Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk

Blue Monk recorded in 1958

Category:

Music

Tags:

• thelonious
• monk
• blue

[JazzyZenBrotha]

The bassist kind of looks like Ice Cube

[BradSD25]

You may use this as a guide:

0 - 0:20 - Introduction by Announcer 0:21 - 1st Chorus, TM is playing the melody AS WRITTEN. It is a 12-bar blues form 0:41 - TM starts his 1st piano solo improvisation over the melody for 12 bars (he is NOT playing the melody as written) 1:01 - TM solos 12 bars 1:22 - TM solos 12 bars 1:43 - TM plays the melody as written for 12 bars 2:04 - TM plays another chorus 2:25 - Ahmed Abdul-Malik solos for 12 bars 2:46 - TM solos for 12 bars 3:06 - Head Out 3:16 - End

[Shemoth1]

We were so cool when we were Black. Sadly now we are african americans.

[MrAndrejulian]

is that count basie sitting there?

[Wesmileoften1]

Monk was & always be one of America's musical genius!

[JimiChristopher]

Monk is a legend. His music make me wanna dance.

[AlexBeston]

who's the bassist?



[dawellfunk]

@SuperStudioB Thank you for taking your time to write this down! =)

[SuperStudioB]

(4) On the way home, Monk vowed that the next time Basie had a gig in town, he was going to "sit across the piano and stare at him the whole time." (Robin D. G. Kelley, The Life And Times Of An American Original)

[SuperStudioB]

(3) They gathered around the piano and stared as though they'd been hypnotized, as though it was the first time they'd ever heard anything like that. The director was so impressed by the expressions on their faces that he had Billie and Count and the rest of them stand at the piano when the show went on the air, just so he could televise their reactions while Monk played."

[SuperStudioB]

(2) The music was great, but by the time Thelonious got up from the piano he was seething. The producers sat Count Basie against the piano right across from him, and Monk found it distracting. [Harry, Monk's manager] Colomby recalled: "While Monk was doodling around with the piano during a coffee break, the stagehands, cameramen, and everybody who could hear him wandered over to the piano. Then in came Count Basie and Billie Holiday, and Lester Young--all the stars!

[SuperStudioB]

[...] when it came time to "hit" for the cameras, Thelonious arrived at the Town Theater, aka CBS Studio 58, on 55th Street and Ninth Avenue on time and ready to play. And, as usual, he made a sartorial statement few viewers could forget: He donned a hip plaid jacket, white shirt and tie, a sporty driving cap, bamboo sunglasses, and a pair of Hush Puppies that never stayed still as he pounded out a characteristically angular yet swinging rendition of "Blue Monk."