Thelonious Monk
 

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

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

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.


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"The Monk is deep." -Dizzy Gillespie

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

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

Monk wrote about 70 songs and all are perfect.

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.

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.

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

I love his music. It's great when I want to wind down, at least, that of his stuff that I have.

Hes got some great stuff. the way i foudn out about him was kinda funny...i was making a soundtrack piece for a movie in my video class and someone was telling me that it sounded like the song "blue monk." so i had to check it out.

Oh its very interesting. Could you provide me more information ?

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also blind? monk wasn't blind

But Tatum was which is who jazz was refering to.

I don't see how being blind makes playing the piano any harder. Probably makes it easier. You play with your body and ears not eyes.

I didn't realise i had any until upon viewing this thread i looked through my playlist and there it was, I'm listening to sophisticated lady right now, t'is pretty sweet, likeing the keyboard work, the bass isn't anything special, the percussions pretty sweet too, al in all not bad at all...

Sophisticated Lady is a Duke ellington tune. Are you listening to Monk playing it?

most likely, in which case someone best send me some of his stuf now that you have my interest.

Love the Monk. He's been a big influence on me personally. "Straight No Chaser" is worth seeing. You see his brilliance as well as his dark insanity.

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Get this album NOW!!!

I have it

Yay!

That is a good one. There is another one called the Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane that is also good.

Also "Monk meets Mulligan" is essential.

haha I have that as well

You're a pretty big monk fan!! How about "Brilliant Corners" that one is my favourite.

No, unfortunately. I don't actually have that much, it was jsut coincidence I think. I have:

Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane
Monk and Coltrane at Carnegie Hall
Monk In Motion
and The Complete Colombia Solo Studio Recordings

That's about it. What am I missing?

You can see a complete list here:
http://www.jazzdisco.org/monk/cat/

I really like "Underground" I think it was his first recording with columbia. there is a great version of "In walked bud" with vocal by jon hendricks.

Have you seen the movie about him? "Straight no chaser"

The Monk In Tokyo album is absolutely first class.

monk rules, also i like bill evans

Pls.,look T.Monk on YouTube

Yeh,HE WAS GENIUS!

Have you ever listened how the same Monks "Criss Cross" played two great pianists - Kenny Kirkland - 1991 and EST - in "Plays Monk". It is so good!
I love it!

Yes ! Monk is particularly unique for his harmonic style and the way he approached keyboard. I remember when I first heard him ( I was a teenager ) I thought he was playing wrong ! A few years later, I wrote a little piece in Monk's style called "Monky monk" for piano solo. Great artist !

I know just what you mean!!

I only heard this album relatively recently. Not only is it possibly my favorite Monk document - it's one of my favorite jazz albums; can't get enough.

Yeah - that one's the stoniest thelonious - must hear on vinyl for purest excellence!!

Monk's style is the best jazz piano I have ever heard.

Yup, that's a great documentary! I think it was produced by Clint Eastwood IIRC.

Round Midnight is my favorite!!

I recently purchased "Brilliant Corners" as a introduction to Monk. Hopefully I will be able to get my hands on more and more of his albums.

It's a very good introduction to Mr. Monk. More will be forthcoming ;)