Pianist Beegie Adair explains the origin of Thelonious Monk’s “Rhythm-a-ning”, one of the endless riffs on the chord changes for George Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm”. Then she plays both tunes in a sort of medley, sans video, with Roger Spencer on bass and Chris Brown, drums. Check out Beegie here.
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Eric Ineke JazzXpress—“Rhythm-a-ning”
Live at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam during Eric Ineke’s 70th birthday concert on April 1, 2017. Featuring Rein de Graaff – piano, Tineke Postma – alto sax, Sjoerd Dijkhuizen – tenor sax, Simon Rigter – tenor sax, Gidon Nunes Vaz – trumpet, Marius Beets – bass, and Eric Ineke – drums. Posted by Eric Ineke-…
Talia Rubinstein—“Think of One”
Up for some serious recorder? I thought you were. Posted by Talia
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
Leighton Harrell Quartet—“Let’s Cool One”
Definitely a dark night at the club, specifically, the Poetry Jazz Café, last October, featuring Virginia MacDonald, clarinet, Ben Maclean, guitar, Leighton Harrell, bass, and Graham Villette, drums. Posted by Jacob C. For more on the Quartet, go here
Carol Morgan–“Let’s Cool One”
There are a million guitar trio versions of this tune. Fortunately, Carol offers something a little different. Joel Frahm, tenor, Matt Wilson, drums, Martin Wind, bass. Circa 2011. Posted by Thomas LaRosa
Johanna Jarl—“Let’s Cool One”
Johanna Jarl, with Fredrik Carlquist, tenor sax, and Tom Warburton. Bass. Johanna sings her own lyrics for this one. Recorded in Sitges, Spain, November 20, 2016. Posted by FC Jazz
The Monk Project—“Let’s Cool One”
Yeah, I have been awfully lazy when it comes to the jazz portion of Literature R Us. Well, blame it on the coronavirus, or the damn heat, or my damn laziness. This track is sans video, from an outstanding album released in 2012, The Monk Project, a session organized by Jimmy Owens. The superb lineup…