Hipsters seem to prefer
Harpo in Hi Fi, released a year earlier, and not just because it has the expression "hi fi" in the album title. That side featured a medium-size jazz group with interesting players such as reed maestro
Buddy Collette and swinging cellist
Fred Katz. Hearing
Harpo Marx in a jazz setting, the result is more than just satisfying an urge for good music in this genre; it fulfills a popular fantasy in which the outrageous, anarchistic nature of the Harpo character joins forces with the rebellious spirit that is jazz. In turn, that cuts to the quick of why the music of
Harpo Marx is so unique, indeed, why the entire idea of the man as a musician is so compelling.