Thelonious monk evidence sheet music leadsheet in eb major. Thelonious sphere monk was an american jazz pianist and composer. My first experience of monk was criss cross and the monk side of the old miles and monk at newport lp. See new and popular thelonious monk songs, uploaded by musescore users, connect with a community of musicians who love to write and play music. Just a gigolo thelonious monk transcription youtube. The white patriarch james monk came to north carolina in a wave of migrants from scotland around 1770.
The list was transcribed by saxophonist steve lacy in 1960. Thelonious monk piano charlie rouse tenor saxophone butch warren bass frankie dunlop drums. In a new biography, thelonious monk minus the myth. Monk s playing style is very unique, using sparse voicings and omitting notes to add dissonance.
Monk s mood thelonious monk monk s mood, which received its first recording at a 1947 blue note recording session, is monk s most somber composition. In our catalog, you can find thelonious monk sheet music for piano, drums, flute, saxophone, trumpet, guitar and almost any other instrument. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Thelonious monk evidence sheet music leadsheet in eb. Download for free in pdf midi format, or print directly from our site. A full transcription of monk s solo introduction and the ensemble head only. Widely considered as one of the most important musicians in jazz he is one of only five jazz musicians to be featured on the cover of time monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire. Hard to go wrong with the most of the riverside or columbia titles.
Check out monk s evidence by thelonious monk on amazon music. Thelonious monk, american pianist and composer who was among the first creators of modern jazz. Another doctor maintains that monk was misdiagnosed and prescribed drugs during his. Recordings by the best performers of the greatest era in jazz.
Pianist dave zoller takes a tougher route with his double cd evidencemusic of thelonious monk. Monk s music brilliant corners 5 x 5 x monk thelonious himself solo thelonious alone in san francisco solo. A crowdfunded project released on his dpzjazz imprint, evidence features piano, bass, drums, and tenorsoprano saxophonethe format of monk s bestknown ensemble though charlie rouse stuck to tenor exclusively. Thelonious monk s compositions as recorded by thelonious monk created date. Below are recordings and pdf transcriptions from a thelonious monk transcription book which is seemingly impossible to purchase.
Monk was also an important figure in jazz composition and his songs became an important part of the jazz repertoire. Product information evidence by thelonious monk digital sheet music leadsheet add to wish list at a glance. Free free thelonious monk sheet music sheet music pieces to download from. The demons and obsessions of jazz genius thelonious monk he played angular and slow when the fashion was for fast and sundrenched. Other evidence further suggests that monk had developed his unique piano style, approach to composition, and ideas. Monks evidence by thelonious monk on amazon music unlimited. His musical life and times biographical information thelonious sphere monk was born october 10, 1917 in rocky mount, north carolina.
As the pianist in the band at mintons playhouse, a nightclub in new york city, in the early 1940s, monk had great influence on the other musicians who later developed the bebop movement. One of my favorite solo monk recordings, from solo monk 1965. The life and genius of thelonious monk 1997, reported that at least one of monk s psychiatrists failed to find evidence of manic depression bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. My arrangement is a transcription of110nks piano introduction to a big band setting ofthe tune, which. Thelonious grandfather, erich jarvis a neu robiologist at duke whose mother, valeria monk, was a cousin, and pam monk kelley an educator in connecticut, whose father conley monk was a first cousin, some of thelonious monk s roots emerge.
In a new biography, thelonious monk minus the myth robin d. Thelonious monk plays duke ellington keepnews collection it dont mean a thing if it ain. Thelonious sphere monk rocky mount, north carolina 10th october 1917 hartsdale, new york 17th february 1982 was a jazz pianist and composer. Thelonious monks surreally strange and spartan genius. It also did not list his middle name, taken from his maternal grandfather, sphere batts. Evidence first recorded on july 2, 1948 blue note 549, 1509, it went by various names, notably justice and we named it justice. Thelonious monk s surreally strange and spartan genius gets its due the legendary pianists centenary was celebrated and his music vibrantly updated by john beasley and his remarkable monk. Thelonious monk evidence solo piano loisirs des sports scribd. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz. Kelley this course explores 20th century cultural history through the music, ideas, and image of pianistcomposer thelonious monk. Thelonious monk, evidence weseemusicblog weseemusique.
It was also covered by thelonious moog, olivier manoury yves torchinsky, bennie wallace, inside jazz quartet and. His badly written birth certificate misspelled his first name as thelious or thelius. The thelonious monk quartet originally released evidence written by thelonious monk and the thelonious monk quartet released it on the single ruby my dear in 1948. The following fantastic list of advice comes courtesy of legendary jazz pianist thelonious monk, a musical genius who died exactly 30 years ago, on february 17th of 1982. The out rageous hats, the splayed fingers, the suckedin cheeks, the spastic danc ingall of it suggests a character with a story that goes well beyond the. Monk as documentary subject krin gabbard for those familiar with thelonious monk only through recordings, the experience of first seeing him perform on film can be startling. The life and times of an american original, a hefty, familyauthorized, and definitive factual biography, which declared that monk. The voa performance has now been issued as thelonious monk with john coltrane.
From his popular album monks dream, recorded on november 2nd, 19. Born on october 10, 1917 in rocky mount, north carolina, the son of thelonious and barbara monk, young thelonious monk grew up in new york city after the family moved there in 1922 and began playing the piano without formal training. Thelonious monk, the most influential 20th century jazz. Kelley spent 14 years on a new book, which some are calling the definitive work on a jazz legend. Print and download lead sheets for evidence by thelonious monk in eb major. For those familiar with thelonious monk only through recordings, the experience of first. It puns off of the song on which it was loosely based, just you, just me by jesse greer and raymond klages, which transforms the title to just us, which in turn became justice and ultimately evidence. And hey all those early blue note recordings are in there too. Thelonious monk evidence solo piano dvlryqdx7p4z idocpub. The summer of 1957 would seem to mark the redemption of thelonious monk, the summer he made monks music in one night he was then a 39yearold new york jazz pianist of great repute who hadn. Leslie gourse, author of the book straight, no chaser. Misterioso is a 1958 live album by american jazz ensemble the thelonious monk quartet.
His most frequently played songs include round midnight, i mean you, blue monk, straight no chaser and evidence. Jazz pianist thelonious monk became one of the 20th centurys most influential and innovative jazz musicians. Evidence friday the th hackensack i mean you in walked bud locomotive. In 1922 his family moved to new york city where he would reside for the rest.
Evidence introhead only from the 1958 recording thelonious in action, with johnny griffin ts, ahmed abdulmalik bs, and roy haynes ds. Your highresolution pdf file will be ready to download in the original. Evidence take 1 chordially improvisation blue monk. Thelonious monk sheet music free download in pdf or midi. Thelonious monk tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including blue monk, round midnight, straight no chaser, bemsha swing, misterioso. Song information for evidence thelonious monk on allmusic. Cover versions of evidence by the thelonious monk quartet. Thelonious monk evidence solo piano sheet music for piano.
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