Tired of Trump? Yeah, baby! David Helbock lets us escape with a multi-instrumental approach to Monk’s music, featuring Dave, Johannes Bär, and Andreas Broger playing, well, a lot of things. Recorded live at the Jazzahead 2015 in Bremen (DE).1 Posted by David Helbock “Bremen (DE)” is German for “Bremen, Germany” (as in “DEutschland”). ↩︎
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TheSynchroNerds—Art Blakey’s 1957 solo for “Well, You Needn’t”
TheSynchroNerds, identified at the end of the clip, recreate Art Blakey’s solo on “Well, You Needn’t”, from the 1957 Riverside album “Monk’s Music”. Posted by TheSynchroNerds Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers—“A Night in Tunisia” The man himself, in 1958, with trumpeter Lee Morgan, sax Benny Golson, pianist Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt. Posted…
Freddie Hubbard & Johnny Griffin—“Well, You Needn’t”
Fuzzy picture, great jazz. According to online comments, Billy Higgins is the drummer, and Harry Pickens is on piano. No information for the bassman. Blue Note Jazz Festival, 1986. Posted by cminor7add9th.
Tommy Flanagan & Barry Harris—“Well, You Needn’t”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFGuFfrpTVc Mid eighties. Kinda short, but, you know, illuminating. Posted by hoffmanjazz
Yo, fellow elitists! Enough with the breast-beating!
Yes, I am an elitist. I do not own a car, yet am comfortably nestled in the lower upper-income brackets. I live within walking distance of three live theaters, an internationally recognized art collection (the Phillips), and numerous jazz clubs, not to mention a Whole Foods and more Starbucks than I can count. I don’t…
Cyrille Aimée—“Well, You Needn’t”
Adrien Moignard and Michael Valeanu – guitars; Sam Anning – bass; Rajiv Jayaweera – drums. Smalls Jazz Club, June 11th of 2013. Posted by Cyrille
Thelonious Monk & Charlie Parker—“Well, You Needn’t”
This is not a video, but it is essential, a live recording of Charlie Parker playing “Well, You Needn’t” with Monk as accompanist. This is one of the “famous” Dean Benedetti recordings. Benedetti was a passionate fan of Parker and surreptitiously recorded many of Bird’s nightclub performances. To save tape (or “wire”—the earliest taping machines…
Shelly Manne—“Straight, No Chaser”
The West Coast Scene, before the Beatles fucked things up. LA disc jockey Frank Evans hosts drummer Shelly Manne, along with Conte Candoli (trumpet), Richie Kamuca (tenor sax), Russ Freeman (piano), and Monte Budwig (bass). Posted by FranklyJazzTV
Dini Virsaladze—“Straight No Chaser”
Yes, more “Straight, No Chaser”. Why stop when you’ve got a good thing going? Dini Virsaladze-piano,Roberto Puggioni-bass,David Masteranov-guitar,Guram Tetsoshvili-drums,David Japaridze-percussion. Tbilisi Jazz 2009. Posted by Dini Virsaladze
McSingers—“Straight No Chaser”
More “Straight No Chaser”? Damn straight! The Münchner Vokaljazz Gruppe, aka the “McSINGERS”, work out on Monk’s tune.