Don Brown Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 Brilliant Corners. Especially the original recording on Riverside where it sounds as though Sonny Rollins has managed to blow his tenor inside out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 (edited) This thread indicates the difficulty of separating composition from performance in jazz. My first choice would probably be "Crepuscule" but that might be because of orchestration and performance. Edited July 5, 2007 by Chuck Nessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Kat Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 Chose In Walked Bud. But then I realized it's actually Bye Ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 Chose In Walked Bud. But then I realized it's actually Bye Ya. Actually....it's "BLUE SKIES" by Irving Berlin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 I can't choose! And if I could, I might have chosen an "other"! I'm in love with Monk's music. Same here. I like "Brilliant Corners," of course, as well as "Locomotive" and "Jackie-ing" a lot. But there are so many... same with Herbie Nichols. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ep1str0phy Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 Wow--I didn't think I'd hear someone else say "Locomotive". As Chuck noted, a lot of it is a performance/composition thing, and I have an affection for the whole of Underground, anyway. I'll also list "Well You Needn't", "Monk's Mood"... you keep going long enough you list everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 It would have to be 'Monk's Mood'. Wonderfull tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 Impossible to pick only one. Today it's "Pannonica." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 This week it's Monk's Mood. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrdlu Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 I'm going to bend the rules a little, and say "favorite Monk performance of one of his tunes". Straight No Chaser, from the 1959 Riverside album "Five By Monk By Five". The piano accompaniment for the horns is absolutely amazing, and has stuck vividly in my mind ever since I first heard it (on LP) - generations ago, lol. When I play this, Monk always draws my attention away from the horn solos (which are not exactly shabby, being by Charlie Rouse and Thad Jones). But, of course, he wrote so many wonderful tunes and made so many fantastic recordings. [i just read the thread about people who saw Trane live. Well I got to see Monk live. It was in 1971 on that "Giants of Jazz" tour. Art Blakey was right, it was a bad idea, though I'm glad I got to see all those great players. At least the tour led to those superb trio recordings in London, which, sadly, turned out to be Monk's last. Monk was mentally a mess on that tour. He played purely by reflex, and when I saw him backstage, he seemed to have lost all motor control. His eyes were rolling around in a weird way, poor guy. Diz was looking after him and getting ice cream for him.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 [i just read the thread about people who saw Trane live. Well I got to see Monk live. It was in 1971 on that "Giants of Jazz" tour. Art Blakey was right, it was a bad idea, though I'm glad I got to see all those great players. At least the tour led to those superb trio recordings in London, which, sadly, turned out to be Monk's last. Monk was mentally a mess on that tour. He played purely by reflex, and when I saw him backstage, he seemed to have lost all motor control. His eyes were rolling around in a weird way, poor guy. Diz was looking after him and getting ice cream for him.] I was also saw the "Giants of Jazz" - at the Dominion, Tottenham Court Road, London. I had previously seen Monk in April 1961 at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester when his quartet were in a double bill with the Jazz Messengers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 (edited) well, the true measure of hipness here would be to come up with a Monk song nobody else ever heard of - since there is no such thing I will become the hippest person ever by saying Just You Just Me from the standards album - Monk plays a cool little riff to the chords, in unison with Pettiford, as I recall - damn, I'm so cool it should be illegal in 14 states - along with sodomy, sex with car accident victims*, and dancing with a mailman- *Lenny Bruce reference; damn that's hip Edited April 24, 2008 by AllenLowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 well, the true measure of hipness here would be to come up with a Monk song nobody else ever heard of - since there is no such thing I will become the hippest person ever by saying Just You Just Me from the standards album - Monk plays a cool little riff to the chords, in unison with Pettiford, as I recall - damn, I'm so cool it should be illegal in 14 states - along with sodomy, sex with car accident victims*, and dancing with a mailman- *Lenny Bruce reference; damn that's hip Of course, Monk's "Evidence" is based on the chords of "Just You Just Me" .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 ahh, you just topped me - I give up my crown - allright kids, answer the BIG question - what chord changes is "Parisian Thoroughfare" based on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 ahh, you just topped me - I give up my crown - allright kids, answer the BIG question - what chord changes is "Parisian Thoroughfare" based on? Ummm .... But isn't this a Monk thread? P.S. "When I Grow Too Old to Dream"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Weiss Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Sorry to be a spoiler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AllenLowe Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 good job, no fair, you're a pianist - funny thing is I knew both those tunes for years before Dick Katz pointed that out to me - they're so different - and anyway, Bud Powell wrote Parisian Thoroughfare and he was tight with Monk, so it works out ok - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Weiss Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 MartyJazz probably has the best ears of any non-musician I know. I remember him being able to identify several tunes without ever hearing the melody. Even Bird tunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 Quite astonishing, but besides Misterioso, Ruby and 'Round Midnight, two of my very favourites have only been mentioned once in this thread (twice if you include mikeweil's list): Reflections and Criss Cross. Bright Mississippi is another fun one. And for standards, I think it would have to be Lulu for me - and how about that weird "There's Danger In Your Eyes, Cherie", from "Alone in San Francisco"?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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