Thelonious Monk - Thelonious In Action - FLAC

Thelonious Monk
Thelonious in Action: Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe [Live]
1958
FLAC


1. Light Blue
2. Coming On The Hudson
3. Rhythm-A-Ning
4. Epistrophy (Live - (theme))
5. Blue Monk
6. Evidence
7. Epistrophy (Live - (theme))
8. Unidentified Solo Piano
9. Blues Five Spot
10. In Walked Bud/Epistrophy


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Thelonious Sphere Monk[1] (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an

American jazz pianist and composer who, according to The Penguin Guide to

Jazz, was "one of the giants of American music".[2] 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."

Often regarded as a founder of bebop, Monk's playing later evolved away

from that style. His compositions and improvisations are full of

dissonant harmonies and angular melodic twists, and are impossible to

separate from Monk's unorthodox approach to the piano, which combined a

highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of silences and

hesitations.

Monk's manner was idiosyncratic. Visually, he was renowned for his

distinctively "hip" sartorial 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. One of his regular

dances consisted of continuously turning in a counterclockwise fashion,

which has drawn comparisons to ring-shout and Sufi whirling.

He is one of only five jazz musicians to be featured on the cover of Time

(the other four being Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis,

and Dave Brubeck).[3]