THELONIOUS MONK 3

Thelonious Monk - Live in '66
This Playlist, which contains Thelonious Monk's two studio television performances taped in Oslo and Copenhagen in 1966, proves that seeing Monk is as important as hearing him. He's backed by his legendary quartet tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse, bassist Larry Gales, and drummer Ben Riley, who was forced to play with a spare borrowed drumkit. Save for the two renditions of the standard "Lulu's Back in Town" and another popular song, "Don't Blame Me," the rest of the six selections are pure Monk, including the spellbinding "Blue Monk," the algorithmic "Epistrophy," and of course, his eternal ballad "'Round Midnight," delivered here at a slightly faster tempo. Thelonious's flat-fingered touch,trancelike dancing (which Riley playfully mimics), fancy footwork at the keyboard, and wild choice of hats steal the show.

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Music

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• Thelonious
• Monk
• Live
• in
• '66

[0live0wire0]

@SavingShelly i would take a guess - it would sound like computer generated crap, similar to what is presented as music nowadays. Technology taking it's toll. But no matter what people will always listen to good music, read good books and appreciate art. Humanity won't last long without it.

[Arthro92]

I love to watch Thelonious play the piano more than I enjoy listening to his music. Does that make sense?

[clarpiano]

Brutales todos los videos. Muchas gracias!!!!

[giles422]

fantastic. merci beaucoup!

[SwampKing04]

awesome

[natebiz]

thanks a million for posting this aud/vid quality is so great i can see my reflection in the bell of charlie's sax thats what she said

[SavingShelly]

@ianandrew76 you're so right man. Sadly this beautiful art has taken a backseat to the ever growing/changing modern main stream. God know what music will sound like in 10 years

[ianandrew76]

this should have 1,000,000 hits---