brushes & needlesThe Art of Jazz Composition: Thelonious Monk’s Songwriting SecretsThelonious Monk, an enigmatic figure in jazz history, left an indelible mark not just as a pianist but as a visionary composer. This…Dec 16, 2023
Zac ViperAn atheist is just someone who has never listened to Monk! How Thelonious Monk Changed Jazz.Many Jazz musicians and critics of his time were often put off by his stubbornness to conform to the conventional music style of his…Oct 5, 2020
Steve BloomJohn Coltrane’s Greatest HitsSaxophone colossus John Coltrane was born in North Carolina 97 years ago today. He would go on to become one of the greatest jazz musicians…Sep 23, 2023Sep 23, 2023
Dan HanrahanSongwriting & the Zone of RiskIf one of the principal or perhaps the principal charm of music is that of theme and variation, it stands to reason that the original…Jan 21, 2023Jan 21, 2023
Ljubinko ZivkovicinInTuneThelonious Monk: A Man Among The High SpheresThe highest spheres of jazz, that is…Oct 29, 2022Oct 29, 2022
brushes & needlesThe Art of Jazz Composition: Thelonious Monk’s Songwriting SecretsThelonious Monk, an enigmatic figure in jazz history, left an indelible mark not just as a pianist but as a visionary composer. This…Dec 16, 2023
Zac ViperAn atheist is just someone who has never listened to Monk! How Thelonious Monk Changed Jazz.Many Jazz musicians and critics of his time were often put off by his stubbornness to conform to the conventional music style of his…Oct 5, 2020
Steve BloomJohn Coltrane’s Greatest HitsSaxophone colossus John Coltrane was born in North Carolina 97 years ago today. He would go on to become one of the greatest jazz musicians…Sep 23, 2023
Dan HanrahanSongwriting & the Zone of RiskIf one of the principal or perhaps the principal charm of music is that of theme and variation, it stands to reason that the original…Jan 21, 2023
Ljubinko ZivkovicinInTuneThelonious Monk: A Man Among The High SpheresThe highest spheres of jazz, that is…Oct 29, 2022
Christopher Watkins/Preacher BoyinNo Wrong Notes365 Days of Song Recommendations: Oct 10 [Thelonious Monk edition]Well You Needn’t—Thelonious MonkOct 12, 2021
Shyamal H AnadkatStraight, No ChaserI’m going to review “Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser” (1988) which is a documentary (distributed by Warner Bros, made by Malpaso…Sep 30, 2021
Christopher Watkins/Preacher BoyinNo Wrong Notes365 Days of Song Recommendations: July 26Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea—Thelonious MonkJul 27, 2021