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Article: The Revolution Will NOT Be Televised

MONK! Thelonious, Pannonica, and the Friendship Behind a Musical Revolution

Read "MONK!  Thelonious, Pannonica, and the Friendship Behind a Musical Revolution" reviewed by William H. Snyder


Introduction A butterfly met a monk in 1954. In the wake of an almost 30 year friendship they left behind some of the best music of the 20th century—Thelonious Monk the creator, Pannonica de Koenigswarter an enabler. The story of their friendship has been told before, but never quite in this way. Youssef Daoudi is the ...

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Article: Live Review

SPHERES at Nublu 151

Read "SPHERES at Nublu 151" reviewed by Peter Jurew


SPHERES Nublu 151 New York, NY July 8 and August 6, 2019 SPHERES is a jazz collective recently started by keyboardist Jamie Saft and electric guitarist Chuck Hammer playing monthly gigs at Nublu, a loft-club showcase for new music in jny: New York City's East Village. Taking inspiration as well as ...

Album

Thelonious Sphere Monk

Label: World Galaxy Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Misterioso (Reprise); Evidence (feat. Jonah Levine, Dan Rosenboom, and Gavin Templeton); Bemsha Swing; Ask Me Now (feat. Brian Marsella); Well You Needn't (feat. Chris Speed); Epistrophy (feat. Dan Rosenboom and Gavin Templeton); 'Round Midnight (feat. Brian Marsella); Blue Monk (feat. Jason Fraticelli); Oska T; Nutty (feat. Makaya McCraven, Dan Rosenboom and Gavin Templeton); Straight No Chaser (feat. Brian Marsella); Friday the 13th; Let's Cool One (feat. Makaya McCraven and Jonah Levine); Pannonica; Trinkle Tinkle; Misterioso.

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Article: Album Review

Tim Conley: Thelonious Sphere Monk

Read "Thelonious Sphere Monk" reviewed by Kevin Press


Jazz anniversaries are always a bit underwhelming. They come and go, their significance trumpeted in earnest Facebook posts. At the end of the day though, the artists we honor remain underappreciated by casual music listeners. The 100th anniversary of Thelonious Monk's birth date last October is a case in point. His contribution to American ...

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Article: Highly Opinionated

Who Needs Monk?

Read "Who Needs Monk?" reviewed by Patrick Burnette


2017 is Thelonious Monk's hundredth anniversary year and as good a time as any to ask whether he has anything to teach young, ambitious, up-and-coming jazz musicians today. Monk's recordings still nurture and entertain countless jazz fans, and the clarity and directness of his conception makes him a wonderful “introductory" artist for newbies. Gigging ...

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Article: Product Review

North Coast Brewing Up Some Monk

Read "North Coast Brewing Up Some Monk" reviewed by Mark Corroto


In 1931, industrialist John D. Rockefeller, Jr. donated two million dollars to the Save-The-Redwoods League to purchase some 10,000 acres of virgin redwood forests in Northern California from logging companies. These companies had already cut nearly 90% of the world's tallest trees, some of these redwood trees had stood on the coast of California since the ...


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