Thelonious Monk: His Sound Was So Original, That No One Could Imitate Him

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@CCSimmons 10 ай бұрын

🎼I performed an all Monk music concert with my quartet on October 10th, 2017, the Centenary of his birth. I memorized all the music, because I wanted to perform with a creative free spirit and unbounded energy to which the late great jazz pianist composer Thelonious Sphere Monk always did. Thank you Monk. 🎹🎶

@zephaniarutlokwana2891 4 ай бұрын

Monk is a true embodiment of the spirit of freedom that is intrinsic in the JAZZ idiom. He is phenomenally outstanding.

@joseailton5716 10 ай бұрын

"underground "1968 , the best álbum of Monk !

@SmokinGun55 Ай бұрын

He was a musician’s dream with all that space he gave them to solo. That is why Coltrane blended so well with him. He was my favorite in an era with so many brilliant keyboardists.

@tedallenwolff 11 ай бұрын

Wow, an exceptional portrayal! I played jazz for many decades, studied and taught at Berklee, but was never able to attempt most of Monk's tunes. They are, as you said, incredibly difficult to interpret. I have his son's debut recording, which is excellent. T.S. Monk has done a great job of honoring his father's legacy and using it as a platform for his own career.

@willieluncheonette5843 3 ай бұрын

maybe you might like to read and listen to my recent article on Monk and his albums on the Tracking Angle site.

@TusevoLandu 10 ай бұрын

please Do Sun Ra

@Jazz313 11 ай бұрын

That’s why I love Jazz ….freedom ❤

@omowaleluthuli-allen4783 10 ай бұрын

Art Tatum. Bud Powell. Monk. His work with Coltrane and Charlie Rouse exceptional and defining of the bebop genre. Great expose. Hats of to Nellie and the Baroness...

@cyclonasaurusrex1525 10 ай бұрын

I never understood Monk until, one day, I did. And then I saw the genius. To me, nobody comes close.

@jamesnicol3831 10 ай бұрын

Maybe Beethoven or Liszt. Monk is his own jazz

@colingillis5989 8 ай бұрын

You don't get his brilliance until you get it! Other then Mingus he was the best jazz composer of all time in my humble opinion. Thanks for your channel it brings much joy to me!

@MrAgmx 11 күн бұрын

You are not wrong! Both giants of the art form

@simonmoore7504 2 ай бұрын

Wonderful documentary about this remarkable musician.

@robinwitting2023 11 ай бұрын

He once chased a heckler out of the theatre. Not what the guy expected when he bought his ticket. Robin Witting England

@nylesfrench3568 10 ай бұрын

Stubbornness or dedication. He was a Genius and ahead of His Time.

@gregarnold1696 11 ай бұрын

I don't have the knowledge to explain Monk but I do believe his concept of music is what happens on the other side of the rainbow were the gold is

@edwinrivera5695 8 ай бұрын

I appreciate your wonderful words ❤️

@DavidCarey-oh8zl 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic jazz documentary ❤👍🎺🎷👐

@TexRenner 11 ай бұрын

The first secular music concert of any kind I attended was the Longhorn Jazz Festival sometime in the mid-sixties. When one of the group of high school friends my older brother had conned into going with him crapped out and he was stuck with an extra ticket he offered it to me. I was still in junior high, and I was not a big jazz fan, but I knew Thelonius Monk was controversial and famous and couldn't wait to see him. He was the headliner, closing the show, before it was his turn my brother's whiny buddies got bored and made us go home. I never got another chance.

@willieluncheonette5843 3 ай бұрын

Just had posted on the Tracking Angle site a critical review of Monk's records. He is my favorite jazz musician.

@garryreece935 10 ай бұрын

Excellent short doc my brother.

@onetrackjazz 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@brendanmcnally9145 10 ай бұрын

Great essay!

@decencywarrior9598 10 ай бұрын

Man I hate it when a genius has to sideline himself while he waits for the rest of the world to catch up , but it worked exactly as it was gonna work .

@jbOneEarth 10 ай бұрын

"Why was this man so stubborn?" ❤

@ericstevenson2188 10 ай бұрын

If one started listening to Monk before even setting foot in school as I did being open to the wide open makes magic unnecessary in the grandeur of reality.

@CorbCorbin 10 ай бұрын

What school? You mean, before first grade, you had parents playing Monk? Or, are you saying that you chose your own your own, at such an age? Or, were you actually older, and by _school_ , actually mean music school?

@ericstevenson2188 10 ай бұрын

I meant all a school my love for Monk started very early.

@w1n6er12 10 ай бұрын

great! this is awesome that there are people who want others to know as much as them)

@ElPibeDeLosAstilleros13 9 ай бұрын

Thank You Very Much! Thelonious, en mi alma. Siempre! 🙏🏼

@marksutton5540 9 ай бұрын

As a youth in 1969 I turned my back on Rock music embracing Delta Blues. During that time searching for authentic music I procured a Monk record and listened to it with all seriousness. I could not for the life of me make sense of it, but I knew there was a kind of genius in it. Your doc says I was right.

@jenisereedus 7 ай бұрын

THELONIOUS ❤

@jerrychetty2524 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, you always get a 👍from me and I appreciate your work

@onetrackjazz 10 ай бұрын

I appreciate that

@Podoco_music 11 ай бұрын

these are quickly becoming my favorite videos on youtube! keep them coming!

@onetrackjazz 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Will do!

@jeffsummstl 8 ай бұрын

On the surface, Monk’s angular sound shouldn’t work, but somehow it does.

@MikeHartgrove 9 ай бұрын

This is so educational and wonderful to learn!

@Gurci28 5 ай бұрын

Excellent video channel about jazz.

@Gurci28 5 ай бұрын

Careful diction, excellent narrative!

@Gurci28 5 ай бұрын

"All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians." 2:24 Quote attributed to Thelonious Monk

@Gurci28 5 ай бұрын

It keeps you hooked by the original narrative it presents.

@Gurci28 5 ай бұрын

He even played with unusual technique, using flat, spread fingers instead of curving them. 6:19 [WTTW]

@kevinsplinter8595 11 ай бұрын

Cool. Thanks For Sharing This.

@onetrackjazz 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@kevinsplinter8595 11 ай бұрын

@@onetrackjazz No Problem. What's Your favorite Thelonious Monk Album?

@billystrayhornsghost 4 ай бұрын

This is a good short.The photo shown of Monk's wife is Mary Lou Williams not Nellie.Overall a good presentation of this jazz genius.

@orchidlilly7518 8 ай бұрын

Thank-you Alexander*

@DevonHberman-im6bx 8 ай бұрын

Even as a drummer I can say his music is hard to play with. I’ve been trying to record covers of Monk’s works, and they are always the hardest tracks for me to follow because they’re just so…. Different…. 😂

@BLKPlutoh 6 ай бұрын

The two most challenging genres for me to play as a drummer are jazz and heavy metal, in the best way

@bmuhamad 11 ай бұрын

Genius is a word to describe him. As so is the musician, in my opinion, Sun Ra. Let's check it out. Great piece. Epistrophy, interpreted by Los Angeles native, Eric Dolphy.

@CorbCorbin 10 ай бұрын

I’ve went down the Sun Ra rabbit hole, and it goes from big band stuff I love, to the more fusion type stuff, that mostly stinks, imo. Though, I have that type of relationship with all jazz music. Love some of it, but then other beloved stuff, just doesn’t hold my attention.