Rabshakeh Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago The vibraphone has a close relationship as an instrument to the piano, but I can't off the top of my head think of any vibes players who showed a clear relationship to Thelonious Monk's music. Perhaps the high sustained sound of a vibraphone makes Monk's rhythmic concepts less satisfying. Any ideas? Idle curiosity, really. Quote
Joe Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago Milt Jackson is the only vibes player I can think of who recorded with Monk. That's the session that gave us "Misterioso", IIRC. I would say the version of Bobby Hutcherson who's so integral to Grachan Moncur III's EVOLUTION and Dolphy's OUT TO LUNCH is engaging with Monk's concepts. Quote
Rabshakeh Posted 2 hours ago Author Posted 2 hours ago I don't really hear much Monk in Jackson. You're right that he played with him but I just don't hear much of it having rubbed off. Hutcherson perhaps a little? But it seems like more of an expansive modal thing to me. Quote
mhatta Posted 2 minutes ago Posted 2 minutes ago When Karl Berger plays with Don Cherry, he uses a lot of dissonance, so he sounds a bit like Monk, but his choice of notes is quite different from Monk’s. https://youtu.be/Z62wpWSraTU?si=ns11I4Ga1KQea0Bt Quote
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