Thelonious Monk: The Top 25 icons in Jazz history Recognized as one of the most original musicians in American history, Thelonious Sphere Monk fashioned a startlingly unique, inimitable playing and composing style that influenced virtually every succeeding jazz generation. His playing technique offered a percussive approach to the piano, identified by sparse, complex, sometimes dissonant […]
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Thelonious Monk’s Harmony, Rhythm, and pianism (Part 4) Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here and Part 3 here. Techniques and Events in Texture and Harmony. Download Monk’s sheet music and transcriptions from our Library. Some layers of events do promote continuity in ISC. The original melody is always present in the uppermost note of […]
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Jazz Play Along – Play Jazz Standards ‘Round Midnight’ Words Bernie Hanighen Music Cootie Williams and Thelonius Monk (piano) – Free sheet Music here. “Round Midnight” is a 1944 composition by pianist Thelonious Monk that quickly became a jazz standard and has been recorded by a wide variety of artists. A version recorded by Monk’s […]
Table of Contents Thelonius Monk’s sheet music transcriptions are available from our Library. Chords and Voicings: From Lead Sheet to Performance Voicing Harmonic choice Extension, omission, spacing and doubling Chord Substitution, Insertion, and Deletion Thelonius Monk‘s sheet music transcriptions are available from our Library. Chords and Voicings: From Lead Sheet to Performance In modern jazz, […]
Table of Contents ‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk with sheet music Composition and Monk’s first recording Watch Thelonious Monk’s performance LIVE: Download Thelonious Monk’s sheet music from our Library. ‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk with sheet music Watch Thelonious Monk’s performance LIVE: “‘Round Midnight” is a 1944 composition by pianist Thelonious Monk that quickly became […]