According to one of my Facebook friends, Thelonious Sphere Monk would've been 92 this weekend. With the possible exception of Bill Evans, no other pianist has so defined the modern sound of the jazz piano. Here's a link for your enjoyment.
"Epistrophy"
Having “discovered” jazz at the tender age of 43, now struggling to become a jazz pianist, herein I document the jazz learning process for the amusement and possible edification of others. Because if you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know, but, you have to start someplace. It might as well be here, and, better late than never.
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What I'm listening to lately
I don't think Mr. Eastwood gets near the respect he deserves. I somehow even forgot I had this recording, but when I remembered, I listened to it repeatedly. It's just a rousing, amusing, easy to enjoy work of excellent jazz.
The "Yoity Tot CD" List
- WHAT IS YOITY TOT? (click here)
- Complete Live at the Black Hawk by Shelly Manne and His Men
- Portrait in Jazz by Bill Evans
- Jazz by Tony Bennett
- Helen Merrill with Clifford Brown by Helen Merrill
- Moanin' by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
- Afro-Cuban by Kenny Dorham
- Motion by Lee Konitz
- Cross Country Tour 1958-1961 by Ahmad Jamal
- Mingus, Ah Um by Charles Mingus
- The Complete Last Concert by The Modern Jazz Quartet
- After Midnight by Nat "King" Cole
- Portrait of Sheila Jordan by Sheila Jordan
- The Sidewinder by Lee Morgan
- Time for Tyner by McCoy Tyner
- Mel Torme Swings Shubert Alley by Mel Torme
- Have a Little Faith by Bill Frisell
- Somethin' Else by Cannonball Adderley
- The Cole Porter Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald
- The Group Masterpieces Volume 8 by Art Tatum
- The Complete Savoy and Dial Sessions by Charlie Parker
- Speak No Evil by Wayne Shorter
- Saxophone Colossus by Sonny Rollins
- The Billy Taylor Trio by Billy Taylor
- Night Train by Oscar Peterson
- Kind of Blue by Miles Davis
What else I'm listening to lately
There's always something big band in my current play list. This one has been planted there for a long time, and deservedly so.
The Yoity Tot Big Band List
- Appearing Nightly by Carla Bley and her remarkable! Big Band
- Consummation by Thad Jones
- Bombella by Abdullah Ibrahim and WDR Big Band Cologne
- New Works Celebration by Bob Brookmeyer and New Art Orchestra
- One More Time by Terry Gibbs' Dream Band
- The Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud by Shorty Rogers
- The Complete Recordings by The Original Bill Holman Big Band
- Never No Lament by Duke Ellington
- The Best of Buddy Rich by Buddy Rich
- The Complete Atomic Basie by Count Basie
- Emergence by the Roy Hargrove Big Band
- Act Your Age by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
- Jazz in Silhouette by Sun Ra and His Arkestra
- New Orleans Suite by Duke Ellington
Something else I'm listening to lately
The only decent, initially free app I could find for learning Afrikaans, since Mrs. S and I are going to South Africa next month.
For the record
I coined the phrase "DEFG diet" months ago. It stands for "Don't Eat F$*#!ing Garbage" Diet. Date of this post is June 17, 2011.
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