https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHLtky5Gejk Sorry, no video, just a recording of an 84-year-old man playing Monk on unaccompanied trumpet, from Smith’s new album, Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk. Sound a bit austere? Well, maybe. Is his technique less than it was? Yes. Is the full album ever anything less than exceptional? No. Is it for everybody? No,…
Tag: Crepuscule with Nellie
Thelonious Monk—“Nutty”, “Bemsha Swing”, “Epistrophy”, “Crepuscule With Nellie” & “I Mean You”
I was going to run the final clip from an early 60s broadcast featuring Thelonious Monk,Charlie Rouse, John Ore and Frankie Dunlop on the BBC, but it was only 4 ½ minutes, so I decided to switch to this 1961 Dutch broadcast, with a full 19 ½ minutes. Posted by crownpropeller