He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser", "Ruby, My Dear", "In Walked Bud", and "Well, You Needn't". Bassist Warren steps up to the plate, providing a supple and pulsating bed for both Monk and Rouse as they trade solos.Thelonious Sphere Monk (, Octo– February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. It sports an effortless swing over a sophisticated and challenging melodic structure. The concluding cut, "Shuffle Boil," is one of the lost gems of the artist's later work. The combo - especially Rouse - effectively supports and punctuates the tricky timing of "Stuffy Turkey" and the more aggressive bop of "Brake's Sake." The latter title also unleashes some tasty interaction between Monk and Rouse, sonically exemplifying their practically single-minded synergy. The results are bound together in Monk's arithmetically advanced delivery and harmonic composition. Johnson to the slightly more obscure and decidedly frenetic playing of Cliff Jackson, as well as the ragtime approach of Walter L.
Immediately evident are the styles of stride legends from the well-known Willie "The Lion" Smith and James P. There is sense of mischievous playfulness in Monk's nimble keyboard work, especially notable on the beautifully off-kilter unaccompanied opening to "Lulu's Back in Town," and the same practically impish quality also drives the solo performance on "Nice Work if You Can Get It." Both pop standards are prime examples of the bop pioneer's inimitable approach to arranging, and also provide an uncanny insight to his influences. From four sessions in early 1964, It's Monk's Time gathers four quartet and two solo sides, presenting the pinnacle of what these musicians offered stylistically as well as from the standpoint of presentation. It had been almost a full year since his previous studio release, Criss-Cross (1963), and there had been a significant alteration in the rhythm section, which now incorporated the respective talents of both Butch Warren (bass) and Ben Riley (drums) as well as longtime cohort Charlie Rouse (tenor sax). Interestingly, he was to have been profiled by the periodical the previous November however, the assassination of then-President John F.
The album's title turned out to be somewhat prophetic, as Time magazine featured Monk as the cover subject for its February 28, 1964, edition.
It's Monk's Time (1964) contains some of the best - if not arguably the best - studio sides that the pianist cut during his final years as a recording musician. Although often unrightfully maligned by self-proclaimed "purists," Thelonious Monk did some brilliant work during his early- to mid-'60s stint for Columbia Records.
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