Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophone jazz giant and true living legend has been playing for more than 60 years in the business with everyone from Thelonious Monk to John Coltrane. Sonny Rollins joins us in studio Q for a feature chat.
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Faithful reader James Seaberry sent me a link to this great article in the Chicago reader about Sonny Rollins' battle with heroin. In his six-decade career, legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins has claimed many a triumph. But his greatest may have come during a quiet period in Chicago.- By Neil Tesser (Chicago Reader) A decade ago, on September 9, 1998, the YMCA building at 3763 S. Wabash became an official Chicago landmark. Completed in 1913, it gained an annex in 1945, and today it remains... Read Full Story
A leader of the postwar jazz revolution, Thelonious Monk—along with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker—sparked the "bebop" movement, a jazz style faster and more frenetic than the swing that had held sway since the thirties. Monk's piano style has been called eccentric: "his melodies were angular, his harmonies full of jarring clusters." Monk's recording career took off in the mid-1950s, and he won an enthusiastic following, often playing with such other avant-garde musicians as John... Read Full Story
This news is a couple weeks old, but still definitely worth mentioning that I caught over at Asians In America Magazine about Filipino American Jon Irabagon who won the Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition : Historic First: A Filipino-American Wins Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. The Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition is the most prestigious jazz competition in the world. It has launched the careers of a number of major jazz greats including Joshua Redman... Read Full Story
Thelonious Monk Plays. Prestige Lp 189 with Percy Heath and Art Blakey. (1954 Session). Tracks are: “Work”, “Nutty”, “Blue Monk”. “Just a Gigalo”.
Work — Only recorded once, in a trio setting on September 22, 1954 (Prestige PRLP 189), Work is a dissonant, difficult, wild melodic ride that artists have been willing to take. The title speaks for itself. Besides Monk’s version of Work, for which he alone is responsible for stating the melody, one of the few musicians to take up the... Read Full Story
April is Jazz Appreciation Month ! To help celebrate, Reuben Jackson, archivist at the National Museum of American History, will discuss Thelonious Monk and his portrait at NPG on April 17 from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. Meet in the F Street lobby, and we will then walk to Monk’s portrait. For information on getting to the National Portrait Gallery please see our visit page .
This talk is just one of NPG’s Face-to-Face portrait talks that occur every Thursday. If you can’t attend the discussion... Read Full Story
April is Jazz Appreciation Month ! To help celebrate, Reuben Jackson, archivist at the National Museum of American History, will discuss Thelonious Monk and his portrait at NPG on April 17 from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. Meet in the F Street lobby, and we will then walk to Monk’s portrait. For information on getting to the National Portrait Gallery please see our visit page .
This talk is just one of NPG’s Face-to-Face portrait talks that occur every Thursday. If you can’t attend the discussion... Read Full Story
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Thelonious Monk , whose North Carolina roots were evident in his music and his accent long after he moved to New York, will be the focus of an 18-event tribute at Duke University.
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Steve Lacy-Roswell Rudd Quartet
Artist: Steve Lacy-Roswell Rudd Quartet
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Jazz
Discography
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School Days Year: 1995
Tracks: 7
Bye-Ya
Brilliant Corners
Monk’s Dream
Monk’s Mood
Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are
Skippy
Pannonica
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This Antonello Venditti pic was taken after the Italian musician was spotted performing on stage during the 2008 Wind Italian Music Awards held at Rome, Italy. He was seen performing a duet number with Mara Venier on the event.
Venditti is perhaps best known for his social-themed songs and voice quality, which was evident from his Romanian song, “Sora Rosa.” He had released several albums to date, where many of those became successful in Europe.
However, his success was marred by his... Read Full Story
