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Marvin Blague

Epistrophal Astronomy: The Hidden Code of Thelonious Monk

By Marvin Blague

Label: April First Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Cosmonaut; Ba-Lack Blazars Ba-Lasers Make; It's 'Lonious Out in Space; Criss-Cross-Cosmos; I. Meditation; II. Counter Rotation; III. Elongation; Twilight with Bessie; Perihelion.

Marvin Blague: Epistrophal Astronomy: The Hidden Code of Thelonious Monk

by Geno Thackara
April 1, 2023

If you've ever wondered what planet Thelonious Monk came from, you are not alone. According to Marvin Blague, you're not wrong to wonder either. Like most jazz listeners, he was not sure what to make of Monk's clunky-sounding playing style on first listen. But where many of us gradually come to enjoy how the pianist used ...