Definitely been neglecting the jazz thing, but now I’m back, with a couple of months of videos featuring performances of Thelonious Monk’s famously challenging “Brilliant Corners”. Geoffrey Keezer with Benjamin Shepherd, bass, and Christian Euman, drums. Recorded live at Sam First, Los Angeles, CA on June 17, 2018. Posted by Geoffrey Keezer.
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Brilliant Corners Times Two
First up is Marc Sabatella’s brief, elegant arrangement for string quartet, featuring Sandra Wong, Ben Blechman, Enion Pelta-Tiller, and James Bailey.1 Next up is this intriguing take from the Landscape Trio, whose personnel I am unable to obtain. This isn’t a straight video, but a take of Brilliant Corners featuring voice, vibes, and percussion is…
Emmanuel Manos Saridakis Trio—“Brilliant Corners”
Emmanuel on piano, Vasilis Podaras, drums, and Ntinos Manos, bass, with special guests Takis Paterelis, tenor and Manos Theodosakis, cornet. Posted by Emmanuel Manos Saridakis
Estefanía Olmedo Trío—“Brilliant Corners”
https://youtu.be/Kd8f_OS9b9E Nice scatting from Estefanía, with Jaime Serradilla on keyboard and Daniel Abad on bass. On Monk’s original Brilliant Corners album 20 takes failed to produce an acceptable version, so a composite track had to be created. As far as I know, Monk never played it again, either live or in the recording studio, until…
Monk Electric Band—“Brilliant Corners”
Arranged by Guillem Plana Gallego
North Texas Jazz Chamber Music—“Brilliant Corners”
Fuzzy widescreen, nice sound. Chris Reardon, tenor sax; Patrick Carr, piano; Rasmus Blixt, drums; Jimin Lee, vocals: Brian Casey, contrabass. Kenton Hall, University of North Texas on September 19, 2012. Posted by Brian Casey