Thelonious Monk - Evidence - Japan (1963)

[@postatility]

I've watched this clip at least 100 times and somehow it keeps getting better!Monk used to say "Two is One". This is an example of "Four is One". This is the best group Thelonious ever had.If you built a car with a perfect engine,this is how it would run.This is the kind of music that gets me through life.It absolutely transcends crappy jobs,stupid people,inept and/or corrupt politicians,and the often idiotic lowlights of our modern culture.Anyway,thanks so much for posting this gem.Viva Monk!!

[@jimfrei7493]

"This is the kind of music that gets me through life." Amen brother!

[@rhythmfield]

That’s what it’s all about! Transcendence, sanity - 4 people locked in, functioning and swinging as one.

[@metaviewx2091]

This comment is everything!

[@eichlerphoto]

Was never a huge fan of Charlie Rouse, though he was serviceable for this kind of music. No way Monk could have hired Coltrane or Rollins to be his regular tenor player though. Steve Lacy would have been interesting but would probably have made Monk even harder to hire than he probably already was.

[@douglasschaefer8012]

Couldn't agree more w ur characterization of this song, and for me jazz and especially bebop as transcendent. This a.m. esp I've been wallowing a bit in the muck and mire of this existence. This groove that I'm digging on ad I reply to u, and ur comment, are pulling me out of that muck. Thx!

[@Blackgeoff1]

Great upload!.. This group played two concerts in Melbourne in ‘63, and I went to both. First night was fine; though the town hall was only about half full. A friend of mine had a chance meeting with Monk next day in town, in a shoe shop, trying on shoes. My mate Barry said it looked like Monk was trying on every pair of shoes in the shop. Referring to the poor turnout the night before Barry asked Monk if maybe the town hall was too big a venue for this kind of music, and Monk replied that it’s not so much that the town hall was too big; the people were too small. Second night it was a different story. Standing room only and the music soared; the groove was out of this world.

[@kalamata480]

Thanks for sharing. I am incredibly jealous.

[@wurzelausc]

thanks for sharing, jazz pianist here, one question: Monk's music seems to me quite advanced for the time back then. How do you explain the appeal he had (filling half a hall is a success), and what kind of appeal was it? --- also he made it to the Time mag cover....so there is definitively some mass appeal, but how come with a genius wizard like Monk?

[@nanettehayakawa7628]

Great piece of written history about Thelonius Monk and that night/day after/next night of musical grandeur. Lovely thought. Very Nice of you.

[@josephtruscello3050]

This piece is so complex yet these guys swing it with perfection. No metronome required for these cats...sheer perfection. Drum solo off the chain. Not enough words to describe the genius of Monk and this piece.

[@nanettehayakawa7628]

Yepp. I agree 100% Love them. Love this tune.

[@nanettehayakawa7628]

Toe tapping

[@davebristow2813]

Charlie Rouse's playing is criminally underrated. This band swings like fuck.

[@drumtwo4seven]

It's because they ALL play time I was the first thumbs up to your comment btw 👍

[@ngoles]

Not underrated by me at least!! insane phrases

[@josephtravers777]

Dude, 0:44! Charlie expanding on Monk's dissonant interval. 😳

[@suzihall778]

This comment is simply not true in both parts

[@suzihall778]

It’s because this is tagged as being in Japan that you say that. Japanese releases, long story short, bogus industry.

[@hudentdw2]

Too much Evidence Thelonious was from another planet I can't get enough of this dude He was a genius I love the guy since I was a Kid!

[@gamoonbat]

That was Sun Ra. From Saturn, I believe?

[@EricAllenDolphy245]

He was Always The " ONE " ☝🏽 and the Best Quote for the ages Comes from Charlie Parker himself, when He said , plainly that " The Monk Runs Deep! " 👈🏾AMEN to That‼️ 🙏🏾😔

[@barbarabrown3381]

​@@EricAllenDolphy245 No way!!! But i wish. Really?

[@vincenthennessy1939]

I urs to play Monk LPs on Saturdays for hours when I was in High School in the Bronx.

[@EdwinDekker71]

Earth is level and stationary; space = fakery

[@Thissbetterwork]

FRANKIE DUNLOP IS SO KILLIN!! Holy crap. wish the camera men knew that there would be drummers 50 years from then who wanted to see what his hands were doing during his solo. smh killin

[@Munch-g7s]

I'm not even a drummer but I was just admiring the Drum solo too. Very melodic. Class

[@goedeck1]

He was drumming the melody, it sounded.

[@rillloudmother]

That is melodic solo with the pulse maintained throughout. very musical!

[@johnhenry4]

He left the band to pursue acting

[@goedeck1]

Amazing the power of the drumming with such economy of movement.

[@Towedwart]

The drum solo then right back to the main refrain is total eargasm.

[@jjstone4852]

I first heard Monk on the radio in. 1949... I was three years old and his music changed my life....

[@tango_doggy]

The way he gets up and starts dancing is incredible

[@arthro9259]

Can you believe there were club owners who complain'd about him doing that?

[@tango_doggy]

@@arthro9259 Really? That's ridiculous

[@yitwailu2]

I’m guessing his bipolar disorder had something to do with that, but I hope he was having lots of fun nonetheless.

[@mhaas17]

This is simply brilliant, complex yet moving, forceful, communicative! I love it!

[@troyg2458]

You described just one name in your ten plus words.....MONK!!!!!

[@nanettehayakawa7628]

I think what you're trying to say is: PERFECT.

[@yitwailu2]

Everything about this is perfect, even the camera work. And it’s magical that they’re having so much fun while doing something so complex.

[@bensachs1950]

Monk's comping is pure wizardry

[@postatility9703]

Frankie Dunlop plays one of the best slow-tempo drum solos ever.Incredible!

[@johndobson1899]

I love it when Monk gets up and strolls around like a man (genius) who’s had too much to drink! What a great piece though and great for improving rhythmic skill. Just great and what fun too . Cheered me up big time

[@EricAllenDolphy245]

So then Faith is the Substance of things Hoped for, the "EVIDENCE" of things Not Seen‼️ .. and No, that Ain't no Alcohol causing that dance 🎶

[@bertroost1675]

He's joyous

[@benjaminwanicur5469]

All the side musicians here are underrated. Butch Warren! Love it!

[@326Ka]

you could tell that these brothas were really feeling themselves during this performance.look at the bassist and the drummers eyes during there solos.this is my first time seeing monk dance.lol.rouse is always laid back.love these cat.

[@craiganderson3894]

Thelonious Sphere Monk is one of the joys of my life. Charlie Rouse on sax always magic, marriage made in heaven. Wonderful. Craig Anderson Aberdeen Scotland

[@kevinturner5857]

Don't forget Charlie Dunlop !

[@elcampesino1848]

What a performance! Monks wit and originality on full display. Melodious Thunk! He says more with a pause than most piano players can with a hundred notes. They're all just grooving perfectly. And Dunlop! Monk is hardly a predictable player but Dunlop complements him beautifully no matter where he goes. And that solo! So melodic and yet the time is right on all the way through. Oh yeah and lets not forget his badass suit!

[@lucianoinvernizzi5027]

Luciano invernizzi trombone player this is more than great music it is masterpiece 😊

[@mkjazz]

Stunning performance, great tune. Charlie Rouse and Monk are the best sparing partners, and Dunlop's solo is just amazingly lyrical (you can almost hear the melody in this drum solo!). Genius.

[@lmqcyb]

exactly

[@EricAllenDolphy245]

Don't want to Forget Edward " Butch " Warren on the Bass Fiddle and only 24 yes Lawd , is He Great 😃👍🏾

[@dariusnewton9163]

At 2:15 I couldn't hold back the tears. I had this emotional release!!

[@basedbattledroid3507]

Thelonious Monk is the reason I started learning piano.

[@TechTins_Projects]

Same here

[@leosteinriede5633]

Monk is the reason I wish I played piano!

[@mediterraneanblues6500]

Monk is the reason I wear hats.

[@luiscuixara4622]

Piano is the reason I play hats.

[@djf750]

He is the reason I QUIT playing, knowing I would never be anywhere near that good.

[@mhaas17]

This recording is simply spectacular! Best rendition of the tune I heard so far. Incredible, so swinging so hard and full of drive!

[@roberttaylorcurryii]

WHAT A THRILL IT IS to see Thelonious enjoying the music so much he's dancing...!!! And, as ALWAYS, Charlie ROUSE is "blowing me away." There were NO greater interpreters of Monk's music than Charlie ROUSE and John COLTRANE. I would have LOVED to hear MONK and Eric DOLPHY on record together...but I don't think it EVER happened. What a GAS it would have been to hear DOLPHY interpret MONK.

[@mmedeuxchevaux]

+roberttaylorcurryii I would love to listen to jazz through your ears.

[@roberttaylorcurryii]

I feel emotionally overwhelmed by the sheer sincere warmth of your comment. THANK YOU SO MUCH...U BRIGHTENED this day...!!!

[@mmedeuxchevaux]

+roberttaylorcurryii and you mine!

[@silverangel2010]

+roberttaylorcurryii Hi,I am so Lucky to have seen Monk in concert at Amsterdam; both with Charlie Rouse..and one time with Franky Dunlop and the other time with Benny Baily on drums...both concerts where great...!!. I have a nice picture of Monk at the piano that will be used as coverphoto for my forthcomming jazz photobook: "My Jazz Moments"; incl. photos of J.,Coltrane, Ben Webster, Kenny.Clarke, Bill Evans, Art Blakey, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Johnny Griffin....etc, etc.

[@roberttaylorcurryii]

silverangel2010...I wish I had YOUR memories...PLEASE allow ME to purchase an autographed copy as soon as YOUR book becomes available...!!!

[@Desert_Yota_]

It’s 2018 and this is still better than mostly all music currently being played on the radio 🙏🏽

[@eddiejaymz2744]

Amen

[@lucianomezzetta4332]

better than ANY.

[@checkandraise1]

Monk, the eccentric genius of his time, picks as side men relative unknowns but who are disciplined to the vicissitudes of this Monk classic - Evidence! and Thelonius Monk never gets boring or trite; it's still fresh today, and demands the best of its players.

[@jibsmokestack1]

Aaron Burr - Rouse was not an unknown before his long tenure with Monk. Been on the scene since the late 40s!

[@jibsmokestack1]

Aaron Burr - Neither was Butch Warren or Frankie Dunlop btw! Butch Warren for the previous couple of years and most of 63, was the house bassist for Blue Notes records and was part of one the immortal rhythm sections of all time imo, with Sonny Clarke and Billy Higgins who played on many dates together. Unknown to you maybe but not to Jaxz scene then or real jazz aficionados today!

[@davidmitton8272]

I want monks tie. Talk about class. Everyone in this band has style

[@royalhartigan]

deep swing and sounds, always from the heart. thelonious moves to the inner sound at 2:45, in spirit and music!

[@Khamomil]

perfect timing blows my mind away.

[@broskay998]

Nothing gives me a kick more than watching Mr. Monk "attack" the piano 😁😁.

[@drno125]

An example of classic musicianship that was considered the norm at the time of this performance...(1963) and to date, (2017), it still reigns as one of many master piece of the ages...there was only one Thelonius Monk...

[@billdang3953]

If anybody asks for proof of the greatness of Thelonius Monk, I like to play this and say here's the "Evidence".

[@TheRealG2024]

one of my favourite pieces of music ever.

[@KlavierEum]

I love the sophisticated rhythm!

[@hootinouts]

The best ever. There's nothing today anywhere as great as this level of musicianship.

[@jimbrown1559]

Superbly recorded video of my favorite of Monk's quartets. Cameras were always in the right place, and both sound quality and sound mix are very good. I was lucky enough to hear Monk at the Plugged Nickel in Chicago a few years later. It was an evening I'll never forget.

[@dennis9242]

Charlie Rouse was a great player.

[@TheLoneskipper]

this is my favourite monk song

[@forphxsake2024]

you and Kareem Abdul Jabbar both!

[@blacsouljah]

Can't decide between this one and "Well, You Needn't".

[@louisef.9137]

I was 9 when this was recorded...I still find it hard to believe there were people making this amazing music way back then...Monk's work is outstanding...

[@EricAllenDolphy245]

I was 4 yrs old and My Own Father had the Sense to Surround Me and My Family 🕊️ with Good Music 🎵 Like This ☝🏽🥰🎶

[@louisef.9137]

@@EricAllenDolphy245 What a wonderful way to remember your father. Thanks for your cool input!

[@shields765]

I. Can't. Get. Quite. Enough. Um. E-vidence. To. Convict you!

[@BSMElderScrolls]

That's so cool

[@jenzontheroad2]

Haaaaa.....knicked! :-D

[@KINSkully]

It's. Hard. To. Get. Cold. Ev. Id. Ence!

[@ptml5230]

where. is. the. e- lec - tion. fraud, trump. cray- zies?

[@paulturnet4572]

@pt ml, • love it, well done 👏

[@olivierbarjot]

I needed this tonight...I am so fortunate to play with Butch.Forget 1963,Butch plays great now.Come hear him at Columbia Station in D.C.

[@opinionatorX]

This tune is sophisticated. Monk is pure genius! He gave jazz pizazz and a style that truly and uniquely represents his creativity and left brain approach to the art.

[@NYCSportsNBA]

yo that sax solo is so killing but so simple it really is cool too see the difference between rouse and coltrane rouse so meaningful and rhythmic !!

[@jerrygunning1449]

It's like watch Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel.

[@valcavalentine]

peace and blessings butch warren. jazz jam going on n the sky! RIP.

[@lauriewinestock4195]

Charlie Rouse !!! -- Dave Bristow, you are right. ONLY MONK can set up such a seemingly haphazard absolute MASTERPIECE

[@tallen1628]

Frankie Dunlop is completely badass on this

[@JamieJobb]

Monk is one musician ... you gotta watch the FOOTWORK!

[@noontimespender]

No one is sharper than Charlie Rouse.

[@fimble2]

Hi y’all! I wonder (cos I just do) how many people in our beautiful world listen today to Mr T.S. Monk on a fairly regular basis, so as to commune with this natural wonder…and out of those, how many are women or girls?

[@hymnodyhands]

I am a woman, and a great admirer of Monk... we're out here!

[@LaDyMaXx]

Me too! Listening to and loving Monk here in Barbados on the regular.

[@GriffeSaunders]

Masterful phraseology by Mr. Rouse. Swing, Bob and root African phraseology all in one Solo. G.

[@gilles9646]

an amazing -- luckily recorded and filmed -- performance. Watching Monk dancing from ± 2:30 to the end of Charlie Rouse's incandescent solo is unforgettable. The music is INOLVIDABLE !!!

[@lincolnrossmusic]

youtube is wonderful ... have been back into learnin this tune.... before I had the sheet music and records but now with the video I almost feel like I am right there playing with Monk ... BTW I knew Butch Warren personally and got to play with him a few times in his later ( and difficult) years ... great player to say the least ... he always knew instinctively where to put the bass notes

[@bobbymobay]

Thanks for posting this...it is raining in NYC right now...but this song is brightening! Beautiful!

[@frdepstn1]

YOU CAN SEARCH THE WORLD OVER PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE AND THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS THE SAME- MONK IS THE KING MAN!!

[@hudentdw2]

Good stuff very good Thelonious music is like wine it gets better as the years go by!

[@dillonstanley8949]

Never enough respect for Thelonious, he was a great pianist. So unconventional but so great.

[@lucky4724]

Swing Monk Swing!! Yeahh!! #Monk🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹 Genius / Jazz Royalty!🎶🎵🎼♨️

[@ianc.dawkinsmoore513]

Thank you for sharing this fantastic cultural experience with the world. Be well

[@carloselsenior]

first dab in history by Monk 3:11

[@originalcreation36]

carloselsenior 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@yarasmus]

Woaaah 🙊😲

[@jeremydyar7566]

i havent laughed like that in a minute thank you

[@CommandanteMarco]

thank you for doing that what youve done Thelonious Monk - piano Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone Butch Warren - bass Frankie Dunlop - drums

[@patrickwashington9438]

Mesmerizing can’t stop listening those brothers were just beyond cool thxs

[@Embowafa2004]

Charlie Rouse!

[@nyvcr502]

What an awesome band. Great jazz music

[@hotrodspins]

Masters of the music universe

[@TenaciousC89]

Charlie Rouse is the man, and Thelonious is the embodiment of cool

[@wyndhl9465]

Monk, joyful genius! Charlie, with melodically-relevant rhythmic pulse during his improvisation.

[@briankopp8560]

I just started exploring the ocean of Monk and my it is wonderful. Thank you! Helps my mind drift to interesting places!!

[@passthepitonspete]

Trying to choose between Ben Riley and Frankie Dunlop is like trying to choose between your favourite flavour of Ben & Jerry's, or between your favourite blonde or brunette, or between...... {sigh} Great video, many thanks! Cheers, PtPP

[@cheikgarvey4378]

Exquisite. The entire set is exquisite/ Monk, Rouse, Orr 'n Dunlop!! Smooth, tight...WOW.

[@postatility9703]

Like all great artists,in his work Monk says exactly enough,no more and no less.

[@kevinturner5857]

Fabulous , what a fab tune 👌 😊

[@reneehenderson6134]

He's coaxing something out of those keys that we didn't know was there.

[@postatility9703]

One of the most PRECISE tunes ever!

[@lucianobattagliamusician2382]

Pure espressione ... I love It ...

[@allwinds3786]

no one can say "too many notes " just what's needed

[@andreapatron7485]

they make solos perfectly in the structure AABA all of them and came in perfectly on the final head melody.

[@markmattison9713]

I have not heard this song in forever. Was a staple on old Detroit's WJZZ...

[@JazzSamurai]

Warren and Dunlop...amazing what they are doing on this track!

[@BuckshotLaFunke1]

Yeah, Rouse, tell 'em.

[@hudentdw2]

monto beautiful...Jazz at its best! Monk is my man He is so good!

[@ergbudster3333]

Maynard G Krebs brought me here. Er.. sometime back in the 50s. Man, I am so grateful to that cat for that. RIP guy who wrote Maynard into the Dopey Gillis show and founded a race of jazz loving beatniks who stayed on the path from thence to now. Yeah.

[@TheWye]

Fact: the ratio between the "Likes" to "Dislikes" on this video up to today (May 1st 2011) is Infinity.

[@saltyduck9435]

Monk looks like he just walked in from the street because he's playing with his overcoat still On! perhaps he was Cold....funny!

[@Bix12]

Monk was one rare cat....the coolest ever! Dig that crazy dance I call the Monk 2-Step Stumble

[@conradmason87]

Salamander dancing in the sunlight with...syncopation to the Nth degree!

[@MrBiosax]

Great sax solo!

[@bygonedaze7935]

so so great. Just You, Just Me = Just Us = Justice => Evidence....gotta Love Monk

[@hombrequemiralaluna]

I'm loving the tenor sax in this song...

[@TheAwesomenessman123]

Probably one of my favorite jazz songs

[@tango_doggy]

I can't get this out of my head

[@eperry9803]

The Magic of Mountain Monk .no one compares..swing baby swing..we bout to cut the rug in june 2024

[@lukehauser1182]

Wow - just wow - Monk is standing and dancing at 3:40 and immersed in his solo at 3:50

[@waynepinnock5874]

GENIUS!

[@suspendedfromthemoon]

Note perfect on this night! Not a move amiss...

[@lela2394]

Thank you for posting!

[@espectro3914]

What a perfomance, really amazing

[@metoikos5]

Love this!

[@TamboJazz]

If all world governments dedicated themselves, to the arts including music, dance, sculpture, painting, and so on w`d have a better world, since people who play, sing, dance, and paint, are happier and more productive,which would lead to general sustained, and sustainable development BLESSING

[@crownpropeller]

R.I.P, Butch Warren

[@espectro3914]

Trying to follow Monk playing is so trhilling

[@olandobobb243]

This is amazing !!

[@cadillackid2002]

Frankie Dunlop is Top 10 Drummer of All Time. And the "Evidence" is Here!!! 😂😂😂