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The Jazz Baroness
This feature was broadcast on ABC 2; 8pm - March 20, 2011.
Artist Biography
Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer considered one of the giants of American music. 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...
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Monk to me/according to me is the Jazz "Jesus" Please listen to Brilliant Corners. Underground, Straight, No Chaser , Criss Cross just to list a few, and let me know what you really think of his playing style. Nobody alive today plays like Monk...and Bud Powell ofcourse. Wish I had seen him live.
This should prove fascinating. Monk remains a jazz prophet. As a composer he rates up there with Gershwin, Mingus, Strayhorn, Jobim and other greats. Monk to me is what Van Gogh is to painting - both unique and beautiful.
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