THELONIOUS MONK 1

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

[joaormedeiros]

1491 views, what a shame

[sgcreamdream]

9,964 views, *shakes head* what a damn shame

[JerkMorrison]

(100 years in the future) "253,923,398 views, what a shame"

it could never be enough

[skyjuiceification]

folks forget that monk was well over 250 pounds. not a small gracile guy. so will tend to look more clunky with the style of attack he developed. it had to do with that weird time he was looking for which is the corner stone of bi bop. he is the blue print that bird and dizzy was watching. and those two went on to influence. trane,miles the list goes on and on. this man is a giant. the comments about him looking child like are showing lack of knowledge of music. his attack was unique,...hip!

[cssource]

is it just me or his monk singing his lines too?

[IJahILuv]

at 2:10 thumbs if you said Where the fuck is monk going?

[RosaBarroca]

Gracias, Thanks, Che1959Guevara por postar/for posting! I <3 TM!

[ErnestResendes]

thnx for sharing this !

[8255candlestick]

excellent, beautiful, genius

[w4ashingmaquina]

Thank you so much for having uploaded this performance :-D

[liamvg]

Such good video quality from the 60s.

[djjjamin]

anyone notice how he never cuts his fingernails?