Rabble Without A Cause
Wednesday October 23rd, 2019 with Bruce Walton
Covers of Thelonious Monk compositions, part 1
Thelonious Sphere Monk wrote 68 songs in total. Jazz musicians have recorded roughly 10000 versions of those songs. Here are 12 of them, mostly less well-known compositions. The bracketed number is the number of times the song has been recorded (Monk versions included). Robyn D. G. Kelley's biography, Thelonious Monk, the Life & Times of an American Original, is well worth a read.
| to start, Bird live from the 'Metropolitan Bopera House', introduction by dj Symphony Sid |
| 52nd Street Theme (119) Charlie Parker - live, Royal Roost, NYC, Sept. 1948 |
| Round Midnight (1826) Sun Ra & His Astro-Infinity Arkestra (Hattie Randolph, vcl) - Sun Sound Pleasure (1958) |
| Bye-Ya (127) Jane Bunnett & Don Pullen - New York Duets (1989) |
| Children's Song (That Old Man) (60) Arthur Blythe - Focus (2002) |
| Jackie-ing (84) Roswell Rudd (Toumani Diabate, kora) - MaliCool (2000) |
| Skippy (72) Swingrass - SwinGrass '83 |
| Boo Boo's Birthday (38) Paul Motian - Monk and Powell (1998) |
| We See (97) Matt Wilson Arts & Crafts (Terrell Stafford, tpt) - The Scenic Route (2006) |
| Who Knows (62) Dave Douglas (Mark Feldman vln, Erik Friedlander cello) - Five (1995) |
| North Of The Sunset (7) Tommy Flanagan - Thelonica (1983) |
| Functional (14) Randy Weston - That's The Way I Feel Now - A Tribute To Thelonious Monk (1984) |
| Ugly Beauty (173) John Stetch - Exponentially Monk (2004) 
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