Artist BooksThe music of Thelonious Monk is among the most requested of any jazz composer, but accurate lead sheets and sources have never been widely available until now. This folio has 70 of the master composer/pianist's most familiar pieces, as well as a number of obscure and unrecorded tunes, in[...]
(Artist Transcriptions). Volume 2 includes a dozen more transcriptions of standards as interpreted by the incomparable Monk: All Alone * Body and Soul * Darn That Dream * Honeysuckle Rose * I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * Memories of You * Moo[...]
Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) was one of jazz's greatest and most enigmatic figures. As a composer, pianist, and bandleader, Monk both extended the piano tradition known as Harlem stride and was at the center of modern jazz's creation during the 1940s, setting the stage for the experimentalism of the [...]
In early 2005, an engineer at the Library of Congress accidentally discovered, in an unmarked box, the recording of Thelonious Monk's and John Coltrane's performance at a 1957 benefit concert at Carnegie Hall. Long considered one of the most important musical meetings in modern jazz, Monk's and Colt[...]
(Artist Books). The music of Thelonious Monk is among the most requested of any jazz composer, but accurate lead sheets and sources have never been widely available until now. This folio has 70 of the master composer/pianist's most familiar pieces, as well as a number of obscure and unrecorded tunes[...]
(Artist Transcriptions). Explore the genius of Monk through 15 note-for-note transcriptions of his takes on these standards: Bemsha Swing * Blue Monk * Boo Boo's Birthday * Criss Cross * Epistrophy * I Mean You * In Walked Bud * Let's Cool One * Monk's Dream * Nutty * Off Minor * Rhythm-a-ning * Rub[...]
(Artist Transcriptions). Now you can play exactly what Monk played on 12 jazz classics This folio features note-for-note transcriptions from Monk recordings as well as a bio and discography showing which recordings were used. Pieces include: Blue Monk * Eronel * Evidence * Hackensack * Jackie-ing *[...]
(Personality). Explore the songs of one of the greatest jazz composers with this collection of 11 solo guitar arrangements in standard notation and tab. Songs: Bemsha Swing * Blue Monk * Little Rootie Tootie * Monk's Dream * Nutty * Played Twice * Reflections * Round Midnight * Ruby, My Dear * Ugly [...]
(Artist Transcriptions). Volume 1 features note-for-note transcriptions of Monk's renditions of 11 jazz classics: April in Paris * Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea * Dinah * Don't Blame Me * Everything Happens to Me * I Should Care * I Surrender, Dear * Just a Gigolo * Liza (All the Clouds'll[...]
(Artist Transcriptions). Now the intermediate-level pianist can play and study the music of this jazz giant This collection includes 14 tunes Monk made great, arranged by T.S. Monk band member Ronnie Mathews. Songs include: Brilliant Corners * Criss Cross * Hackensack * Pannonica * 'Round Midnight [...]
Jazz Play AlongFor use with all Bb, Eb, C and Bass Clef instruments, the Jazz Play-Along Series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues and other split-track choices on the included CD, this first-of-its-kind package makes learning to pla[...]
THELONIOUS MONK is the critically acclaimed, gripping saga of an artist's struggle to "make it" without compromising his musical vision. It is a story that, like its subject, reflects the tidal ebbs and flows of American history in the twentieth century. To his fans, he was the ultimate hipster; to [...]
(Jazz Piano Solos). 14 of Monk's musical classics are presented in piano solo format with chord symbols. Includes: Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (Bolivar Blues) * Boo Boo's Birthday * Brilliant Corners * Criss Cross * Hackensack * Nutty * Off Minor * Pannonica * Reflections * 'Round Midnight * Ruby, My[...]
With his trademark goatee, dark glasses, and hat, Thelonious Monk is an image of coolness. Jazz fans revere Monk for his groundbreaking compositions and piano playing from the 1950s and 1960s, but to a wider audience he stands for something much bigger: the idea of native genius; a quirky, absent-mi[...]
Thelonious Monk (1917-1980) oli 1950 ja 1960 -lukujen johtava jazzpianisti, omaperäinen muusikko ja jazzin nerokas innovaattori. Hän loi musiikillaan suuntauksen, jolla on ollut suuri vaikutus jazzin myöhempään kehitykseen.Lukuisten pianistien lisäksi hänen musiikkiaan ovat levyttäneet useat[...]