Thelonious Monk Plays the Music of Duke Ellington on Riverside Records 12-201
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Thelonious Monk
Plays The Music of Duke Ellington
On Riverside Records 12-201
Condition: Cover is VG-, minor split on spine and split on upper seam. Record is VG+
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ABOUT:
Thelonious Sphere Monk[2] (October 10, 1917[3] – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer, considered one of the giants of American music.[4] Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser" and "Well, You Needn't". Monk is the second-most recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington, which is particularly remarkable as Ellington composed over 1,000 songs while Monk wrote about 70.[5]
His compositions and improvisations are full of dissonant harmonies and angular melodic twists, and are consistent with Monk's unorthodox approach to the piano, which combined a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of silences and hesitations. This style was not universally appreciated, shown for instance in poet and jazz critic Philip Larkin's dismissal of Monk as "the elephant on the keyboard".[6]
Monk's manner was idiosyncratic. Visually, he was renowned for his distinctive style in suits, hats and sunglasses. He was also noted for the fact that at times, while the other musicians in the band continued playing, he would stop, stand up from the keyboard and dance for a few moments before returning to the piano.
As of 2010, he is one[7] of five jazz musicians to have been featured on the cover of Time, along with Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis, and Dave Brubeck.[8]
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