that. allen. yes, he plays it and spins that thing around. oh, i love when he does that, slaps the back of it. he also, for a year and a half, when the stray cats went over to london. mike ailen? stand-up bassist for the stray cats. the boy s got range. very flexible. stray cat strut. the playbook, so much else going on. he also has a lot of people made that mistake, that were sort of around that stray cats group okay, getting old. a lot of tattoos. he wishes he could have those years back. brian seltzer. i wish i could have this time back. it was 1981, though. it was the thing do-to-do. he s also the chief white house
stand up? no, no, much cooler. mike: rock and roll. i thought we could get down for a second. here is what s weird. bradley cooper, a cool guy is classical movie and stand up bass and i play jimmy hendrix, we wouldn t have figured that out. i want to talk about a very powerful moment that you had going back to the actor s studio and james lipton welcomed you back. you came and he was over whmd with emotion because you were willing to come back as a student who had been there and i want to just take a look at this and then we ll react. okay. the actors studio is proud to welcome, from the class of 2000, our graduate, bradley cooper. [applaus