Thelonious Monk's Bootleg Series1958 : All god's chillun got rhythm

[WAMEDJO]

Monk alone really has something to do with the stride playing, Willie "the Lion" Smith maybe

[mikeandmike]

@WAMEDJO he was heavily influenced by earlier stride pianists such as art tatum, fats waller, and james p johnson, and even some classical pianists. Gotta love monk's take on stride.

[2300skiddo]

He never did this elsewhere, did he? He sure nails it here - GREAT version. Thanks!

[vova47]

Great ! . Barry Harris used to play this tape all the time some years ago. Monk sounds inspired and in a good shape physically. Thanks!!

[barrtok]

@vova47 Great to know. You used to work/tour/study with Barry Harris?

[vova47]

@barrtok Not really, I am a pianist and I have played at many of the same places Barry did, including his club and spend some time with him and Clifford Jordan(who I used to work with) and that's when I heard the tape. I tried to take some lessons from Barry, but he just wouldn't accept private students. I went to his class but didn't learn anything new--it was mainly him talking to his students on different subjects--great, but I felt I needed more, so I didn't continue. Probably, my loss.