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Piano Solos
Thelonious Monk
Release Date: 11/07/2006
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# of Discs:
1
J&R Item # 950286_CD
UPC # 090431085622
Label: Collectables Records
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Disc: 1
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Performer: Thelonious Monk
Distributor: Select-O-Hits
Thelonious Monk, underappreciated at the beginning of his career in the 1940s, was eventually recognized as one of the most brilliant figures in modern jazz, with a piano and compositional style that began in a classic stride and then veered off, gloriously, into the stratosphere. In contrast to the more athletic exploits of many beboppers, Monk's idiosyncratic playing was filled with stark contrasts of rhythm, space, and harmony, as if he were carefully unveiling some ancient wisdom. His death in 1982 left a void in jazz that could never be filled. However, Monk's songs live on in his remarkable recordings, and his influence is continually present in the work of hundreds of contemporary musicians.
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Blakey, Art Bley, Paul Blythe, Arthur Braxton, Anthony Clarke, Kenny Coleman, Ornette Coltrane, John Davis, Miles Dorham, Kenny Garland, Red Gillespie, Dizzy Gryce, Gigi Harris, Barry (Jazz) Hill, Andrew Kelly, Wynton Lacy, Steve Mingus, Charles Motian, Paul Parker, Charlie Peterson, Oscar Powell, Bud Roach, Max Roberts, Marcus Rollins, Sonny Rouse, Charlie Sphere (Jazz) Tatum, Art Taylor, Cecil Terry, Clark Weston, Randy
Influences:
Ellington, Duke Hawkins, Coleman Johnson, James P. Smith, Willie "The Lion" Wilson, Teddy
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