Thelonious Monk
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BBC Jazz 625: Thelonious Monk at the Marquee Club
BBC Jazz 625, the Thelonious Monk Quartet Continue reading
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Joe Henderson Trio: ‘Ask Me Now’
This is a performance of Thelonious Monk’s “Ask Me Now,” off of the album “Solo Monk.” Stuttgart, Germany, 1993. Joe Henderson, a tenor saxophonist, leads the trio, in the rendition. Dave Holland is joining him on bass and drummer Al Foster. Continue reading
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Monk Live in Poland, April 1966
The Thelonious Monk Quartet plays an unusual live performance in Poland featuring “Epistrophy,” “Round Midnight,” and “Lulu’s Back In Town.” Continue reading
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Video: Happy Birthday Max Roach 'Live at Blues Alley'
Maxwell Lemuel Roach was born on January 10, 1924 in the Township of Newland, North Carolina and moved to Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn when he was four years old. Max began playing bugle at a young age and was playing drums with gospel groups by the time he was ten years old. Continue reading
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Video: Woody Shaw plays Monk's 'Bemsha Swing
The great Woody Shaw playing the Thelonious Monk composition “Bemsha Swing,” was recorded on Aug. 21,1985 at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, MA. with Woody Shaw on trumpet, Stanley Cowell piano, David WIlliams bass, and Terri-Lyne Carrington on drums. Continue reading
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Thelonious Monk 'Crepuscule With Nellie'
The inimitable Monk in a solo performance of one of his own beautiful and evocative compositions. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 