Great Lives: Thelonius Monk (1917-1982)-on BBC

Subject: great lives thelonius monk
From: The Sandman
Date: 02 Nov 20 - 01:37 AM

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b069rvbl

Subject: RE: great lives thelonius monk
From: GUEST,Martin Ryan
Date: 02 Nov 20 - 03:44 AM

Looking forward to listening to this, later today...

My earliest memories of taking an interest in (modern) jazz are of Brubeck's 'Take Five" - and the film "Jazz on a Summer's Day" with Monk doing strange things to a piano!

Regards

Subject: RE: Great Lives: Thelonius Monk
From: cnd
Date: 02 Nov 20 - 09:37 PM

I've heard a great cover of Thelonius Monk's song "Blue Monk" on The Steep Canyon Rangers' album North Carolina Songbook. While not a 'traditional' bluegrass song, I think it works well.

Subject: RE: Great Lives: Thelonius Monk (1917-1982)-on BBC
From: The Sandman
Date: 04 Nov 20 - 04:38 AM

refresh

Subject: RE: Great Lives: Thelonius Monk (1917-1982)-on BBC
From: Jack Campin
Date: 04 Nov 20 - 09:14 PM

I thought that was terrific. Lots I didn't know before and presented in a cool and unpretentious way.

Subject: RE: Great Lives: Thelonius Monk (1917-1982)-on BBC
From: The Sandman
Date: 05 Nov 20 - 01:37 PM

I AGREE JACK , BRILLIANT PROGRAMME

Subject: RE: Great Lives: Thelonius Monk (1917-1982)-on BBC
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 12 Jan 25 - 08:08 PM

I have to look at this program when I have time to watch it.
Right now I am reading the biography, not of Monk,
but of his colleague Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone).
Monk figures prominently in the Rollins story,
as they recorded together numerous times and were close friends.

There is a Thelonious Monk biography, written with
Nellie Monk's blessing before she passed,
and I will have to look that up as well.
A great deal more is understood, today,
about bipolar disorder, with which Monk was eventually diagnosed.
I expect the biography will try to set the record straight
about some of the stories, rumors or otherwise, about Monk.

Subject: RE: Great Lives: Thelonius Monk (1917-1982)-on BBC
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 13 Jan 25 - 05:03 AM

It's a great series.
btw theres a mudcat thread with links for other musicians who have been featured.
https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=171905