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This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged blue hawk, boo boo's birthday, brake's sake, jazz, lead sheet, music, Noteheads, thelonious monk, transcription on Februby noteheads. These singles were cited in The Chicago Defender article as a hallmark of MonkвЂ™s modern music style.

Maybe thatвЂ™s why this song has fallen off the radar while a very similar tune like Green Chimneys is still a standard. Monk often said the bridge is the most important part of a composition, but I find this one more incongruous than most. Also, despite my version claiming a tempo of 140, itвЂ™s more fun to play at around 200bpm. This head just wouldnвЂ™t sound the same without Butch WarrenвЂ™s rising bassline driving it along. ItвЂ™s a good example of how he uses moving chromatic lines to complement the melody. IвЂ™d prefer just a tasteful closeup of Monk in a funny hat.Д«rakeвЂ™s Sake is one of those Monk songs I rarely hear played or discussed. I appreciate the work that must have gone into staging that photo in a fake bomb shelter, but it has nothing to do with the music.

#Thelonious monk sheet music full

It seems to have been the style in the late 60s to feature rooms full of junk on your album covers, like one of those вЂњI SpyвЂќ games. This is from Underground, released in 1968. Notable about this tune is the 5 bar bridge, which brings the form to an abrupt halt just when it sounds like itвЂ™s going somewhere else. The rhythms and melody are cheerful but odd and jarring. It also features one of his trademark whole tone runs in bar 16.Д«oo BooвЂ™s Birthday is classic Monk. There is a short version of this blues in one of my fake books, but Monk plays the theme twice, the second time displaced two beats. I havenвЂ™t found good lead sheets for the tunes here, so I took some time to get them on paper. I started by choosing albums at random, but once I put on Thelonious MonkвЂ™s Alone in San Francisco I knew his music would be the soundtrack to my day.

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With my newfound free time I went through my vinyl collection, listening to albums I havenвЂ™t heard in a while, reminiscing about the snowy night I bought my first jazz record. I have power and heat but my weekend gigs have been canceled because of the storm.

Two inches, four, eight, sixteen and counting. Also includes a biography, a glossary, and a definitive discography of the compositions in the book.I spent the whole day stuck indoors, watching the snow pile up.

#Thelonious monk sheet music code

The arrangement code for the composition is ASXSOL. Catalog SKU number of the notation is 46627. OUP9780199744350: ISBN: 9780199744350: Book Oxford University Press Sheet music and books Books about Clara Schumann Biographies Books about J. 868563: Release year: 2014: Publisher/Producer: Oxford University Press: Producer No.

Includes counterlines and ensemble parts for many pieces, as well as bass-lines and piano voicings where applicable. Thelonious Monk Straight No Chaser sheet music arranged for Alto Sax Solo and includes 3 page(s). Musical Editions: Book (Hardcover) Item no. This folio has 70 of the master composer/pianist's most familiar pieces, as well as a number of obscure and unrecorded tunes, in easy-to-read versions. In early 2005, an engineer at the Library of Congress accidentally discovered, in an unmarked box, the recording of Thelonious Monks and John Coltranes performance at a 1957 benefit concert at Carnegie Hall. 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 вЂ“ until now.