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Today is the 40th anniversary of Monk's death. RIP
Monk performing his tune "'Round Midnight." This was recorded December 15, 1969.
"A note can be as small as a pin or as big as the world, it depends on your imagination," he once said.
Edit: Or he once wrote (see below)
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Monk performing his tune "Coming on the Hudson." This was also recorded on December 15, 1969.
He famously said "the piano ain't got no wrong notes." If he misses a note, it just opens up a new pathway to explore.
The biography by Robin Kelley is a pretty good read if the topic interests you.
The melody on “Straight No Chaser”, is all one needs to comprehend serialism,
how to solo using the Mixolydian scale with a few adjustments here or there
and how to stroll wonderfully from one note to the next.
Thelonius Monk was a Maestro and sheer genius.
If you’re fortunate enough to find it, honor him with this:
North Coast Brewing's award-winning Brother Thelonious is widely loved due to its rich, complex flavor profile and its namesake, legendary Jazz icon Thelonious Monk. Fans of Brother Thelonious can expect to find the strong dark ale on draft as well as in 750 milliliter and 12 ounce bottles.
Thanks for the reminder @DavidEnglish
Monk’s advice:
“It must always be night, otherwise they wouldn’t need the lights”
Love the lo-fi moment at 1:20
Monk might have my greatest influence. Others come close, but that unique quirkiness and transcendent melodic ability… all in one body.
Agreed.
Phenomenal.
I could list so many other jazz Artists and musicians.
Thelonious Monk was something else.
I don't really like Jazz but I've been listening to Monk for decades now. It never gets old. I'm always discovering something when I listen to it.
He wrote it too, see his advice above in his own hand
Oh nice!!! I shall look for it, not sure if i’ll find it but I’ll look. I love Belgian Abbey Ale and bottled bebop sounds fantastic…I’m on my way home from the city (NY), I’ve been working with a piano teacher to film his online jazz theory course- it’s blowing my mind. So much I don’t know. But bottled bebop is on my mind for sure!!
Yeah, it’s from a small brewery from the extreme Northern Cali coast (near the Oregon border), but it is available nationwide. Used to buy it back when I lived in South Florida, but it’s difficult to find. All Belgian-style beers are the best, but I have a special place in my heart for those individually unique Abbey Ales.
It amazes me to watch him play - you sometimes think his hands are coming down in a certain way and it’s as if he makes last minute decisions and shifts elsewhere. No lack of confidence, but I can’t think of anyone else who seems so comfortable with that style of play.
Here he plays "Don't Blame Me" live in Denmark during a 1966 European tour.
Every time I hear Monk, I smile. Usually from the first few notes.
I always come here looking for deals on apps, and I find stuff like this. What a talent he was. Thanks for highlighting the anniversary.