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on 7/12/01 4:58 AM, woody tobias jr. at pantychrist at hotmail.com wrote:

> I guess Sphere is an amalgam of both Monk and Coleman. The reason I went
> with Coleman is because of the reference to the bandmember from the Ozarks.
> Coleman, of course, had a white bass player from Arkansas (I can't remember
> his name) who was weaned on bluegrass and hillbilly music and may have, if
> I'm not mistaken, played at the Grand Ole Opry.

Yes, the idea that McClintic is a fictionalised amalgam or composite
character, Pynchon appropriating aspects of both Monk's and Coleman's
playing and perhaps that of other black jazz performers of the late 50s and
early 60s, is something which was discussed here when we first came across
him at the V-Note in the current _V._ read. Thanks for the info on Coleman.

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