Circa 2013, shortly before his death. Not bad for a 79-year-old man. No information on the other musicians. Posted by talaverajazz
Tag: Blue Monk
Beirut Jazz Vocal Ensemble—“Strollin’” (Charles Mingus) and “Blue Monk”
Donna Khalife, Marita Sbeih, Tagreed Darghouth, Raghda Allouche, Roya Semaan, Naima Yazbek, Lama Kabbanji, Nisrine Yassine, and Lama Abou Ali, with Donna also supplying the piano. Frankly, their take on “Strollin’” strikes me as a little flat-footed, but their “Blue Monk” is quite sprightly. Anyone doing bop vocals in Lebanon in 2017 is an inspiration…
Rupert Gillett—“Blue Monk”
Rupert plays both bass and cello. Nice! Posted by Rupert
Az Samad—“Blue Monk”
Yes, the uke is back, and Az has got it. Nice! Posted by Az Samad
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah—“Blue Monk”
Christian with Marcus Strickland, Bass Clarinet, Lawrence Fields, Grand Piano & Fender Rhodes, Corey Fonville, Drums, and Luques Curtis, Electric Upright Bass. At the Blue Note, 2018. Posted by Evan Pragliola. Need more Monk? Of course you do, Go to Mostly Monk
Scott Reeves & Alejandro Espinosa—“Blue Monk”
With Giacomo Tagliavia, bass, Michael Morales, drums. and Jong Yool Lee, piano. Posted by Alejandro Espinosa Need more Monk? Of course you do, Go to Mostly Monk
Lucio Dalla quartet—“Blue Monk”
Featuring Stefano Di Battista. Unfortunately, that’s all the information I’ve got. Posted by ilproiettore
Charlie Byrd Trio—“Blue Monk” New Orleans 1993
To my untrained if not indeed untrainable ears, Charlie simply plays a standard blues using the chords to Monk’s composition rather than basing his solo on the composition itself, which is what many people do when playing Monk-which, of course, is not what Monk wanted. However, I used to see Charlie way back in the…
“Blue Monk”
The man himself, in Scandinavia in 1966, with Charlie Rouse on sax, Larry Gales on bass, and Ben Riley on drums. Posted (with misleading information) by Solo musica. I recently published a long (or longish) take on Monk here. For tons o’ Monk (and who could ask for anything more?), try Mostly Monk.
Dessy Tileva—“Blue Monk”
2015, somewhere east of the Elbe (I’m guessin’). Dessy Tileva, vocal; Martin Markov, piano; Emil Pehlivanov; drums; Dimitar Karamfilov, bass. Posted by Desi Tileva