Thelonious Monk - Solitude - Berliner Jazztage 1969 (4/6)

[@l1z4rd4]

Monk has the most unique style.

[@HOTCOKEORDERS]

Beautiful.Just Beautiful. from far east monk lover.

[@madpop17]

this is great! so rare to see such nicely shot footage of Monk. you can see his sweat drip! wow

[@TamirAlkobiMusic]

I want to cry........So Beautiful.

[@saabturbografx]

my mind is having trouble comprehending the structure of this song...a feast for the mind

[@paulfhoffman]

Early in his career, Monk recorded and played in Coleman Hawkins' band. Hawkins was not a bopper, but his harmonic sense was modern. Perhaps Monk's "inner voicings" reflect this influence, as well as that of one John Birks Gillespie.

[@pastoria3]

thank you so much!

[@bertdockx]

diggin' deeeeep

[@custardapple777jazz]

Who was Monk's teacher and who were his influences ? His voicings and inner lines are awesome.

[@tehwinnerz5006]

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[@burtonsanders8141]

The one that did the thumbs down really needs psychriatical assistance.....

[@clintjones9848]

Very poignant if you consider the lyrics. Monk was at the end of his career and about to lose it. 'I know that I'll soon go mad.' He couldn't cope with the end of the jazz golden age and retired into solitude not long after this.

[@nevilleattkins586]

not entirely solitude - he spent his final days with Panonica, "The Jazz Baroness", the same woman whose apartment Charlie Parker spent his last hours in, and who paid for the funerals of Bud Powell , Coleman Hawkins and Sonny Clarke. She's obviously the influence for Monk's tune "Pannonica' but also all those tunes with 'Nica' like Nica's dream. A great woman in her own right but also a great consolation to Monk in his final days. That said Monk's playing here has the feeling of such poignant taking leave in particular that run at the end has such a heartbreaking quality - a final flash of what is soon to be never to heard again.