Legend has it: having been convicted of Synergism under the Court of Saxe-Weimar, Professor Beautiful was renditioned to a small jail cell in Texas, whence he encountered a man in finery, wig and hose. He introduced himself as Mister Bach Jangles. Humming a few ditties in four parts, he explained “I drinks a bit.”
Inspired, the Professor broke off a drain pipe, twisted in a peculiar way that brought to Mr. Bach’s eyes a look of wonder and not a little fear. “Relax, old man, the tuba hasn’t even been invented yet. Until now.” The old man was heard to remark under his vaporous breath: “son, that ain’t no cello”.
But the REAL story is: PB was publicly accused of creating dangerous music before a crowd of a thousand college students. No jail sentence was imposed. Instead, he was conferred the honor of an empty envelope. Stanley Clarke got one too. Quinnipiac Jazz Festival, 1971. This is true.
Whence the name “Professor Beautiful”?
Why would anyone call himself Professor Beautiful??
Top Ten reasons why:- To make me more humble.
- To make me less humble.
- You have to ask??
- The Beatles had a pathetic name too. They did OK.
- "The artist formerly known as
"
was already taken. - Exquisite embarassment is fun! Try it.
- dotdotdot — I’m getting bored with this list.
- The real reason: a friend once e-mailed to compliment me on a publicity
write-up about her cafe.
"Hello,
Beautiful
Thank You
Peace and Blessings"
A few minutes later came this:
"Ooooops
I didn't mean you are beautiful, I meant, the message you send to everyone was beautiful..well written..
sorry..
and i don't mean you are ugly either.oh my......you know what i mean? lol"
That was so sweet! Anyway, it turned into a running joke, & then I started to get used to it!
