Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk
Title Thelonious Monk PDF eBook
Author Robin D. G. Kelley
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 624
Release 2010-11-02
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1439190461

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The first full biography of Thelonious Monk, written by a brilliant historian, with full access to the family's archives and with dozens of interviews.

Thelonious Monk Fake Book

Thelonious Monk Fake Book
Title Thelonious Monk Fake Book PDF eBook
Author Thelonious Monk
Publisher Hal Leonard
Pages 107
Release 2002-01-01
Genre Music
ISBN 1476876495

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(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, in easy-to-read versions. Includes counterlines and ensemble parts for many pieces, as well as bass-lines and piano voicings where applicable. Also includes a biography, a glossary, and a definitive discography of the compositions in the book. Titles include: Ask Me Now * Bemsha Swing * Blue Monk * Blue Sphere * Boo Boo's Birthday * Bright Mississippi * Brilliant Corners * Bye-Ya * Crepuscule With Nellie * Criss Cross * 52nd Street Theme * Functional * Gallop's Gallop * Hackensack * I Mean You * In Walked Bud * Jackie-ing * Let's Cool One * Little Rootie Tootie * Misterioso * Monk's Mood * Nutty * Off Minor * Pannonica * Played Twice * Rhythm-a-ning * 'Round Midnight * Ruby, My Dear * Straight No Chaser * Thelonious * Well You Needn't * and 39 more.

Monk!

Monk!
Title Monk! PDF eBook
Author Youssef Daoudi
Publisher First Second
Pages 179
Release 2018-09-25
Genre Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN 125022487X

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"Read this invigorating graphic narrative, then—quickly, before the spell breaks!—play one of Monk's records." —Saul Williams She is Kathleen Annie Pannonica de Koenigswarter, a free-spirited baroness of the Rothschild family. He is Thelonious Sphere Monk, a musical genius fighting against the whims of his troubled mind. Their enduring friendship begins in 1954 and ends only with Monk’s death in 1982. Set against the backdrop of New York during the heyday of jazz, Monk! explores the rare alchemy between two brilliant beings separated by an ocean of social status, race, and culture, but united by an infinite love of music. This breathtaking graphic novel by Youssef Daoudi beautifully captures the life of the “the high priest of bop” in spontaneous, evocative pen and ink that seems to make visible jazz itself.

Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk
Title Thelonious Monk PDF eBook
Author Thomas Fitterling
Publisher
Pages 246
Release 1997
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN

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This book explores Monk's earliest years growing up in North Carolina, his heyday as a composer/bandleader, and the twilight of his career. The author analyzes Monk's recorded legacy, from his first dates with Coleman Hawkins in 1944 to the 1971 London sessions with Art Blakey and Al McKibbon.

Good Things Happen Slowly

Good Things Happen Slowly
Title Good Things Happen Slowly PDF eBook
Author Fred Hersch
Publisher Crown Archetype
Pages 330
Release 2017-09-12
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1101904356

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Jazz could not contain Fred Hersch. Hersch’s prodigious talent as a sideman—a pianist who played with the giants of the twentieth century in the autumn of their careers, including Art Farmer and Joe Henderson—blossomed further in the eighties and beyond into a compositional genius that defied the boundaries of bop, sweeping in elements of pop, classical, and folk to create a wholly new music. Good Things Happen Slowly is his memoir. It’s the story of the first openly gay, HIV-positive jazz player; a deep look into the cloistered jazz culture that made such a status both transgressive and groundbreaking; and a profound exploration of how Hersch’s two-month-long coma in 2007 led to his creating some of the finest, most direct, and most emotionally compelling music of his career. Remarkable, and at times lyrical, Good Things Happen Slowly is an evocation of the twilight of Post-Stonewall New York, and a powerfully brave narrative of illness, recovery, music, creativity, and the glorious reward of finally becoming oneself.

Straight, No Chaser

Straight, No Chaser
Title Straight, No Chaser PDF eBook
Author Leslie Gourse
Publisher Schirmer Trade Books
Pages 340
Release 1997
Genre Jazz musicians
ISBN 9780028650326

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Thelonious Monk was one of jazz's legendary figures. His life included a long battle with depression and mental illness that finally led to a withdrawal from recording and music-making. This book tells the story of Monk's life, based on interviews with musicians who worked with him.

If You Can't be Free, be a Mystery

If You Can't be Free, be a Mystery
Title If You Can't be Free, be a Mystery PDF eBook
Author Farah Jasmine Griffin
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 262
Release 2001
Genre Blues musicians
ISBN 0684868083

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The threads of Billie Holiday's mystique are unraveled in this study of a woman who needed to create art at any cost. Griffin liberates Holiday from stereotypes of black women and pries her away from the male tradition of jazz criticism while presenting Holiday's independent spirit. of photos.