Thelonious Monk
Ken Burns Jazz-Thelonious Monk
Ken Burns Jazz-Thelonious Monk
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UPC Code: 074646144923
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Number of Discs: 1
Description
Thelonious Monk, jazz's greatest iconoclast, spent a lifetime exploring chords that others couldn't hear, writing tunes that they couldn't play. Starting at the dawn of the bebop revolution, he composed music in obscurity for many years before those outside a small circle of Harlem musicians began to understand.
Monk's compositional ingenuity produced a songbook whose emotional depth has been exceeded only by Duke Ellington's. He never abandoned his group concept, for all the changes in jazz fashion that took place over thirty years. His piano style has remained so fresh that while others have borrowed elements from it, none has ever tried to copy it whole. And his recorded output now sounds
This release is part of the Ken Burns Jazz series. See: legacyrecordings.com/kenburnsjazz
Monk's compositional ingenuity produced a songbook whose emotional depth has been exceeded only by Duke Ellington's. He never abandoned his group concept, for all the changes in jazz fashion that took place over thirty years. His piano style has remained so fresh that while others have borrowed elements from it, none has ever tried to copy it whole. And his recorded output now sounds
This release is part of the Ken Burns Jazz series. See: legacyrecordings.com/kenburnsjazz
Tracks
| Track | Title | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Well You Needn't | 2:55 | |
| 2 | Epistrophy | 3:05 | |
| 3 | Misterioso | 3:20 | |
| 4 | Straight, No Chaser | 2:55 | |
| 5 | Blue Monk | 7:36 | |
| 6 | Brilliant Corners | 7:45 | |
| 7 | Ruby, My Dear | 6:18 | |
| 8 | Trinkle,Trinkle | 6:38 | |
| 9 | Off Minor | 7:49 | |
| 10 | Rhythm-A-Ning | 3:53 | |
| 11 | Criss Cross | 4:40 | |
| 12 | Green Chimneys | 9:03 | |
| 13 | 'Round Midnight | 3:49 | |
| 14 | Nice Work If You Can Get It | 5:10 |
