Thelonious Monk Documentary -- 2/10

[UmbrellaGirl64]

Green Chimneys RTC in Brewster, NY is just an abuse center. I was abused there daily & sexual too. In May 2001 the local paper had an article about 3 Green Chimneys boys who raped a boy, 8. I read on line about Philip Zagarella and Eric Napoletano who were rapists who grew up serial killers too. Green Chimneys corrupts character like in their case. Green Chimneys is a breeding ground of cruelty and danger and does not deserve any honors or songs.

[aaronamccoy]

barry harris is bad



[malhashoudega]

I would recognize Monk just by his right foot

[aarfeld]

Part III:As Monk's biographer, Robin D.G. Kelley, rightly points out, this was filmed during the height of the Civil Rights Movement when young people were risking their lives at sit-ins and other protests down South--they just didn't happen to look like these kids from Rutgers.

[aarfeld]

Part II: The Five Spot always attracted an audience that was ethnically diverse but as you can see from the footage this audience is composed entirely of white college students who were bussed in from Rutgers especially for this CBS documentary on the political apathy of young people.

[aarfeld]

In addition to all of the wonderful footage in this documentary the interior footage of the Five Spot is particularly special--not much footage or photos of it exist. But the camera's pan of the audience is rather amusing and sad.

[FreeGuitarLicks]

6:14 is that Wes Montgomery in the background?

[aarfeld]

@FreeGuitarLicks: There is a man sitting on the bench holding a Fender electric bass, but it's not Wes.

[PaintersThe]

The guy drawing at 9:00 is Jack Kerouac...I did a double, well actually more like a quadruple take, small world :)

[aarfeld]

@PaintersThe: This audience in its entirety was bussed in from Rutgers University for a CBS documentary on the political apathy of contemporary young people. It also included clips of the students being asked their view on Jazz and issues of the day. Five Spot audiences were normally never this exclusively white and young.

[jakedeving]

5:28 it looks like its charlie parker playing drums.

[kevinherbert]

V. Nice playing by all....thanxxxxx.....

[1764Oscar]

I do love Thelonious Monk´s music.

[postatility]

Charlie Rouse was just as warm and friendly as he appears in this clip.A wonderful man,and a beautiful musician. I still miss him ver much,22 years after his passing.

[snaaptaker]

My thanks to Tommy and Barry for playing Monk's original changes to "Well You Needn't". I greatly prefer them to Miles' changes.

And,OMG, the NY Cabaret card!! I forgot all about that. I think I still have mine around somewhere, probably in the bottom of a box. :-))

[ImaniHekima]

Wonderful. Loving the duet with Barry Harris and Tommy Flanagan.

[donnyab]

it's a real pity the quality of the video is not up to modern day standards....and also some of his early recordings have much noise..darn !!

[MrFigueroa007]

Really liked it when coltrane joined the band. really tech stuff.

[MrFigueroa007]

This dude has the most unique piano playing I have ever heard.

[CadillacL]

5 stars!

[FatManRedemption]

2:09 - 2:14. What tune is that?

[Rigerdaby]

Well You Needn't

[orkavorn]

His playing of Blue Monk is gorgeous here..

[tomitstube]

my next door neighbors kid wuz named monk.  i wuz very young. he wuz a toddler and always wanting candy... which my sisters supplied without question, he wuz beyond cute. less than a summer. until now i hadn't realized the connection. first name monk., in japan.

[junka22]

I adore his compositions, 'Round Midnight is probably my favourite jazz tune, it's certainly the one that got me hooked on jazz

[dbeckster]

I'm not booing this movie or anything (in fact Monk is my favorite pianist, and Clint Eastwood is my favorite director) but at 3:42, they say the song he's playing is Bright Mississippi. The song is actually called Green Chimneys.

[seerskater]

@dbeckster good call

[clgjydkt]

@dbeckster Well if you think about it .... giant steps is somtimes refered to as moments notice...names of songs are confusing....they sounded good in this video.

[effsixteenblock50]

Hey - right near the end at around 9:29, you can see a woman on the stairs - that sure looks like Zita Carno.....is it?

[Lundy1997]

Monk the Genious

[AngeloAnnieMate]

Second Part [TWO of clovers]...Check out how he punches the piano with his forearm... LOVE IT!. He was born at the wrong time, socially speaking, he got into so much troubles with the police about things that aren't that bad today. I think his way of living would have been more accepted this days. Plus, I could see him alive!