I think you know about my sandwich obsession, and there in the Book of St. John (not the biblical one) on page 259 are these words ‘creating a sandwich is like jazz, you must find your unique sound.’
Well this raises a lot of interesting and no doubt ironic questions.
I tried to imagine some of my favourite jazzers eating sandwiches: Miles Davis, John and Alice Coltrane, Derek Bailey, John Zorn. I don’t doubt that these people ate sandwiches at some point in their lives, but they were far too cool ever to be photographed doing ir. Eric Dolphy of course recorded ‘Out to Lunch’ but history doesn’t tell us what he ate while he was out.
Charlie Parker is definitely eating something below. I don’t know what it is, but it’s pretty definitely not a sandwich
The Book of St John reveals that ‘Fergus will always order the Egg Mayonnaise sandwich from the chalkboard bar menu and request the addition of brown shrimp or anchovy; or langouistines which he asks for on the side to shell and apply himself.’
Well, my access to brown shrimp and langoustines is limited but I do usually add an anchovy or two to my egg mayonnaise sandwich, as seen in the photograph at the top of this post.
Here's a picture of Fergus Henderson with a sandwich, but I believe it's got bacon in it.
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