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Classic Monk, classical Jazz at Lincoln Center

2008-11-23 00:31:06 by Jazz beyond Jazz in Jazz Beyond Jazz
 
...Monk Festival was in the fifth floor atrium, during intermission of simultaneous concerts by pianist Danilo Perez's trio (reprising his cd Panamonk , in the Allen Room) and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra performing members' arrangements of Monk's music in big band settings led by Wynton Marsalis, with featured pianist Marcus Roberts (in...
 
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Thelonious Monk

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2007-11-29 17:01:00 by Michael McCaw in like rain whispers mist
...Monk - piano Larry Gales - acoustic bass Ben Riley - drums Total time: 153:27 Over two and a half hours of music. Nineteen songs, five previously released, eleven restored to how they were originally performed, and three previously unreleased in any form until Live At The It Club (Complete) was released back in 1998 by Columbia / Legacy...
 
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Monk 90th Birthday Celebration

2008-01-04 21:17:21 by Shyam Sundar in The LION 90.7fm
 
...Monk 90th Birthday Celebration - Bill Cosby, Host Ben Riley & Monk Legacy Septet; T.S. Monk; Wayne Escoffery, Carolyn Leonhart and others Saturday, Jan. 26 2008, Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom Come celebrate Thelonious Monks 90th birthday year with a stellar line up of jazz artists who will converge for an unforgettable one-night-only...
 
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Monk Institute Sets 2008 Competition Schedule

2008-03-12 14:14:01 by Editor in News
 
...Monk Institute of Jazz has announced that the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition finals will take place on Sunday, October 26 at 5 p.m. at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. The semi-finals will take place on the campus of UCLA at Schoenberg Hall on Saturday, October 25 from 1-5 p.m. This years competition will feature the saxophone,...
 
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Thelonious Monk: One Of The Pioneers Of Bebop

2008-12-28 13:23:04 by Dr Robert Muller in 1960s Psychedelic Hippie Culture and Music
 
...Monk is most known for what can be called 'straight forward jazz'. Born Thelonious Sphere Monk on the 10th of October 1917, Monk began playing the piano at the tender age of nine. Most of what he knew on the piano was self taught in addition to the tricks he learned while slyly dropping in on his elder sister Marian's piano classes and a...
 
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Reminder: Monk 90th Bday Tribute, Bill Cosby, Host - Sat. 1/26/08

2008-01-23 02:35:28 by Shyam Sundar in The LION 90.7fm
 
...Monk 90th Bday Celebration- This Sat. 1/26/08Bill Cosby Host Tickets moving quickly | Ronnie Matthewsadded as featured pianist Come celebrate Thelonious Monks 90th birthday year with a stellar line up of jazz artists who will converge for an unforgettable one-night-only summit, on Saturday evening January 26, at 8:00 PM. in the Grand...
 
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Shelly Manne... Spontaneous Music Ensemble... Thelonious Monk...

2008-05-20 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
 
...Monk put him down badly/offensively, in fact... Tristano is a musician I admire and regard as very underrated so this was a shock. But, like I say, these are tricky issues which should be met head on The music: a busy opening on 'Billies Bounce' as the piano takes the lead and the left hand covers for lack of bass by ranging deep and busy...
 
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The Tonic Of Monk

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2008-10-09 15:24:04 by Li Robbins in Radio 2 Blog
 
...Monk was one of those musicians who added something to the music vocabulary that is so distinctive it defies our tendency to describe what music is in terms of something else. No so-and-so-meets so-and-so. Sure, you could hear some of the music he came up with in his playing -- notably the early stride pianists, but ultimately he was as...
 
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Monk at 90, Monk Forever

2007-10-10 02:42:58 by Jazz beyond Jazz in Jazz Beyond Jazz
 
...Monk (Oct. 10, 1917 - Feb. 17, 1982) should be celebrated today on the occasion of his 90th birthday, and always for the indestructible resonance of his compositions, pianism and performance style. He is an authentic icon of the American alternative, the possibility of us each becoming, and making sense of, who we uniquely are. It's easy to...
 
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Mal Waldron... Albert Ayler... Thelonious Monk...

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2008-11-02 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog