But Alfred Lion’s label was where Monk laid the foundations for his singular style and recorded many of his most important songs including arguably his greatest and most popular creation, “Round Midnight,” a slow, evocative nocturne distinguished by a smoky uncoiling melody. Thelonious Monk spent five years with Blue Note (1947-1952) and though it was a creatively fertile period that yielded fifteen 78 rpm singles and two LPs, none of his recordings sold well. Blue Note Foundations (Round Midnight Ruby, My Dear Well, You Needn’t Epistrophy Criss Cross Straight, No Chaser) Listen to the best of Thelonious Monk on Apple Music and Spotify, and scroll down for our introduction. But the 20 selections highlighted below offer the perfect introduction to a genius of modern music. Blue Note, however, hailed their protégé as a genius and helped garner media attention by promoting him as a mysterious maverick.Īlthough the label’s attempts to break Monk into the jazz mainstream failed, as the 50s progressed, fruitful stints at the Prestige and Riverside labels established the pianist as one of modern jazz’s major figures and in 1962, when Monk signed to the major label, Columbia Records, he enjoyed the biggest exposure of his career.įor those listening to Monk for the first time, finding a convenient entry point into his music can pose a challenge especially in view of the fact that during his 24-year recording career he made multiple studio recordings of most of his signature compositions. He has two left hands,” was how one New York record store owner responded to Monk’s piano playing. Given the radical yet highly stylized characteristics of his music – which he blueprinted on his very first recordings for the Blue Note label in 1947 – Monk met with more opposition from the jazz establishment than Parker and Gillespie. In the main, bebop was a high-octane music driven by Parker and Gillespie’s virtuosic athleticism but Monk, who was the eldest of bop’s holy trinity, created his own distinctive musical universe that was defined by quirky chromatic choruses, disquieting dissonant notes, and, on the whole, much slower tempi. Monk initially rose to fame alongside alto saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie in the vanguard of the bebop movement in New York during the mid 1940s. Although he was a trailblazer who pioneered a uniquely percussive approach to the piano and developed a peculiar musical language that some found difficult to understand, his greatest achievement was writing over 70 memorable songs, several of which became jazz standards. ** Single print order can either print or save as PDF.Born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Thelonious Monk is undoubtedly one of the most important – and controversial – figures in the history of jazz. If the icon is greyed then these notes can not be transposed. Please check "notes" icon for transpose options. * Where transpose of Blue Monk sheet music available ( not all our notes can be transposed) & prior to print. Be careful to transpose first then print (or save as PDF). If your desired notes are transposable, you will be able to transpose them after purchase. If you selected -1 Semitone for score originally in C, transposition into B would be made. This means if the composers started the song in original key of the score is C, 1 Semitone means transposition into C#. If it is completely white simply click on it and the following options will appear: Original, 1 Semitione, 2 Semitnoes, 3 Semitones, -1 Semitone, -2 Semitones, -3 Semitones. You can do this by checking the bottom of the viewer where a "notes" icon is presented. Most of our scores are traponsosable, but not all of them so we strongly advise that you check this prior to making your online purchase. If not, the notes icon will remain grayed. If transposition is available, then various semitones transposition options will appear. In order to transpose click the "notes" icon at the bottom of the viewer.
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