Thelonious Monk Quartet in Poland April 1966

[@timkjazz]

this is the stuff youtube was created for, historic recordings you'd never hear and see anywhere else in your life.

[@silverangel2010]

Hi Timkjazz, I appreciate so much that you ,as a beautifull yuongster that you are into the real jazzmusic from the past! I am so lucky that I was there in these period. Monk, Miles, Griffin, Coltrane, Art Blakey, Philly Jo Jones, Stan Getz, Bill Evans ( we drove together in my car to a concert In Amsterdam).check my photobook "My Jazz Moments' maybe you find it on internet...many jazz bebop greetings, thanks Frits !!

[@allisonloxsom7203]

I agree, brought up on jazz and classical. I think I'd better check into the year of this, not sure if I was born yet. Stumbled on this that it would make a nice lullaby! Enjoy!

[@missesbaileysbillbailey2559]

No @ImaginarilyInc Exists

[@OswaldoGoite]

Wrong. It was created to post shitty cats videos. Then people realized they could give it a worthiest use to it.

[@darkpoetik5375]

Thank you, miss...we needed to hear that...always good to find people who love jazz :-)

[@postatility9703]

There are a ton of Monk videos available on YT,but this has to be the most unusual.Glad I found it!❤

[@nakedmambo]

I love how Monk always fell back on stride piano as his basis. He didn't play it as some kind of historical throwback nod to 'jazz origins' he really was a stride pianist, but with the hugest array of modern dissonances in his harmonies. In this way he encompasses it all. He was the real deal.

[@michazielinski4130]

the only dissonance is slight detune of instruments (biggest detune between piano and sax)

[@jayswizzle57]

All of Monks compositions are full of dissonance. It’s one of the things that make his music so unique and beautiful.

[@jorymil]

Exactly what I was thinking! Monk is a stride pianist who loves the whole-tone scale.

[@bobpike2868]

Monk,indeed is and was, as unique a pianist and full of my favorite kind of dissonance notes to rely on.

[@TrenerekMuchomorek-TM]

@@michazielinski4130sax off the tune. It’s merely in the melody.

[@adamlawrenceturner2191]

Monk had an incredible harmonic and rhythmic sensitivity. He often sounds late, but somehow, he is always perfectly on time.

[@sitarnut]

Monk operated outside of the "Sphere" of rhythm and time......

[@HHATJB]

Everybody-don't you wish we could have him back? Forget all the criticism here. For one night, bring Monk back.

[@076657]

Make a fundme page

[@Suchapill]

Better make it a month or two. Can you imagine the media fest and the crowds?

[@paqallqu1182]

i did that one time. with a lot of drugs

[@moussegarbonzo8352]

@@paqallqu1182 I did a lot of drugs one time. With a that.

[@CameronPostelwait]

yes and no. the ephemerality adds to the pleasure.

[@tsp1mwd]

Celebrating Monk's Birthday again. University of Columbia radio station has been honoring his birthday by playing his music from midnight to midnight for decades. I just love October 10.

[@daveo6277]

How lucky y'all were!

[@JoeSmith-wn3ys]

This is a great piece of history. People getting caught up in tearing down the performers are missing the music to spite their faces. Their loss. I love every second of this.

[@xoen6]

Yes.

[@bonganigeorge2415]

Fascinated

[@rgalesnyc]

So awesome !! Larry Gales is my great uncle..great to see him in his prime.

[@gregorywilliams7151]

...and he's swangin' his butt off here...sheeesh!!! Blessings!!!

[@josephtravers777]

He and Ben Riley caught fire on the European tours. This was just a teaser for TV.

[@Aenima308]

This transcends cool

[@OswaldoGoite]

Charlie Rouse is a criminally underrated player... I just needed to say that...

[@LeonardWaks]

Possibly the best saxaphone player ever to play with Monk. Coltrane and Sonny Rollins were both great players and both worked well with him - Rollins probably better. But Rouse had a unique sympathy for Monk's music.

[@morbidmanmusic]

painfully out of tune here.

[@jbOneEarth]

For his facial expressions alone!

[@Archie583]

@@morbidmanmusic I had to look through the comments to make sure it wasn't just me! He's a quarter step sharp!

[@AquaticMammalOnBicycle]

Yeah what was that? I assume it's either piano or the recording system causing that, because sax is easy to tune on the spot isn't it by adjusting the mouthpiece? Some parts were clearly out of tune, way beyond the normal dissonance that Monk plays @@morbidmanmusic

[@bandicoot5412]

He's revolutionizing music as he moves.

[@cavaleer]

So much swag on that stage...hahaha....just classic.

[@hudentdw2]

Round Midnight always gives me tears the melody takes me to so many places I've been one time or another in my lifetime, difficult to explain.

[@AmericanShia786]

As a Tenor Saxophonist myself, I always liked Charlie Rouse. He may not be Coltrane, nor my favorite Tenor man with Monk, Johnny Griffin, but Rouse is more than good enough. I can never get enough Monk.

[@rpkrauss1]

Charlie was Monk.....

[@hellbooks3024]

Little Giant would ask Monk to “stroll.” Rouse is the only sax player on Monk’s level. Not that I don’t love Griffin.

[@ebaylistentomusic]

As a tenor player I too agree. I saw Rouse once with Sphere, also Johnny and Sonny. With Monk , Rouse was the man.

[@viggosimonsen]

But as always - way out of tune

[@mickeysoltys6960]

Johnny Griffin was special.

[@astrolopes]

masterfully edited! those in between moments are precious

[@charleslecuyer4996]

Pure Monk.

[@joemcfatter1170]

America's Classical music.

[@hanio01]

何か凄く濃厚な味わいのあるオブリガードや安定ある緊張感が心地よいです

[@9monava]

This is priceless on so many levels! THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!

[@josecamilo1640]

Monk Genious!!

[@darzil007]

Mr Charlie Rouse true master , melodic trad inns , one of the greatest before even I was born .

[@morbidmanmusic]

horribly out of tune. His mouth piece needed to be pulled back. he was sharp thru all of this.

[@MichaelStoff]

Thelonius has exactly showed us what music should be...groovy, soulful and played with passion in a human speed...unique and heartwarming❤❤❤😊😊😊

[@calico1947]

A unique, rare, undeniably authentic, one of a kind artist. Monk gives everything he’s got in all aspects, holding nothing back.

[@georgianabloom1722]

Although my mother played jazz piano when I was a child, I didn't really "get" it until I was in college. And Monk was my hero. In fact I named my cool, wild cat after him, which he probably wouldn't appreciate. But it was done with love. Man, I would love to have been in just one of those sessions.

[@g500d]

Love the bass player smoking a pipe. things were cooler in the 50's.

[@plantdaddy3420]

Hahaha, but that pipe must have been very juicy after a while... XD

[@danielweaver4782]

I wish I looked as cool in a suit.

[@janosszeky8471]

60s.

[@keithperdue4993]

I don't understand why it took me until almost 70 yrs old to "get it" & enjoy listening to this stuff...did I get dropped on my head as a kid & require so many years to recover? Wish these guys were still here playing...

[@danyelnicholas]

so do I. But the reason it took you 70 years to dig this might be you went deaf? Because this is so out of tune it is painful and obviously also and more so for the musicians.

[@keithperdue4993]

No, I am not deaf.​@@danyelnicholas

[@keithperdue4993]

​@@danyelnicholasUhh, recording back then was shit & to expect perfect tuning is jyst ignorant.

[@leonardostrano1342]

Monk è per me uno dei vertici del jazz e della musica in genere, fin dalle prime volte che l'ho ascoltato. Una figura a tratti inquietante, quasi appartenesse a un'altra dimensione...

[@rikusuomela6330]

This is history, and oh God what kind of

[@retthok]

40 years ago when I first heard Monk and his band I thought "out of tune" also. I didn't get it either. Now I do, as a sixty year old, get it. To me the music represents the way life really is, sometimes in tune and sometimes not.

[@FaceFeeder]

It's called dissonance ;)

[@davidkelemen8947]

fucking wise!

[@neweramusic3721]

So true...

[@AquaticMammalOnBicycle]

This is the only Monk recording I've ever heard where part of it sounds out of tune. Not dissonance. @@FaceFeeder

[@jackdelaporte4695]

The piano is way out.@@AquaticMammalOnBicycle

[@thebp9999]

Such a great band.

[@inialny]

Poland, oppressed back then by the USSR, loved Thelonious Monk, so Poles made and preserved these historical recordings.

[@vicngony1]

Thank you Poland

[@Yanquirocker]

Yes, thanks

[@ashbell1046]

Holy shit. I thought Rouse was playing sharp by a semitone but he was ‘sounding’ FLAT. If Poles based their tunings on the western model it makes total sense. Russian pianos would have been Tuned several cents sharper than Western pianos, and string and wind players from America would have been set in their ways so to speak.

[@inialny]

@@ashbell1046 :)

[@MelanieYork-ij9jj]

Interesting history and oppression is going strong in many countries.

[@My100277]

Monk's treatment of LuLu's back in town, genuis yet a tad bit eerie. The chords are so monkish

[@ilpezkato]

Lawrence Gales was so cool... Thank you!!!!

[@ergbudster3333]

I totally love this video. Thanks Clean.

[@davidmaslow399]

Extraordinarily Wonderful!

[@mirazusta2002]

This is a piece of priceless vintage footage. Thank you very much indeed for posting it.

[@EIFEstudiodeiluminacionNoguera]

The strangeness of a unique and incomparable sound. Really Pure Genius!

[@michazielinski4130]

really pure detune

[@nilanecargocult988]

superbe document : on voit ici que le quartet usuel de monk n'avait pas besoin de répéter, monk en nage, gales avec sa pipe et rouse et riley discutant dans leur coin lulu's back in town !

[@waxeye6488]

D'accord

[@drunknfis]

only 6,882 views? truly a shame.....and 47 likes? stop the ride! i want off this planet now!

[@darzil007]

This is a jewel, not happen again . Tanx

[@christophermestas1244]

Amazing video! Love Monk 😎🎹

[@DisplayFaith]

Gosh, what a phenomenal share! What peaceful talents they have.....

[@EleazarOctavioRuizSpreafico]

Ladies and gentlemen, Larry Gales!!! What a monster!

[@robstrange]

Truly excellent. Wonderful!

[@theos6848]

His quartet features the classic lineup of Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, Larry Gales on Bass and Ben Riley on Drums

[@dromeres]

great video, thanks.

[@islamicchronicles5381]

THANK YOU

[@dianebonneau2350]

Wonderful, thrilling keeping us close to Monk. Eternally classic and minor key, too

[@lacasadecirco]

wauuu un pasada ! que manera de disfrutar estos 26:37, grandiosas composiciones ! maravillosos músicos! esto un regalo para la eternidad!

[@tony499]

fantastyczne wystąpienie

[@michazielinski4130]

i jak pięknie nastrojone instrumenty

[@ありがとう-z2o]

貴重な映像ありがとう！

[@Thanks-Tokyo]

Thanks for uploading!

[@LuOlutosin]

Thanks for sharing Rashid!

[@andrebernardes9212]

Thelonious, simplesmente um gênio.Faltam personalidades assim nesses tempos que vivemos...

[@SuperStuey2]

Totally insane, total genius.

[@mikestubenvoll5708]

ITS A STONE GROOVE MY MAN

[@ACDC666SatrianiVai]

From 9:30 - 9:50, the last runs leading in to the last sax note make it sound out of tune, but Monk's final flourish turned it into the sun rising over the horizon whilst birds chirp in the trees

[@grahamhartill1886]

Pressed dislike by mistake! Sorry! BIG mistake!

[@LeonardWaks]

On Lulu, the sax is out of tune with the piano. Being Poland and 1966, who knows the condition of the piano.

[@steveobro49]

Yeah, I was trying to listen for the piano being out of tune it’s actually not because when he does that downward run all across the keyboard, it’s right in there he was intentionally playing design and using diminished flat chords

[@kohada64]

The group on this date consists of Thelonious Monk, piano; Charlie Rouse, tenor saxophone; Larry Gales, bass; and Ben Riley, drums.

[@kurapika180]

Esto es una maravilla, como todo lo de Monk. Muchas gracias por subirlo.

[@maciejgrzesiak]

i wtedy i dzisiaj to nowoczesne granie.

[@theshowmanuk]

Masterpiece !

[@domibob972]

Monk is unique ❤ An Intimate and historical session

[@georgeparkins777]

This was fifty years ago next month. Man, the time flies!

[@logosferas1]

IIImpresionante joya mística la que se toca este señor...

[@danielruizcastilla5167]

Sencillamente fenomenal.

[@paulobianchi2577]

Fantástico!!!

[@stephenclark7932]

The tenor saxophonist's pitch is very SHARP!!!

[@TheTralfaz]

at last...someone brave enough to call it out....hes a great player...but they didnt tune up for this one....too much reefer

[@pmccarty]

Perhaps the piano needed tuning

[@davidbarth8204]

@@pmccarty Looks like the studio was very hot with them sweating away. Maybe it threw stuff out of tune a bit but great music!

[@danyelnicholas]

Well, Rouse was a great player and never out of tune. I suppose the piano was so flat he couldn‘t pull his mouthpiece any further. It is a tragedy what Jazz artists have to endure and ridiculous that people in the other comments think they are I hip by celebrating the disaster like it was an aesthetic feature.

[@cavaleer]

Monk was a crafty man. hahaha. I'm sure there's an interesting story behind it but Poland seemed to get American culture back then fairly frequently. There's a video of Alica Coltrane and her trio playing in Warsaw using an old beat up harp. It must have been in the early 70s.

[@pirackiswiat]

Amerkańska kultura była dla nas powiewem wolności

[@DuckY0706]

that might be the best bass solo of all time, the drummer held him up too

[@markbrecher4914]

This is pure Jazz Gold,,

[@xoen6]

Legend.

[@ahmedbousanjani8098]

Nice one with a nice cuppa coffe in the morning. Cheers.

[@LeeGee]

Nice! Thanks, I'll dig around for it.

[@andersbreispast1398]

Poland was a mekka for jazz brothers! Muchas graaaaacias!

[@TimBsTechTalk]

Wow! This is great!

[@kempo9jo]

素晴らしい！

[@keithstack6321]

love the rhythm around 6:30

[@9monava]

thank you for all that! I did not know about the ban during Salazar...I am reading two books now about the bans during Nazi Germany....."jazz is a living language" -- I will hold that thought close to heart. All of us need to help everyone get reconnected with higher level thought and feelings. Keep it up!

[@LeeGee]

Yes!

[@LeeGee]

Thanks, MasterFlamaster! I had no idea - and I'm glad the 'control' didn't work out.My Hungarian wife's uncle was a jazz drummer in 1950s/60s Hungary, and the Party made sure that he got a lot of trouble for it. Thanks again for the education: I'll look into this some more, very interesting.

[@SW13357]

Best Monk capture

[@jameswebb4593]

Monk was one strange character . I cannot recall who , but a bass player with him for six months said during that time Monk never conversed with him. Regardless of his eccentricities he is still my favorite Jazz pianist .

[@terrywestbrook-lienert2296]

The Glenn Gould of jazz. He had the right stuff...pure genius!

[@johnk8174]

me too

[@edbea2]

Terry Westbrook-Lienert Glenn Gould has nothing to do with this culture, or creativity, and it's a false comparison in my view. Monk must be turning over in his grave. Compare not. Monk is...Monk. There is no comparison, and he is certainly not "The Gould of Jazz", but I do agree, Monk is a genius, but completely unique. No one like him before, during, or after him. Purely original as it relates to playing piano.

[@AquaticMammalOnBicycle]

Yeah that Gould thing was one of the worst comments I've ever seen on youtube @@edbea2

[@larryfernandez1623]

Génial ! Donde puedo conseguir ese filme.

[@drunknfis]

Beauty is for the few...

[@BrennanJTC]

Happy Birthday, Monk! :-D

[@whykatera81]

Dam these people are so fucking cool! look at how they walk and talk to eachother.. the way they play... I sometimes wish really badly that i was black... Maybe in the next life!

[@memeexclusive]

Initially upon reading your comment,as a black man I found them disparaging and condescending however after watching this post for the last couple of months I am a bit remissed in my attitude.This is the quintenssential in COOL and has to be at the apex thereof.

[@goback3spaces]

memeexclusive Imagine how you would've felt if he said he was glad he wasn't black.

[@jwdekanter]

Wow! Nice good Monk

[@maxchristie1619]

love Thelonius, found I couldn't bear Rouse's pitch, but the genius of Monk is wondrous to behold

[@SpookyCapp]

Holy mother of Mary!

[@RBUN12]

ахрененное выступление

[@MarioCalzadaMusic]

Wow!

[@jjlivepattern]

comparing Rouse to Trane to Griffen is like comparing apples to oranges to pears. Rouse was and is my favorite ‘match’ with Monk. 3 great tenor players for all time but for me, Rouse had the right tone and feel for this sound. Warmer and freer. All subjective which is they way it should be. And I love Griffen and Trane too of course

[@jppontat2995]

Never to be understood, but unreachable for all except the very few... too sweet for the teeth of the savage...

[@ashbell1046]

Man! Charlie Rouse is playin almost a halftone sharp throughout ! Really disconcerting! Such a beautiful historical object nonetheless.

[@CLIMAXA.MAATHTHU.NAATTAAMA]

Did you see that Short (snippet from a TV show) in which Miles Davis raps on the knuckles of/advises a young Trumpet boy to play it in E flat instead of the D natural on the sheet?

[@danyelnicholas]

it is painful and embarrassing that people think it was Rouse‘s fault.

[@thraft]

At 5:37 is a secret 'smack da piano with your elbow' technique

[@AquaticMammalOnBicycle]

lol I saw that in the awesome hilarious contest scene in the movie "Joplin" from 1977 on youtube recently, I didn't think I'd see it in real life real deal by Thelonious Monk

[@pyannie6904]

such a huge sound from Wendell Marshall. hard to believe just that little mic on a box, lol!

[@danyelnicholas]

Wendell Marshall?

[@MasterrFlamaster]

Jazz was kind of (for what I know, because I'm too young cat to remember those times) thing PZPR (leading party in Poland for communist era) permitted from 60's onward to keep society "sane" from anti-western propaganda (the same thing later happened with punk rock, they decided that if they can not stop it, they will at least control it to some point). Poland had very good jazz festival during this era called Jazz Jamboree - Miles, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and many others performed on it

[@saxman8837]

Man can we just dig the music! Of course there were issues back then and still now! Its all how you deal!

[@drgblatt]

Agree

[@AquaticMammalOnBicycle]

"Of course there were issues back then and still now! Its all how you deal!" What weird deflection/denial are you doing there?

[@Creative2007100]

Same group as at Live at the Jazz Wshop, SF,Ca. Round Midnight always kills it...😍

[@filipesoares8827]

its the recording, sometimes saxophones get tune out on a certain type of recorders..