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Monk draws on his early influences to lay down lefthand rhythm patterns, including a kind of off. Solo monk is the eighth album thelonious monk released for columbia records in 1965. Blue monk the complete compositions of thelonious monk on solo guitar. The album is composed entirely of solo piano work by monk, recorded in 1964 and 1965. Monk transforms the solitude of everything happens to me into a minor bop masterpiece replete with his signature disjointed phrasings and variable pacing. Thelonious monk believed that a meaningful improvisation should flow from and develop.
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Aside from monks relatively restrained solo, body and soul, the music on monk is full throated, stomping and hard swinging. At his centenary, thelonious monk still looms large wsj. To hear this solo piano by one of the great innovators in jazz is a great delight. In addition to various vinyl and cd issues, sony music enterprises issued an sacd srgs 4520 in japan. Like all the takes monk ever recorded of the tune, this version has only the piano as a solo voice. We are thelonious monk and john coltrane at carnegie hall and jazzmusicdownloads. Thelonious monk with john coltrane thelonious monk with. Thelonious monk solo monk 1965, 360 sound, 2eye label. Monk piano, charlie rouse tenor sax, john ore bass, and frankie dunlop drums. The group recorded two studio albums for columbia before splittingmonks breakout disc and label debut, monks dream, and crisscross both released 1963.
His poorly written birth certificate misspelled his first name as thelious 10 or thelius. I had this album years ago and am now revisiting it what i dont like are the added takes because the album was complete and perfect before and the experience of hearing the tracks once is rich enough its like eating a meal you know when youre full. Tidal is the first global music streaming service with high fidelity sound, hidef video quality, along with expertly curated playlists and original content making it a trusted source for music and culture. The album is composed entirely of solo piano work by monk, recorded in.
Jazz scholars and enthusiasts alike also heralded this combo as. Jazz piano collection thelonious monk below are recordings and pdf transcriptions from a thelonious monk transcription book which is seemingly impossible to purchase. Thelonious monk, who was criticized by observers who failed to listen to his music on its own terms, suffered through a decade of neglect before he was suddenly acclaimed as a genius. Musicnotes pro plus members save 15% plus get pdfs included in every available key. Thelonious monk 1954 solo paris vogue, superior sound, flac. Thelonious monk the official thelonious monk website, where you can hear and buy never before heard thelonious monk jazz music and jazz piano. The complete albums collection 19541957 by thelonious monk audio cd. Several of the song titles were listed inaccurately on the original release, and monks first name included an extra o. Monks dream is the columbia records debut release featuring the thelonious monk quartet.
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Check out solo monk by thelonious monk on amazon music. Oct 20, 2009 the 1992 cd reissue added one bonus track a monk original titled introspection which now closes the collection. One of the most influential pianists of the twentieth century, thelonious monk had a idiosyncratic improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire. Tre tracce, tutte a firma thelonious monk, raccolte su questo with john coltrane e poco altro. Johnson was a neighbor and vestiges of that idiom can be heard in his later unaccompanied solos. The only nonsolo performance on the album is the last track, monks mood, which features john coltrane on tenor saxophone and wilbur ware on bass. One of the most influential pianists of the twentieth century, thelonious monk. Thelonious himself is a studio album by thelonious monk released in 1957 via riverside records, his fourth for the label.
Thelonious sphere monk was an american jazz pianist and composer. The opportunity presented itself in a tribute to the great thelonious monk, which was masterfully performed and recorded in amsterdam as the monk. While some may say that 23 tracks worth of solo piano playing may border on tedious, thelonious monk s beautiful ballads and the occasional breezy melody or two makes it more than tolerable. Round midnight composed by thelonious monk digital sheet music.
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The only non solo performance on the album is the last track, monk s mood, which features john coltrane on tenor saxophone and wilbur ware on bass. Thelonious monk s compositions as recorded by thelonious monk created date. The album is composed entirely of solo piano work by monk. Below is a bunch of solo piano transcriptions you can download.