Pannonica by Thelonious Monk - piano solo

This tune was dedicated to Pannonica Rothschild, Monk's long time patron and friend. He lived with her the last several years of his life. I got to thinking about this tune after seeing The Jazz Barroness on HBO. I can't recommend this documentary highly enough! It is great Monk history and background. I had heard the piece many times, both from Monk and from Chick Corea on Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, but I had never played it until I watched the HBO special. This is a great tune to play. I hope you enjoy it.

I recorded using the Zoom H4n and an Apex 205 ribbon mic that has been modified by Michael Joly at Octavamod. I mixed and processed the tracks in Logic on a MacBook Pro.

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[1979saxman]

I noticed that you didn't really swing this interpretation that much. Is that because of the stacatto left hand stride accompaniment? Just a thought.

[7notemode]

@1979saxman Yes, a style choice because of the stride and the Monk origin.

[Lamename90210]

The sound is great. Like being in the room.

[FriPilot]

Great job, as always Tom! The sound setup works really well, I think.

Fri

[doko73]

Very nice..

[claitontesch]

Why don`t you gives a tutorial video on the chords of Thelonious? Thanks bud.

[fuzzfactory]

Your stride is beautiful, man. I thought it swung pretty damn hard!

[cuallito]

Melodious Thunk.

[yogismusicworld]

@carlomagno913  This is in the realbook Vol2. p 281

[yogismusicworld]

Excellent performence!

[derofficer]

really great sound; so realistic and smooth; and by the way: your playing is pure joy for me!

regards

michael

[DajaWaja]

@cciemail xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD