mikeweil Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 All of them: 52nd Street Theme Ask Me Now Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are (Bolivar Blues) Bemsha Swing Blue Hawk Blue Monk Blue Sphere Blues Five Spot (Five Spot Blues) Boo Boo´s Birthday Brake´s Sake Bright Mississippi Brilliant Corners Bye-ya Children´s Song Coming On The Hudson Crepuscule With Nellie Criss Cross Epistrophy Eronel Evidence Four In One Friday The 13th Functional Gallop´s Gallop Green Chimneys Hackensack Hornin´ In Humph I Mean You In Walked Bud Introspection Jackie-ing Let´s Call This Let´s Cool One Light Blue Little Rootie Tootie Locomotive Misterioso Monk´s Dream Monk´s Mood Monk´s Point North Of The Sunset Nutty Off Minor Oska T Pannonica Played Twice Raise Four Reflections Rhythm-a-ning Ruby, My Dear San Francisco Holiday Shuffle Boil Sixteen Skippy Something In Blue Straight No Chaser Stuffy Turkey Teo Thelonious Think Of One Trinkle-tinkle Two Timer Ugly Beauty We See Well You Needn’t Who Knows Work Recommended reading: Quote
Stereojack Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 Let's Cool One Coming On the Hudson Ask Me Now All the others...... Quote
mikeweil Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 The first one I memorized, BTW, was Jackie-Ing. Quote
Spontooneous Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 Ruby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also Jackie-Ing, I Mean You, Gallop's Gallop, Monk's Dream, Bye-Ya, Four in One, Monk's Mood... At various times, pretty much any of them except "Oska T." Quote
Jazzmoose Posted February 24, 2005 Report Posted February 24, 2005 Had to vote for 'other' as I have a definite favorite: Misterioso. It's the Monk tune I was listening to when my brain clicked over from "damn, that's some crazy shit" to "my god...this is absolutely beautiful" and fell in love with his music. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted February 24, 2005 Report Posted February 24, 2005 3 pieces popped in my head but none were listed. Geez! Quote
MartyJazz Posted February 24, 2005 Report Posted February 24, 2005 Ruby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also Jackie-Ing, I Mean You, Gallop's Gallop, Monk's Dream, Bye-Ya, Four in One, Monk's Mood... At various times, pretty much any of them except "Oska T." What's wrong with "Oska T"? Any Monk tune that can immediately pop into my head as this one did upon reading your post can't be all bad. Quote
Jim R Posted February 24, 2005 Report Posted February 24, 2005 Hard to pick just one, but I'd have to put "Monk's Mood" right up there at or near the top of the list. Simply gorgeous. That's my answer as well. Seems like there should have been more recordings of it... including by Monk himself... Quote
marcoliv Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 'round midnight for me. kinda easy as it's my favorite music ever including all musical styles Marcus Quote
Elissa Posted February 28, 2005 Report Posted February 28, 2005 Bags and Monk! Heard this for the first time this weekend. Incredible. Quote
sal Posted February 28, 2005 Report Posted February 28, 2005 Ruby, My Dear. Sublime. That's my pick as well. Quote
RDK Posted February 28, 2005 Report Posted February 28, 2005 It's of course difficult to pin it down to just one, but if pressed I'd have to go with "In Walked Bud." It was the Monk tune that had the greatest impact on me when I was first exposed to his music 25 years ago. Quote
LAL Posted March 1, 2005 Report Posted March 1, 2005 Three tunes stand out for me as I can pick them out quite easily. - Well You Needn't - Brilliant Corners - 'Round Midnight Quote
Guy Berger Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 One tune that I really love and hasn't been mentioned on this thread is "We See". There are very few Monk tunes that I don't LOVE. Guy Quote
MoGrubb Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 I voted Ruby, My Dear. Monk and Jobim are my favorite composers. Quote
7/4 Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 (edited) Recommended reading: Great book although I only know a few tunes on the guitar. Of course, I have the "C" edition with the red cover. as for my favorite Monk: all of 'em. Edited July 3, 2007 by 7/4 Quote
AndrewHill Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 However, if forced to choose from your abbreviated list and purposely leaving out the ballads, I see I'm the only one that so far prefers "Evidence". When you listen to the spacing and angularity of that tune, it's no wonder that whenever there's a tribute to Monk's music, this one is hardly played. If I was to choose, it would have to be Evidence for me as well, and I like this tune for the exact same reasons you do. The angularity and spacing are amazing! My favorite version is on Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk on Atlantic. Blakey makes that version just as much as Monk does, and this is perhaps one of my favorite drum solos of all time! Runner-up, is Bye-Ya where I think I like the version on the Columbia best-and a lot of that has to do with Rouse's solo-just amazing! The trio version on the Prestige is also nearly just as good. Quote
Guy Berger Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 One of my LEAST favorite Monk tunes is "Teo". Not a bad tune, but definitely a throwaway by Monk's standards. Also, while I like "Bright Mississippi", I think Charles Lloyd's "Sweet Georgia Bright" (based on the Monk tune) is better. Guy Quote
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