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The film includes part of a Japanese TV performance. Monk plays Just a Gigolo solo. I have always thought, watching that, that during his first improvisational chorus, he does something and flinches in surprise, then later repeats that phrase in the next chorus. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Am I right about the surprise?
I saw the documentary. Loved it for its uncompromising view of the artist. His illness did not take away from his brilliance as a musician and innovator. I really appreciated the loyalty that the Duchess showed for most his life. Wish people loved me as much as that.
If you have a chance, check out the documentar y Straight No Chaser. It gives a really amazing insight into the mind and world of Thelonius Monk. Wow, he was just an absolute one of a kind genius!
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Monk plays american history , listening I gladly shed a tear.
Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Sun Ra, Ornette Coleman and the countless others who are true innovators listen to the universe within. They express through their music what it is they hear and choose to share with the world while the world sits back in its comfortable safety-net of what is familiar and criticizes their music. They are not given the accolades or support from an industry that pushes what is common, pedestrian and oftentimes mediocre. However, years after their deaths, they are th
Every time I listen to Thelonious, I almost hear something different in his music ... it's as if his music speaks with timeless knwoledge ... one of my all-time greats!
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