Thelonious Monk is guy who’s music & style you either get or don’t. In falls in the realm of atonal jazz, which some consider to be not so friendly on the ear at times. I think it’s brilliant, and invites the listener in to experience the music in a unique and very personal way. Thelonious played with such reckless beauty, and his phrasing was at times more suggestive than literal– I swear, sometimes I hear notes that aren’t even there. He composed around 70 original pieces and recorded them over and over, so it’s possible to have a huge collection of different arrangements with different flavors.
Ray Nance by William Gottlieb via everyday_i_show
Louis Armstrong by William Gottlieb via everyday_i_show
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Robert Glasper - Smell Like Teen Spirit (live)
Robert Glasper Trio - The Barbican, London (14th November 2010)
Robert Glasper, piano
Derrick Hodge, bass
Mark Colenburg, drums
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Chet Baker - Almost Blue(E. Costello)
(i am sorry monkdemonk i’ve removed the rest of the text)
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My Funny Valentine by Enrico Rava - Paolo Fresu from Shades of Chet (2001, Label Bleu) album
track #2
Enrico Rava; trumpet and flugle horn
Paolo Fresu; trumpet and flugle horn
Stefano Bollani; piano
Enzo Pietropaoli; double bass
Roberto Gatto; drums
free jazz, jazz fusion, progressive jazz …
ZERKMAN BIG BANG - Orpiment
Zerkman Big Bang (Belgrade, Serbia)
Personnel:
Zoran Erkman - trumpet
Branislav Dragović Bein - bass
Vladan Rajović Vlada - drums
Nebojša Adamović Adam - percussion, sampler
Chicco - saxophone
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Erroll Garner: ♫ Harvard Blues - The Quintessence New York - Hollywood: 1944-1947 Disc 1
I guess Bass was Slam Stewart.
Roland L. Freeman. Dancing at Jazz Alley, Chicago, 1974
