High quality and interactive, transposable in any key, play along. Thelonious monks surreally strange and spartan genius gets its due. Transpose printable jazz composition or download, save as pdf. Thelonious sphere monk rocky mount, north carolina 10th october 1917 hartsdale, new york 17th february 1982 was a jazz pianist and composer. Licensed to virtual sheet music by hal leonard publishing company.
Jul 12, 2017 thelonious monks surreally strange and spartan genius gets its due. Mondays set opened with the 1941 monk classic epistrophy originally a steadily repeated rising and falling phrase. Shop our newest and most popular thelonious monk sheet music such as round midnight, all the things you are and blue monk, or click the button above to browse all thelonious monk sheet music. Thelonious monk biography childhood, life achievements. Home thelonious monk catalog album index discography session index.
Thelonious monk thelonious sphere monk born october 10, 1917, rocky mount, nc. Thelonious sphere monk was born two years after his sister marion on october 10, 1917, in rocky mount, north carolina, and was the son of thelonious and barbara monk. Epistrophy steve lacy album, a 1969 album by steve lacy. As with the other 21 singlecd compilations, the music here is, as the packaging says, definitive. It puns off of the song on which it was loosely based, just you, just me by jesse greer and raymond klages, which transforms the title to just us, which in turn became justice and ultimately evidence.
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An epistrophe is the reputation of a word at the end of successive clauses webster, which gives. And thelonious monks name, appearance he liked funny hats, and personality an occasionally uncommunicative introvert helped to brand him as some kind of nut. The sheet music for the track epistrophy can be purchased below. His poorly written birth certificate misspelled his first name as thelious or thelius. This is a performance of epistrophy by thelonious monk piano, charlie rouse saxophone, butch warren bass, and frankie dunlop drums. Thelonious monk epistrophy 4 versions free download as pdf file. The tune, which monk actually cowrote with drummer kenny clarke, was written in 1941, well before any true bebop was recorded. That is particularly amazing since duke wrote more than 1, songs and monk wrote just songs with music by thelonious monk s jazz standards bebop jazz standards s jazz composition stubs. Having arranged all the instruments and written all of the music on the album, everything fits together. Its angular and slightly discordant style show a break with previous jazz forms, as well as with contemporaneous bebop composers. In this video tutorial, i teach you how to play an intermediate level arrangement of epistrophy by thelonious monk and kenny clarke. Thelonious monk epistrophy sheet music leadsheet in c major. Thelonious monk epistrophy sheet music notes, chords. Thelonious grandfather, erich jarvis a neu robiologist at duke whose mother, valeria monk, was a cousin, and pam monk kelley an educator in connecticut, whose father conley monk was a first cousin, some of thelonious monks roots emerge.
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Thelonious monk has 21 books on goodreads with 53 ratings. Since his emergence on the scene in 1980, fedchock has established himself as a worldclass trombone soloist, a heralded bandleader, and a grammynominated arranger. Thelonious monks surreally strange and spartan genius gets. The white patriarch james monk came to north carolina in a wave of migrants from scotland around 1770. Jazz piano collection thelonious monk below are recordings and pdf transcriptions from a thelonious monk transcription book which is seemingly impossible to purchase.
As another portion of the legends of jazz series, eclipse released epistrophy or epitrophy as the misprinted label states as the installment pertaining to thelonious monk. Epistrophy thelonious monk, thelonious monk septet song. Monk first recorded it at a 1948 blue note session, and went on to record it 24 times. Ive been revisiting some old jazz tunes lately and, yet again, remembered how hard monk s tune epistrophy makes you think. Download and print epistrophy sheet music for guitar tab by thelonious monk from sheet music direct. Epistrophy for piano solo, intermediate piano sheet music. Thelonious monk songs for all instruments and levels. Thelonious monk ken burns jazzthelonious monk amazon. Print and download lead sheets for epistrophy by thelonious monk in c major.
This was an exciting time, though, as monk, clarke, and others were developing a new style that brought new. His music is intensely rhythmic and often humorous. It puns off of the song on which it was loosely based. Thelonious monk composed the jazz standard epistrophy, often considered his signature. Born in north carolina in 1917, thelonious monk became a new yorker at age 4 when his struggling family joined the great migration of black people from. Thelonious monk epistrophy sheet music notes, chords real. The composition which is cocredited to drummer kenny clarke ultimately spanned monks entire performance career. A guide to help you play better jazz piano by ron drotos history and overview. Below are recordings and pdf transcriptions from a thelonious monk transcription book which is seemingly impossible to. This biography provides detailed information on his childhood, life, music career, achievements and timeline. Choose from thelonious monk sheet music for such popular songs as round midnight, all the things you are, and blue monk.
Monk, gerry mulligans concert jazz band, louie bellsons big band, the bob belden ensemble, the manhattan jazz orchestra, and the carnegie hall jazz band, and has performed at jazz festivals and concert halls around the world. Thelonious monk 1917 was not only the most cerebral pianist to enter the history of jazz music but also the greatest composer of the bebop era. As a solo artist, he appears throughout the united states and has. Download thelonious monk epistrophy sheet music notes and chords for piano transcription. Ill set it up in the same place every day at the same time and look. Ive been revisiting some old jazz tunes lately and, yet again, remembered how hard monks tune epistrophy makes you think. But his daring use of dissonance and his unique piano style made him a controversial figure. Many of monks compositions, including round midnight, 52nd street theme, epistrophy, and straight no chaser, have become jazz standards. The melody is partly borrowed from charlie shavers pastel blue. An indemand performer and writer in new york city for over twenty. Thelonious monk epistrophy sheet music piano solo in a minor. As the pianist in the band at mintons playhouse, a nightclub in new york city, in the early 1940s, monk had great influence on the other musicians who later developed the bebop movement.
Fortunately, alfred lion of blue note believed in him and recorded monk extensively during 19471948 and 19511952. Epistrophy thelonious monk epistrophy was monks theme song. The premier site for the history and analysis of the standards jazz musicians play the most. In an earlierincarnation it was called fly right, and it was trumpeter cootie williams theme song. Thelonious monk at the blackhawk original jazz classics ojccd3052 1961. John fedchocks illustrious career in jazz has spanned nearly three decades. Bop 252 c 7 9 d7 9 d 7 9 e7 9 d 7 9 e7 9 c 7 9 d7 9 f m7 f m7 b7 6 c 7 d7 d 7 9 e7 9 c 7 9 d7 9 to coda c 7 9 d7 9 coda g 11 7 a b a 1 epistrophy thelonious monk. Thelonious monk palais des beauxarts 1963 tidal waves music. Epistrophy by thelonious monk kenny clarke digital sheet. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly. Epistrophy has an interesting place in thelonious monks voluminous catalogue. Epistrophy sheet music thelonious monk real book melody.
Thelonious monks surreally strange and spartan genius. Epistrophy ran blake album, a 1991 album by ran blake. Thelonious monk epistrophy sheet music pdf notes, chords. And when you think one of the 11 minute long tracks such as straight, no chaser might drag a little, it picks up or smooths out.
Thelonious think of one ugly beauty we see well you neednt jazz piano collection thelonious monk thelonious monk. The tune, which monk actually cowrote with drummer kenny clarke, was written in. Thelonious monk composed the jazz standard epistrophy, often considered his signature tune, in 1942. Thelonious monk and john coltrane, two of the biggest giants of jazz. Epistrophy 1942 and the immortal round about midnight 1944 were composed for the orchestra of cootie williams, i mean you 1946 for coleman hawkins band. Thelonious monk all the best full album greatest american jazz pianist and composer duration. How to play epistrophy by thelonious monk the piano shed part. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps.
I dont know how many times ive heard this repertoire, this band, live. Get thelonious monk epistrophy sheet music notes, chords. Jazz piano collection thelonious monk thelonious monk. It appears on several studio albums and is a constant in his live shows. Epistrophy thelonious monk, thelonious monk septet.
Epistrophy charlie rouse album, a 1988 album by charlie rouse. Epistrophy composition, a jazz standard composed by thelonious monk and kenny clarke in 1941. In this post im going to describe some approaches that try to avoid running the changes and instead find scales that work over whole sections of the tune. The album is basically a collection of performances, recorded circa 1963 or 1964, of a basic jazz quartet, headed by the genius of modern music himself. Monk epistrophy sheet music for piano solo pdfinteractive. Download and print sheet music or learn how to play online. Versions of the tune appear on art blakeys jazz messengers with thelonious monk, and monks blues. Contains printable sheet music plus an interactive, downloadable digital sheet music file.
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