Thelonious Monk (blues, jazz, single, albums, cover)

Decoy · 12-16-2005, 05:34 AM

best jazz pianist i know. amazing person. My all favorite Jazz musician.

~~bungalow~~ · 12-16-2005, 03:18 PM

.....Danny?!!?!?!?!11

I only hav his greatest hits.......
It isnt too bad
I listen from time to time

jazzfromhell · 12-16-2005, 05:25 PM

Not the best pianist I've ever heard (that goes to Art Tatum, who was also BLIND), but damn, the Monk's got style. Definitely one of my favorite jazz musicians, and he could really bring out the best of the people he played with (John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Max Roach, etc.). "Ruby My Dear" is one of my favorite jazz songs.

"The Monk is deep." -Dizzy Gillespie

Decoy · 12-16-2005, 08:15 PM

i love his live from france sets, they seem to be the edgiest. Chick Corea < Monk man

boris jawaka · 12-20-2005, 11:43 PM

thelonious monk is amazing.

if you look at the sheet music of his songs a lot of them are very chromatic e.g. well you needn't but when you listen to them they sound almost bluesy as opposed to chromatic.

going up in semitones isnt generally that nice to listen to but monk can do it so that it is totally listenable.

does anybody here know of t.j.kirk? they are a band with charlie hunter who cover rasaan roland kirk, james brown and thelonious monk songs exclusively

ddp · 08-24-2006, 08:07 PM

Monk wrote about 70 songs and all are perfect.

Seltzer · 08-24-2006, 11:15 PM

I love Thelonious Monk. He's my favourite jazz musician/band. Quite an interesting style of piano.

His greatest hits is great, but his studio albums are good as well.

swim · 09-15-2006, 10:26 PM

He's way up there as far as favorite jazz musicians go. Everything he's put out if perfect. There's no other way to describe it. Every single note just feels so right.

ddp · 09-16-2006, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by swimintheundertow

He's way up there as far as favorite jazz musicians go. Everything he's put out if perfect. There's no other way to describe it. Every single note just feels so right.

I agree, strange thing about him when I first heard him play I thought he could not play well. Then I figured out that he meant to play every note that way.
He is very angular.

ddp · 09-16-2006, 08:11 AM

There is an amazing documentary movie about Monk called "Straight no Chaser" If you have not seen it do so.

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Decoy Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 272	Thelonious Monk best jazz pianist i know. amazing person. My all favorite Jazz musician.

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boris jawaka Chrome Plated Megaphone Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 163	thelonious monk is amazing. if you look at the sheet music of his songs a lot of them are very chromatic e.g. well you needn't but when you listen to them they sound almost bluesy as opposed to chromatic. going up in semitones isnt generally that nice to listen to but monk can do it so that it is totally listenable. does anybody here know of t.j.kirk? they are a band with charlie hunter who cover rasaan roland kirk, james brown and thelonious monk songs exclusively __________________ "Artists are artists, because they have an extra sensitivity - a skin less perhaps than other people; and the great ones have an uncomfortable habit of being right about many things, long before their time" - Benjamin Britten, 1951

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ddp Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 223	Monk wrote about 70 songs and all are perfect. __________________ Deep Down Productions Blog: Mikeblog Rainbow Songs Foundation

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Seltzer Fish in the percolator! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hobbit Land NZ Posts: 2,870	I love Thelonious Monk. He's my favourite jazz musician/band. Quite an interesting style of piano. His greatest hits is great, but his studio albums are good as well. __________________ In the Court of King Crimson \| Last.fm \| RYM

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swim dontcareaboutyou Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,188	He's way up there as far as favorite jazz musicians go. Everything he's put out if perfect. There's no other way to describe it. Every single note just feels so right. __________________ http://nakednaps.bandcamp.com/

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~~bungalow~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hot-lanta Posts: 3,140	.....Danny?!!?!?!?!11 I only hav his greatest hits....... It isnt too bad I listen from time to time

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jazzfromhell SHAKE! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: On the A train. Posts: 205	Not the best pianist I've ever heard (that goes to Art Tatum, who was also BLIND), but damn, the Monk's got style. Definitely one of my favorite jazz musicians, and he could really bring out the best of the people he played with (John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Max Roach, etc.). "Ruby My Dear" is one of my favorite jazz songs. "The Monk is deep." -Dizzy Gillespie

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Decoy Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 272	i love his live from france sets, they seem to be the edgiest. Chick Corea < Monk man

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ddp Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 223	There is an amazing documentary movie about Monk called "Straight no Chaser" If you have not seen it do so. __________________ Deep Down Productions Blog: Mikeblog Rainbow Songs Foundation