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THELONIOUS MONK; THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL by ROBIN D.G. KELLEY
...late November 1963, a 5000 word profile of Thelonious Monk was scheduled to appear in Time magazine. Monk... ...early career -- are jazz standards. In 2006 Thelonious Monk was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize for...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2801/thelonious-monk-the-life-and-times-of-an-american-original-by-robin-dg-kelley/
THELONIOUS MONK AND JOHN COLTRANE IN 1957: Genius loves company
...group were recorded, three appeared on the Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane album, yet they are... ...a live Monk-Coltrane concert so exciting. The Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane At Carnegie Hall...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2302/thelonious-monk-and-john-coltrane-in-1957-genius-loves-company/
Various Artists: Weird Nightmare; Meditations on Mingus (Sony)
...the past on his tributes to Walt Disney music, Thelonious Monk, Kurt Weill and Fellini soundtrack man Nino...
Tagged with: albert ayler | charles mingus | charlie parker | eric dolphy | hal willner | john coltrane | rahsaan roland kirk | thelonious monk | tom waits |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/3445/various-artists-weird-nightmare-meditations-on-mingus-sony/
Lloyd McNeill: Asha (Universal Sounds/Southbound)
...Rollins and other jazz giants – looks to Thelonious Monk (on As a Matter of Fact) and Latin influences,...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/3484/lloyd-mcneill-asha-universal-sounds-southbound/
CHRIS BOWDEN (2002): His slightly askew career
...runs, geometric comping in the manner of Thelonious Monk or even Cecil Taylor, and blink...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/3082/chris-bowden-2002-his-slightly-askew-career/
AMIRI BARAKA/LE ROI JONES: A black critic in the black arts
...of whom Baraka knew or had seen play: Sun Ra, Thelonious Monk (whose name throughout is spelt...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2073/amiri-baraka-le-roi-jones-a-black-critic-in-the-black-arts/
SONNY ROLLINS INTERVIEWED (2011): The old lion still prowling
...he took to bandstands with Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and other legends in the making.His early...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/4123/sonny-rollins-interviewed-2011-the-old-lion-still-prowling/
THE BIRTH OF BEBOP -- A SOCIAL AND MUSICAL HISTORY by SCOTT DEVEAUX
...such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk, all of whom deserve to be counted in the... ...as much as the need for musical expression. Thelonious Monk once said that jazz is about freedom. DeVeaux...
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Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/2330/the-birth-of-bebop-a-social-and-musical-history-by-scott-deveaux/
THELONIOUS MONK, DISCOVERED (2020): Not a “lost” recording, but one we never knew of
...and unusual that it just has to be true: Thelonious Monk and his group playing at a high school in Palo...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/9590/thelonious-monk-discovered-2020-not-a-“lost”-recording-but-one-we-never-knew-of/
MURRAY McNABB PROFILED, AT AUDIOCULTURE (2020): From Monk to the moon and beyond
...beyond) player who was initially inspired by Thelonious Monk but mostly earned his living anonymously...
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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/9664/murray-mcnabb-profiled-at-audioculture-2020-from-monk-to-the-moon-and-beyond/
THE KRONOS QUARTET COMES TO TOWN (1988): The Talking Heads of the classical world
...transcriptions from jazz composers such as Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans and Ornette Coleman . . . and the... ...with whom they recorded albums of the music of Thelonious Monk and Bill Evans, they have also opened up the...
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Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/1819/the-kronos-quartet-comes-to-town-1988-the-talking-heads-of-the-classical-world/
The Bemsha Swing: Against Friends and Lovers (Muzai)
...guitar chords) which would name itself after a Thelonious Monk tune. That seems designed to incur wrath and... ...your band. For someone who actually takes his Thelonious Monk as seriously as he does the Ramones, Black...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/5250/the-bemsha-swing-against-friends-and-lovers-muzai/
Andrew Hill: Point of Departure (1965)
...different directions which are neither like Thelonious Monk or Bud Powell (whom he cited as influences)...
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/8824/andrew-hill-point-of-departure-1965/
FREE JAZZ WITH A BLEEP: The Norwegian electronic-jazz label Rune Grammofone
...Monk said, "Jazz and freedom go hand in...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/3534/free-jazz-with-a-bleep-the-norwegian-electronic-jazz-label-rune-grammofone/
JAZZQUAKE HITS CAPITAL: Dotting the ts and crossing the iiiis
...but can also have deeper resonances. When Thelonious Monk said “jazz and freedom go hand in...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/5730/jazzquake-hits-capital-dotting-the-ts-and-crossing-the-iiiis/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE . . . Lucien Johnson
...than anything else musically. So if I said Thelonious Monk or someone that would be meaningless....
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/9796/the-famous-elsewhere-jazz-questionnaire-lucien-johnson/
Freddie McCoy: Spider Man (1966)
...Rollins (St Thomas), Red Garland (Manteca), Thelonious Monk (Bye-Ya), Mose Allison (Parchman Farm), Jack...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/7276/freddie-mccoy-spider-man-1966/
Kronos Quartet: Purple Haze (1986)
...living), they had already essayed work by Thelonious Monk and Bill Evans from the jazz arena alongside...
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From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3972/kronos-quartet-purple-haze-1986/
UNCOMPROMISING EXPRESSION; BLUE NOTE by RICHARD HAVERS
...musicians of their generation: Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Kenny Dorham, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins,...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/11233/uncompromising-expression-blue-note-by-richard-havers/
RECOMMENDED RECORD: Dr Tree, Dr Tree (WallenBink)
...on a wall and traced its perpetrator down to Thelonious Monk-enthusiast McNabb. They gleefully embraced...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/11316/recommended-record-dr-tree-dr-tree-wallenbink/
CHARLIE PARKER: A life and musical shards of light
...Parker, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and pianist Thelonious Monk helped to shape, was created in isolation from...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/1755/charlie-parker-a-life-and-musical-shards-of-light/
Davy Graham: Maajun (1964)
...and could play persuasively everything from Thelonious Monk's Blue Monk to black spirituals and blues, old...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/5251/davy-graham-maajun-1964/
The Stan Getz Quartet: Getz at the Gate; Live at the Village Gate, Nov 26, 1961 (Verve)
...Sarah Vaughan, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk bands) were now in place. This was a new and...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/8981/the-stan-getz-quartet-getz-at-the-gate-live-at-the-village-gate-nov-26-1961-verve/
CHICK COREA INTERVIEWED (2007): The restless quest for connection
...Gershwin’s Someone To Watch Over Me and Thelonious Monk’s ‘Round Midnight (the latter...
Tagged with: charlie parker | chick corea | ecm records | free jazz | herbie hancock | miles davis | wynton marsalis |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2112/chick-corea-interviewed-2007-the-restless-quest-for-connection/
MURRAY McNABB INTERVIEWED (1947-2013): The new man with the courage to make himself new
...Gibson, referring to the name of jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, “and I thought, ‘Who the hell...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/5956/murray-mcnabb-interviewed-1947-2013-the-new-man-with-the-courage-to-make-himself-new/
Elsewhere Art . . . Kenny Barron
...founded the group Sphere to keep the music of Thelonious Monk alive and . . . So much more. He was a...
Art by Elsewhere: artebyelsewhere/9890/elsewhere-art-kenny-barron/
LUCINDA WILLIAMS INTERVIEWED (2007): Out of the Blue
...to Italian composer Nino Rota, jazz musicians Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus, and Leonard Cohen....
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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/433/lucinda-williams-interviewed-2007-out-of-the-blue/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Alex Urlich of B2KDA
.... . . Stevie Wonder or if he was still alive, Thelonious Monk. I'd have to be on bass if I didn't shame...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/7144/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-alex-urlich-of-b2kda/
JIMI HENDRIX, AN ESSAY: In my Life
...influence on me. Like the jazz musicians Thelonious Monk and Ornette Coleman, reggae singers Burning...
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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/356/jimi-hendrix-an-essay-in-my-life/
St GERMAIN, RETHOUGHT (2021): 20 YEARS ON AND STILL TRAVELING
...rap-jazzers Us3 had sampled Blue Note's Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins and Hancock for their '95 album...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/9702/st-germain-rethought-2021-20-years-on-and-still-traveling/
HAL WILLNER INTERVIEWED (2013): More rum, sodomy and the lash
...Rota (Amacord Nino Rota of '81), jazz geniuses Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus (That's the Way I Feel in...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5526/hal-willner-interviewed-2013-more-rum-sodomy-and-the-lash/
Billy Brooks: The Jagged Edge (1974)
...sounds: bassist Larry Gales (who played with Thelonious Monk), drummer Clarence Johnston, guitarists Jef...
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From the Vaults: fromthevaults/9625/billy-brooks-the-jagged-edge-1974/
JOE LOVANO, A CAREER CONSIDERATION (2004): Sax in every direction
...material by Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk as well as the great Italian opera singer...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/1867/joe-lovano-a-career-consideration-2004-sax-in-every-direction/
Various Artists: Machaut Man and a Superman Hat; The Music of Dave Lisik (Rattle Jazz)
...late Fifties and Sixties of the likes of Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Charles...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/6733/various-artists-machaut-man-and-a-superman-hat-the-music-of-dave-lisik-rattle-jazz/
COLTRANE AND DOLPHY, DISCOVERED (2023): Pushing at the Gate
...Thelonious Monk said “freedom and jazz go hand in...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/10810/coltrane-and-dolphy-discovered-2023-pushing-at-the-gate/
Motian/Frisell/Lovano: Time and Time Again (ECM/Ode)
...In Remembrance of Things Past) and Thelonious Monk, but mostly this is a singular vision by three...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/1250/motian-frisell-lovano-time-and-time-again-ecm-ode/
Koo Nimo: Highlife Roots Revival (Riverboat)
...Western classical tradition and is a fan of Thelonious Monk's complex jazz compositions and flamenco, the...
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/5104/koo-nimo-highlife-roots-revival-riverboat/
Bill Frisell: Music IS (Okeh/Sony)
...and synths and orchestras, played material by Thelonious Monk, Ray Davies and Hank Williams (among others),...
Music at Elsewhere: music/8370/bill-frisell-music-is-okeh-sony/
The Julia Hulsmann Trio: The End of A Summer (ECM)
...however hint at someone who has done her Thelonious Monk homework and kept an ear on Bill Evans as...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/1992/the-julia-hulsmann-trio-the-end-of-a-summer-ecm/
Allen Toussaint: The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch/Warners)
...Thee, Duke Ellington's Solitude and Day Dream, Thelonious Monk's title tune and Django Reinhardt's Blue Drag....
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Music at Elsewhere: music/2540/allen-toussaint-the-bright-mississippi-nonesuch-warners/
PHAROAH SANDERS; IN THE BEGINNING (2013): The call of the free
...that) and the short working through of some Thelonious Monk tunes by Cherry on piano in a studio...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/5535/pharoah-sanders-in-the-beginning-2013-the-call-of-the-free/
JAZZ IN PRINT: A selection of useful biographies and references in jazz
...Art Pepper and Chet Baker, and eccentrics like Thelonious Monk. The sound of music, the rub of drugs and the...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2495/jazz-in-print-a-selection-of-useful-biographies-and-references-in-jazz/
Ray Charles: In Person (1959)
...the "genius" word on their albums -- Thelonious Monk one of the select also -- but Ray Charles was,...
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/6755/ray-charles-in-person-1959/
3 SHADES OF BLUE by JAMES KAPLAN
...– come and go while the likes of Parker, Thelonious Monk, Cannonball Adderley, Art Blakey, Chet Baker,...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/11230/3-shades-of-blue-by-james-kaplan/
LEE SCRATCH PERRY IN THE 90s: Getting dub'n'reggae through time tuff
...the way you hear music, right up there with Thelonious Monk, Hendrix, Marley and whatever your first speed...
Tagged with: bob marley | burning spear | judy mowatt | lee scratch perry | reggae | the congos |
Reggae at Elsewhere: reggae/1864/lee-scratch-perry-in-the-90s-getting-dubnreggae-through-time-tuff/
Jeff Beck: Blow by Blow (1975)
...discreet guests (Stevie Wonder on a tribute to Thelonious Monk entitled Thelonius [sic], Beck delivered the...
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/5158/jeff-beck-blow-by-blow-1975/
DANCING BETWEEN THE NOTES by JOHN FENTON
...back on times and artists passed. A piece by Thelonious Monk, Ask Me Now, prompts thoughts on that...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/8554/dancing-between-the-notes-by-john-fenton/
CHARLIE PARKER: If only . . .
...-- as with so many other great jazz names like Thelonious Monk, Sun Ra and whoever else hip young rock bands...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2071/charlie-parker-if-only/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Alan Brown
...if I must have a jazz slant it would be with Thelonious Monk, and no, I wouldn’t play, I’d just...
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The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/6950/the-famous-elsewhere-jazz-questionnaire-alan-brown/
ORNETTE COLEMAN, DAVE BRUBECK AND ME: A Song For Guy
...unpaid but enthusiastic writers -- covered Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, touring artists such as Sanguma... ...Guy would tell me stories about eccentric Thelonious Monk who would walk all night after a gig to a...
Tagged with: dave brubeck | essay on old time music | indian music | jimi hendrix | john zorn | miles davis | ornette coleman | scratching the surface | yoko ono |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/352/ornette-coleman-dave-brubeck-and-me-a-song-for-guy/
Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom Live (Anti/Shock)
...some material, engaged in those quirky Thelonious Monk-like dances, even dipped right back to his...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/2758/tom-waits-glitter-and-doom-live-anti-shock/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE WORLD MUSIC QUESTIONNAIRE: John Convertino of Calexico
...emotionally moving are . . . Round Midnight by Thelonious Monk Wild Horses the Rolling Stones Inner Flame by...
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SONNY ROLLINS; BEYOND THE NOTES a doco by DICK FONTAINE
...Coleman Hawkins ("my idol"), Thelonious Monk ("my guru, when I started playing with...
Film at Elsewhere: film/6415/sonny-rollins-beyond-the-notes-a-doco-by-dick-fontaine/
MILES DAVIS QUINTET; EUROPEAN TOUR 1967 (/Impro-Jazz/Southbound DVD)
...Styne ballad I Fall in Love Too Easily and Thelonious Monk's Around Midnight) with newer material. And...
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Film at Elsewhere: film/2819/miles-davis-quintet-european-tour-1967-impro-jazz-southbound-dvd/
THE BARGAIN BUY: Frank Sinatra: In the Wee Small Hours
...artists such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk who had complex careers, so too Frank Sinatra...
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The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/4381/the-bargain-buy-frank-sinatra-in-the-wee-small-hours/
KENNY BARRON INTERVIEWED (2017): Time makes a wine
...dedicated to keeping the music and spirit of Thelonious Monk alive, has been nominated for Grammy and... ...albums. The band Sphere – keeping alive Thelonious Monk's music – was perhaps the group which...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/7927/kenny-barron-interviewed-2017-time-makes-a-wine/
TOMASZ STANKO INTERVIEWED (2009): A blow for freedom
...when offered a quote by composer-pianist Thelonious Monk: “Jazz and freedom go hand in...
Tagged with: best of elsewhere 2009 | brian eno | ecm records | jon hassell | la monte young | miles davis | tomasz stanko |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2769/tomasz-stanko-interviewed-2009-a-blow-for-freedom/
Samuel Yirga; Guzo (Real World/Southbound)
...way around funk and soul, the angular style of Thelonious Monk (Dance with the Legend) and has been a member...
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/5486/samuel-yirga-guzo-real-world-southbound/
JOHN SINCLAIR: MOHAWK, CONSIDERED (2014): They gave him 10 for two . . .
...break in the final track Carolina Moon (about Thelonious Monk) there is a celebratory conversation between... ...the parts. “We could just have hired a Thelonious Monk-style piano trio but that would just have made...
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ROBERT WYATT IN CUCKOOLAND (2003): A man, his muse and his music
...included Billie Holiday's Strange Fruit, the Thelonious Monk jazz ballad Round Midnight and Chic's At Last...
Tagged with: brian eno | david gilmour | elvis costello | paul weller |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2324/robert-wyatt-in-cuckooland-2003-a-man-his-muse-and-his-music/
PETER BROTZMANN INTERVIEWED (2014): Freedom isn't frightening
...“Great people like Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk just did it the way they wanted to find out...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/6288/peter-brotzmann-interviewed-2014-freedom-isnt-frightening/
A LOVE SUPREME, LIVE IN SEATTLE (2021): Another rediscovered session by John Coltrane
...Davis for Kind of Blue and had played with Thelonious Monk. He would die at 40, a mere two years after...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/10090/a-love-supreme-live-in-seattle-2021-another-rediscovered-session-by-john-coltrane/
WYNTON MARSALIS INTERVIEWED (2000): Once more, back to the future
...of the art‘s greatest practitioners: Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis (“when he...
Tagged with: charlie parker | miles davis | ornette coleman | ravi coltrane | wynton marsalis |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/1781/wynton-marsalis-interviewed-2000-once-more-back-to-the-future/
MILES DAVIS, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY (1990): Miles runs the voodoo down
...like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk. He was at the cutting edge with classic jazz...
Tagged with: charlie parker | herbie hancock | miles davis | ornette coleman | wynton marsalis |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/1776/miles-davis-the-autobiography-1990-miles-runs-the-voodoo-down/
Tim Hopkins: Seven (Rattle Jazz)
...and freedom go hand in hand” – Thelonious Monk The late American jazz critic Leonard Feather...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/4586/tim-hopkins-seven-rattle-jazz/
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . HUGUES PANASSIE: Writing a line through jazz
...of course come to include Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk and others in time – who didn't play in...
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ROY HARGROVE INTERVIEWED (1990): Young man with a horn
...music. People like Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk were geniuses ahead of their time. Those...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/3387/roy-hargrove-interviewed-1990-young-man-with-a-horn/
Girls Pissing on Girls Pissing: Eeling (Muzai)
...Bemsha Swing which, despite being named for a Thelonious Monk tune are most definitely not jazz), it was...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/5498/girls-pissing-on-girls-pissing-eeling-muzai/
10 INFLUENTIAL JAZZ ALBUMS IN MY COLLECTION: The shape of me to come
...of course. This album is on Spotify here . #4 Thelonious Monk, The Complete Genius (1976) The 1976 Blue Note... ...and studio performances by the legendary Thelonious Monk released as an essential double album on...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/9414/10-influential-jazz-albums-in-my-collection-the-shape-of-me-to-come/
GUEST RADIO HOST GRAHAM DONLON offers his 101 classic albums
...Haden – Liberation Music Orchestra 75. Thelonious Monk – Live At the Five Spot 76. Billie...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/6452/guest-radio-host-graham-donlon-offers-his-101-classic-albums/
Frank Gibson Jnr: Rainbow Bridge (Ode)
...which stand alongside the tunes by Rivers, Thelonious Monk (a terrific invocation of the late 50s on...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/10245/frank-gibson-jnr-rainbow-bridge-ode/
Various: Rogue's Gallery (Anti/Shock)
...of similar projects (notably the Disney and Thelonious Monk tributes). And it boasts a star-studded...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/901/various-rogues-gallery-anti-shock/
THE BARONESS by HANNAH ROTHSCHILD
...no more so than to the pianist/composer Thelonious Monk who she loved platonically and supported...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/4910/the-baroness-by-hannah-rothschild/
Kevin Field, Ron Samsom, Olivier Holland: Irony (Rattle)
...sense of rhythmic swing but accommodates some Thelonious Monk-like angularity -- and also brings out fiery...
Tagged with: alan broadbent | ecm records | frank gibson | keith jarrett | kevin field | mike nock | new zealand jazz | new zealand music | olivier holland | ron samsom |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2826/kevin-field-ron-samsom-olivier-holland-irony-rattle/
Kim Paterson, Alex Ventling: Conversations (Thick/digital outlets)
...opens the backdrop on All the Things You Are). Thelonious Monk's Bemsha Swing in two distinct parts – a...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/11381/kim-paterson-alex-ventling-conversations-thick-digital-outlets/
KIWIJAHZZ. FURTHER AND FURTHERER INSTALLMENTS (2021): More notes from beneath the underground
...and slightly funky solo at the midpoint. Thelonious Monk's Friday the 13this from his mid Fifties...
Further Outwhere: further/9992/kiwijahzz-further-and-furtherer-installments-2021-more-notes-from-beneath-the-underground/
Charles Lloyd Quartet: Mirror (ECM/Ode)
...angular and rapid drumming) alongside the Thelonious Monk standards Monk's Mood and Ruby My Dear, as...
Tagged with: charles lloyd | ecm records | jan garbarek | joe lovano | john surman | keith jarrett | manfred eicher |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/3589/charles-lloyd-quartet-mirror-ecm-ode/
SEB ROCHFORD OF POLAR BEAR INTERVIEWED (2010): Always give a job to a busy man
...weren't available so he turned to piano. Thelonious Monk was a seminal jazz influence. "Beethoven... ...and was nice about it and asked if I'd heard Thelonious Monk. "I said I hadn't and he said, 'I think...
Tagged with: greg heath | neil cowley trio | polar bear |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/3115/seb-rochford-of-polar-bear-interviewed-2010-always-give-a-job-to-a-busy-man/
THE BARGAIN BUY: The Rough Guide to Blues Legends series
...with Miles Davis (Two Bass Hit, 1955), Thelonious Monk (Nita, 1956 and Monk's Mood 1957), Art...
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/5260/the-bargain-buy-the-rough-guide-to-blues-legends-series/
Charles Mingus: Thirteen Pictures, The Charles Mingus Anthology (1993)
...a jazz standard. Here too is his salute to Thelonious Monk (Jump Monk), a solo piano piece Myself When I...
Tagged with: charles mingus | charlie parker | john scofield |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/2189/charles-mingus-thirteen-pictures-the-charles-mingus-anthology-1993/
THE BLUE NOTE LABEL AT 75 (2014): Vision, visuals and visionaries in jazz
...John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Dexter Gordon, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins and dozens of others) and which...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/6185/the-blue-note-label-at-75-2014-vision-visuals-and-visionaries-in-jazz/
RECOMMENDED RECORD: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Moanin' (Blue Note reissue/Universal)
...which had recorded with Horace Silver and Thelonious Monk previously in other iterations – was one...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/9809/recommended-record-art-blakey-and-the-jazz-messengers-moanin-blue-note-reissue-universal/
PIANIST VIJAY IYER PROFILED (2009): The jazzman has a master plan
...funky and aggressive piano, and pulls from Thelonious Monk and Alice Coltrane, plus a smidgen (but never...
Tagged with: alan broadbent | ben webster and art tatum | branford marsalis | chick corea | keith jarrett | miles davis | vijay iyer | wynton marsalis |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2779/pianist-vijay-iyer-profiled-2009-the-jazzman-has-a-master-plan/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Ross Mullins
...be? Glenn Gould (for a chat), Randy Newman? Thelonious Monk? The three films you'd insist anybody watch...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/7655/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-ross-mullins/
Jackie McLean: Right Now! (1965)
...with his neighbour Bud Powell and played with Thelonious Monk. By the time he signed to Blue Note in 1959,...
Tagged with: blue note | charles mingus | charlie parker | david sanborn | eric dolphy | jackie mclean | joe lovano | miles davis | ornette coleman |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/1932/jackie-mclean-right-now-1965/
THE YOUNG LIONS OF JAZZ (1994): Tomorrow is the question
...Ark Sano both finished in the finals of Thelonious Monk competitions on their respective instruments...
Tagged with: branford marsalis | charlie parker | christian scott | herbie hancock | joe henderson | john coltrane | john scofield | miles davis | ornette coleman | wynton marsalis |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/3272/the-young-lions-of-jazz-1994-tomorrow-is-the-question/
Various Artists: The Best of Blue Note (Blue Note/Universal)
...from Sidney Bechet Quartet (Summertime) and Thelonious Monk ('Round About Midnight of course) through John... ...- Sidney Bechet Quintet Round About Midnight - Thelonious Monk A Night In Tunisia - Bud Powell Brownie Eyes -...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/6219/various-artists-the-best-of-blue-note-blue-note-universal/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Shane Warbrooke of the Bemsha Swing
...but any band which names itself after a Thelonious Monk tune is going to catch Elsewhere's ears. And... ...to hear are . . . Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk If There's a Hell Below – Curtis...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/5265/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-shane-warbrooke-of-the-bemsha-swing/
Tom Waits: What Keeps Mankind Alive? (1985)
...reinterpret the work of composer Nino Rota, Thelonious Monk, and most recently the Rogue's Gallery...
Tagged with: chuck e weiss | from the vaults | lawrence ferlinghetti | tom waits |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3601/tom-waits-what-keeps-mankind-alive-1985/
JOHN COLTRANE; BLUE TRAIN RECONSIDERED (2014): High-end hard bop, and popular
...outstanding), but at the time was part of Thelonious Monk's group which had a residency at the Five...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/6188/john-coltrane-blue-train-reconsidered-2014-high-end-hard-bop-and-popular/
GERRY MULLIGAN. IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, JOIN 'EM, CONSIDERED (1965): Through the smoke rings of his mind . . .
...Davis, Chet Baker, Ellington, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk and more jazz and blues geniuses than he or we...
The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9874/gerry-mulligan-if-you-cant-beat-em-join-em-considered-1965-through-the-smoke-rings-of-his-mind/
Motian/Lovano/Frisell; Time and Time Again (2007)
...In Remembrance of Things Past) and Thelonious Monk, but mostly this is a singular vision by three...
Tagged with: bill frisell | charles lloyd | ecm records | jan garbarek | joe lovano | keith jarrett | manfred eicher | ornette coleman | paul motian |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/796/motian-lovano-frisell-time-and-time-again-2007/
SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS; THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF SONNY ROLLINS by AIDAN LEVY
...(which gave him a nickname, one of many) and Thelonious Monk's widely acclaimed Brilliant Corners. However... ...penetrating consideration of the life of Thelonious Monk. First published in 2023, it is now available...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/11394/saxophone-colossus-the-life-and-music-of-sonny-rollins-by-aidan-levy/
BILL FRISELL PROFILED (2017): Guitarist without portfolio
...by Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan, Hank Williams, Thelonious Monk, Sam Cooke, Benny Goodman, Pete Seeger, Merle...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7890/bill-frisell-profiled-2017-guitarist-without-portfolio/
ATLANTIC JAZZ LEGENDS IN A BOX (2014): Cheap steps into giant jazz
...Kirk's The Inflated Tear, Art Blakey with Thelonious Monk, Chick Corea's Inner Space . . . Should we go... ...or even Mose Allison . . . And there's Thelonious Monk here too. And the Modern Jazz Quartet . . ....
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/6405/atlantic-jazz-legends-in-a-box-2014-cheap-steps-into-giant-jazz/
Crayford, Sellers, Dyne: Our Own Sweet Way (ia/Rattle)
...comes this collection of tunes by the likes of Thelonious Monk (Eronel, Bemsha Swing), the late Dave Brubeck...
Tagged with: new zealand jazz | new zealand music |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/5478/crayford-sellers-dyne-our-own-sweet-way-ia-rattle/
BOB DYLAN: MURDER MOST FOUL, CONSIDERED (2020): Mind out of time
...Sky," play Dickey BettsPlay Art Pepper, Thelonious MonkCharlie Parker and all that junkAll that junk...
Tagged with: bob dylan |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/9335/bob-dylan-murder-most-foul-considered-2020-mind-out-of-time/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Byron Asher
...have read is . . . Robin D.G. Kelley’s Thelonious Monk If you could get on stage with anyone it would...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/9126/the-famous-elsewhere-jazz-questionnaire-byron-asher/
CHASING TRANE; THE JOHN COLTRANE DOCUMENTARY a doco by JOHN SCHEINFELD (Rhino DVD/BluRay)
...consolidated his position by then playing with Thelonious Monk. And then Coltrane became the great improviser...
Film at Elsewhere: film/8274/chasing-trane-the-john-coltrane-documentary-a-doco-by-john-scheinfeld-rhino-dvd-bluray/