Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk (Norway, 1966)

Thelonious Monk performing "Blue Monk" with Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, Larry Gales on bass and Ben Riley on drums live at the University Aula in Oslo, Norway, 1966.

[@LeydenAigg]

This is from the same European tour that Clint Eastwood made the centerpiece of his Monk documentary, "Straight, No Chaser", and that's my seventh and eighth grade music teacher, Ben Riley, on drums.

[@hanskloss1331]

an ABSOLUTELY incredible movie that no one knows about much less that Clint Eastwood wrote and directed it

[@alimantado373]

@@hanskloss1331 UMM UK theres a Jazz magazine called the same 'Straight No Chaser' 90's til now edited by Paul Bradshaw.

[@englishguy9680]

So cool to have Ben Riley as your music teacher we just had some old hippy 😂 She was lovely but still couldve been better

[@LeydenAigg]

@@englishguy9680 Those of us who were into jazz were in awe of Ben (never "Mr. Riley", unless some big shots came around). He was the coolest teacher, ever.

[@hashdealer8822]

@@hanskloss1331 Eastwood didn't write nor direct it, he was executive producer.

[@vineymushran8046]

I'm 85 years old, live in New Delhi, India and have been a jazz fan through the music's Avatars from Joplin to the present day since I was 11. I'm not a musician and loathed Mr. Monk's music when I first heard it. I was aware of the disrespect with which he was treated by fellow musicians (who believed he was "out of tune"). Yet, today, a non-musician like myself, has grown to love his music. That's the measure of the man who was so far ahead of his time that lesser mortals like us couldn't give him the respect and honour he deserved. A genius pays the price of living and walking among mere mortals. R.I.P. Bro and forgive us our trespasses😢

[@donatomagic]

some things grow BETTER with time! like US humans-with-a-still-intact-SOUL. (i'm 78 - conga/Latin drummer - piano was WAY too hard for me - i quit it at 13 - the endless classical recitals became a fright) no need to ask for forgiveness! it just TOOK you a while to find the MAGIC that he knew and shared from the start! better late than never. keep EnJOYing the magic - it's everywhere on KZbin -- the BEST purchase/acquision that Google ever made! i'd say. WHAT a benefit to us all -- creators and consumers and info-seakers! World-Wide

[@johnure3283]

From day one this has always been my favourite, of Monk or anyone else, and I hear it in my head constantly. Yes its amazing how out on his own he was at one time

[@williamcorgile9823]

Definitely an acquired taste ! : )

[@stevemontgomeryunheardofgu2759]

What gets me is that his music is playful and happy.

[@davidmuehlbauer4538]

​@@johnure3283😅

[@DanFreeman723]

For some reason this song makes me grin like I heard a great joke. I love this song. It's like he's kidding with you about something.

[@jemjem1317]

Me pasa y más con el solo del piano , veo que el man exploro ese piano y quiso tocarlo así para sacar algo raro , divertido y genial , saludos desde colombia 👍🏿

[@postatility9703]

As Charlie Rouse once told me,"....Monk's music is very simple and correct...."

[@silva777]

The close ups of Monk’s hands as he plays his iconic riffs are very interesting. They show his unique stiff fingering technique and his overhand playing. It’s very different from the technique of most pianists.

[@robertgreenwood5228]

Stride

[@BanzoUnchained]

No sh** 😅

[@retrogamerdave362]

Monk inspires every jazz player to explore what is possible and what kind of sounds you could give a chance even though they aren't what people expect to hear necessarily. His influence and impact can't be understated

[@MrMusicbyMartin]

Yes, it’s depressing that ‘influencer’ has come to mean something else . . .

[@silva777]

Many great Monk compositions too!

[@silva777]

Not every jazz player. Academic musicians are often conservative players who ridicule any attempt at something new. As a performing jazz musician I’ve come across that attitude frequently. Monk was the opposite of that.

[@brucephoenix3989]

Only Monk can stand and watch during the song and it’s just seems right. Of course his playing style is one of a kind 🎵🎵

[@zman890]

My dad saw him play in the e late ‘50s. Monk actually came out into the audience to dance and my dad said that was worried that Monk wouldn’t make it back to the piano in time. He did of course. 😂

[@tomgardner8825]

thelonious Sphere Monk: the complete genius

[@angelocouncil5827]

Hell - o ,yeah ! Monk we must know is most modernistic musicians giants next to the Most Improvisational God Almighty governing consciousness soulselves with subtleties of energies melodies , rhythms n harmories patterns ; we all are unique individuals perceptional n creatively godly spirits ,some cultural learned behaviorism personalities of chakras centers vibratory equilibrium along the spinal cord, blocked chakras n opened senting n receiving messages wwide .

[@ghostdelay6770]

Cheers man

[@TheRealTomWendel]

Great AV quality. Thanks for posting. There will never be enough live footage of Monk on KZbin.

[@morrisalanisette9067]

the way he just gets up and walks away after his solo is so cool lmao

[@mewsick5093]

The way monk sits down after rouse solos is just as awesome

[@mellissadalby1402]

I totally dig this, and I always have. I still play it and sometimes roll off into it from something else that fits, finally returning to whatever it was I was playing before. This riff is like the seasoning on the steak, the olive in the Martini, the smile on the dancing girl, the daisy in the park... You get it man?

[@martyschrader]

Of course we dig. Why else be here?

[@TestyMcTestypants]

Not yet, but I'm optimistic.

[@thomasjamison2050]

In my 70's now. Somehow I picked up a copy of one of Monk's albums in the 1960's. He his music has always fascinated and intrigued me.

[@denominator208]

Monk knew how to get to the heart of music, it's all about the rhythm of your lines.

[@randomdron4410]

I am 35. First Time earing the music of Thelonius. Just by the way he start, the posture, the hands movements, the playing with the piano, the waiting to the saxo, just that Is genius. Fantastic ❤

[@betovenmoza6726]

I'am sure paradise is his home now. Rest in peace dear Monk.

[@NjonjoNdehi]

Charlie Rouse is so underrated.

[@davemusic4370]

Monk inspires me to remember piano is a percussive, struck instrument!

[@donatomagic]

EXACTLY - an 88 key drum! he plays the piano keys like an African drummer plays their skin drums. i know this because i drummed for 10 ten years with many West African touring companies that passed through Cleveland OH. i know his HAARMONIES are amazing. but it's his RHYTHM that always nails me! what a wonderful artist! and AGAIN -- thank the universe for AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING and for SHARING-SERVICES like KZbin! why not PLAY-ALONG with this great (and other) music! get a VERSATILE Latin Percussion Aspire 11 inch conga drum to play -- and you will be happy forever! during my ten years with the West Africans - i NEVER heard a negative or a cross word from ANY of these world-class drummers! drumming is HEALING. and FUN. and ENJOYABLE. just like this magically-percussive music from Thelonious!

[@tgiles247]

Never seen this before. Masterpiece. Man, what a session.

[@Hansprivate]

And this video is a breath of fresh air!

[@rubenskiii]

Great to see this on the internet!

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

Those Norwegians sure know a good thing when they see it. This is a valuable historical document.

[@matthewcoombs3282]

The Scandinavian Jazz audiences were very knowledgeable and appreciative of American artists

[@CasperChicago]

When I was young, I would never have been able to appreciate this style of JAZZ. Monk was truely a Master of music (a Master just like Mozart).

[@SBClaude]

Beautifully filmed. Great version of this über Monkian tune

[@cloeyfdenny]

I ask for your prayers and healing vibes as I continue to face health challenges. Thank you for your support.

[@lordofthemound3890]

Monk reminding us all that the piano is a percussion instrument.

[@Gurci28]

The Monk's big, magical hands! 5:05

[@Gurci28]

Monk stops and stands up to politely pay attention to the other musicians! 6:19

[@Gurci28]

Monk paying attention to the drum solo! 8:23

[@Gurci28]

Charlie signals the Monk's return to the piano with a subtle look! 9:30

[@Ghost1126]

EVERY instrument is a drum?

[@rickguerrero2282]

Wow……that a great performance by all the players!

[@vrassidas_pols]

I have something common with this wonderful record! A day I discovered in luck that the recording was made in New York just the time, day and year that I was born! ❤😊

[@Seeklip196T]

A true timeless gem 💎

[@aroe3896]

I learned about this song when I googled top 10 jazz songs that are easy to learn for guitar. I'm making my way through it, but I got to give a shout out to that outstanding bass solo.

[@MrSimonmcc]

If it was a song it would have lyrics.

[@carlosguerra2725]

@@MrSimonmcc What is the definition of song to you? lol

[@izraelite2908]

Monk broke all the rules beautifully...

[@Dave_Hepler]

Hear Monk you don’t hear anybody what an original!!!!

[@vineymushran8046]

Thank you for picking-up on the comments of a plain vanilla fan. Actually, I came upon Thelonius Monk a few years after the path-breaking, exploratory "bop" sessions at Minton's Playhouse but my ear was still attuned to the music that moved up the Mississippi on riverboats. My ear, at that point was not good enough to comprehend the revolution that Bird, Dizzy, Max Roach, Bud Powel et al, leave-alone Monk, were wreaking, melodically, harmonically and rhythmically. That an ordinary, common-or-garden lover of jazz eventually "saw the light" is a tribute to Monk's genius both as an innovator and composer. It wasn't until the late 70s that the bulb lit! Ciao, Amico/Amigo.

[@Pepe2018cat]

Leggenda del jazz!! Mauri 1960❤🇮🇹

[@ilovejdninja]

just heard and watched this cat for the first time ever. mind blown

[@reyperry2605]

Looks like he's patting at bongo drums. Love it

[@zovalentine7305]

First heard him back in the day in the 70s when I worked across the street from WJZZ in Detroit on the Boulevard. My boss would say "What are you listening to?" I would take him to his front window and point across the street and say "cool jazz from there!"

[@jean-marielerat4774]

La plus belle, la plus « swing », la plus originale musique du XXe siècle ! Jamais jouée deux fois de la même façon. Une thérapie contre tous les maux, À prescrire sans modération. Viva Monk, Charlie Rouse & Cie…

[@RonaldPetrin]

Snappy strums snare cymbals smooth and keys to melt us into a little melody in bass and timing. An exquisite performance indeed.

[@pingdingdongpong]

Monk was one of the greatest purple musicians to walk the earth.

[@dadapotok]

purple?

[@pingdingdongpong]

The whole video has a tinge of purple

[@dadapotok]

​@@pingdingdongpong oh, I see it now. Had to look for purple in close-ups and shades on a bigger screen, It's quite pleasant. The whole vid looks like it was converted and color-graded multiple times, maybe film for tv, than vhs, than digital? I didn't give it much thought at first. I like it, when image is somewhat beat-up but the sound quality is still good, it adds to how things feel

[@francofranco6708]

​@@dadapotokok

[@RichardSanislo-g8y]

Thelonius Monk and Lester Young. Not much else to say. Lester Young, Buck Clayton, with Walter Page-bass, Jo Jones, drums, Buck Clayton, trumpet.Count Basie in a small group in 1930s- Gershwins’s “ Oh, Lady Be Good”- PURE POETRY

[@Jazz313]

Master of The paino

[@sen5i]

Absolute perfection.

[@ukporkpie7829]

So unique. What a style!

[@domibob972]

Quel plaisir et quelle fraîcheur d’écouter ce Blue Monk: génial et intemporel : absolutely delicious !

[@ronl7131]

Tasty chops

[@antoineph]

these guys shoed me I can improvise even when I don't have to

[@bandicoot5412]

Amazing Grace

[@RonaldPetrin]

This is the quintessential happy go lucky tune. 🎉

[@GAoctavio]

I love how rhythmic Ben Riley's solo is

[@rogerzebrowski9426]

Hello Mike, this is such a Beautiful sounding track, simply Superb! Thank You So Much for your Inspirational, Beautiful, & Sensational Music! 👋😀

[@freetidjane]

Ben Riley is such a monster drummer! ❤

[@ptmixer]

Completely amazing!

[@PhilUKNet]

Thelonious, my old friend.

[@tarjasalmi-jacobson6575]

I just say lovely!

[@robertbiggerstaff7527]

Heard Monk first at Barton Hall Cornell U (in 1964? ) Knocked me out! Still does.

[@Anabsurdsuggestion]

Genius

[@andrewmartinson1669]

Sublime

[@STEVEFINNERTY]

awesome

[@yelgrandon]

Monk is an Emperial Majesty.

[@humbertoassumpcao1092]

SEMPRE TIVE VONTADE DE CONHEVER NOVA YORK,AGORA NÃO QUERO MAIS.

[@Mimi12350]

The very unique style of Thelonious MONK 🤍🤍🤍

[@artrogers3985]

Close enough for Jazz 🎸

[@billmayo1094]

Incredible......

[@dwaynesbadchemicals]

Fantastic.

[@gabanjoman]

He's tickling them ivorys,"like they owe him money"😂😂❤❤

[@simonagree4070]

Sometimes I think of this song as my personal theme, but I don't like this version as much as some others. Still gave it a 👍, though. It rocks.

[@user-rq7lw8ip8d]

Three fingers amazing !

[@Zonydeep]

Too much❤❤

[@123abcd370]

What a genius

[@brankodjinic8626]

Daaaaaaaaamn..... good stuff

[@marcosparente3968]

MONK, MAGNÍFICO E INSUPERÁVEL !!!

[@kurancy]

A four piece drum kit was all that was needed.

[@87Dodge87]

Magic.

[@andreaskurtkern5505]

Das ist einer der genialsten Musiker - für den Musik so was ist - wie ein Rätzel das man lösen will. Also eigendlich Keiner

[@brunovallesmunoz4757]

6:16 SHOWTIME!!!!

[@gloverelaxis]

2:02 this phrase is so fucking cool

[@patriciagomez6442]

Amo tu música Brenda Hopkins Miranda, me hace sentir completamente realizada, que sigas bien!

[@didierlevreau5714]

Monk the Best...

[@humbertoassumpcao1092]

UM MONSTRO DA MÚSICA. FANTÁSTICO. UM NEGRO NORTE AMERICANO.

[@mariacedano9323]

❤❤❤Genial..

[@SuperBagshot]

This zenith cool

[@kbramald7110]

Great drums

[@spj4188]

It's that MONK y'all

[@MrPhotodoc]

Imagine hitting those keys in perfect time and just the right intonation while playing live. That's the true professional.

[@sybeiro]

🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@MegaCirse]

Muzik adalah sihat apabila ia membangkitkan emosi atau mood dalam diri anda. ia tidak semestinya mengenai melodi atau keagamaan, tetapi lebih kepada mengangkut pendengar ke tempat yang tidak pernah mereka kunjungi sebelum ini. Dalam kes ini, saya berasa seperti saya sedang duduk di bangku tanah perkuburan pada petang yang panas. angin membelai lembut wajahku, dan semuanya senyap kecuali alam yang mengelilingiku 🧙‍♂🧚‍♀🤗

[@jonathandorr2234]

Thelonious, is a registered Phrasiologist.

[@humbertoassumpcao1092]

OS AMERICANOS QUE INTERVEM NO MUNDO DEVERIAM INTERVIR MAIS NO QUE ELES TEM DE MUITO BOM:A CULTURA E A CIENCIA.

[@MoneyAli75]

There ya go there ya goo 😉groovy

[@quartzimaging]

I like how he beats on the keys randomly as if he were swatting flies and yet it causes an eargasm. Plus there's the kooky white hat to go with a blue suit. That's my kind of player!!

[@fredbarnes196]

Can't say I get this.

[@robsuters3975]

Neither do I.

[@robertogiani2230]

Thelonius un pazxo totale ma anche un genio assoluto. Unico inimitabile

[@schmui]

And here I am thinking he was gonna play 'Santa Claus is coming to town' for a second 😂

[@ryanlupton3157]

This video has been quite the hot topic on Twitter huh? (I'm never calling it X)

[@airwindows]

It's quite silly how good of a jazz it is, for the reaction it was getting. Every single musician has that Monk playfulness and flippancy and underlying technical mastery.

[@danielmolinar8669]

@@airwindowsWhat do you expect from blue checkmarks? They were idiots before Elon, and they’re still idiots after Elon took over

[@gil-evens]

Really? What did I miss?

[@harryclarencealexander9161]

If you spend your days smoking pot you will miss a lot

[@frantiseksladek9301]

@@harryclarencealexander9161True!

[@andreaaraceli7764]

They start and end at the same bpm.. Greatest musicians

[@sniffableandirresistble]

Too crazy but not crazy at all ❤

[@fliprim]

Wait until its too late to play then see what your subconscious plays. Is it wrong? Repeat like this and like that until you can prove it right. Monk at the edge of jazz is more at its heart than any...

[@Joseph-le5zk]

T-Monk

[@HenryCasillas]

🌻

[@them142]

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