Thelonious+Monk

media type="file" key="03 Epistrophy.m4a" Thelonious Monk: Epistrophy

HIS MUSIC IS FULL OF SURPRISES, UNORTHODOX HARMONIES, ACCENTS IN UNEXPECTED PLACES, AND MELODIES THAT TAKE STRANGE TWISTS AND TURNS.

INCREDIBLE COMPOSITIONS. MONK RE-INVENTED A CERTAIN STYLE OF JAZZ TECHNIQUE AND FEELING THAT CAME FROM HIS EXPERIENCES IN THE CITY AND THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE.

"Bebop piano was pioneered by Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, also moved up into the midrange, so that the bass, left alone in the lower register, could be hears as a solo voice. When Pianists moved to midrange, they simultaneously freed their left hands, which before had kept rhythm, for use in improvisation. Leaving the Midrange to Piano, the horns explored extended harmonics higher up on the tonal register."

Used the Piano in a more rhythmic and percussive instrument than anyone had ever done.....

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