saucyjack Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Anyone recommend a good Monk book for Piano? More concerned with the heads and changes of songs rather than actual solos. Smell the Magic www.Katp.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Thelonius or Benedictine? Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Originally posted by Botch.: Thelonius or Benedictine?ROTFLMAO! Thanks for the laugh, Botch. SG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saucyjack Posted December 15, 2004 Author Share Posted December 15, 2004 Thelonius. I'm not a chant guy Smell the Magic www.Katp.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz1642606857 Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 THELONIOUS MONK FAKE BOOK - C Edition http://www.playjazz.com/FBO034.html "The music of Thelonious Monk is among the most requested of any jazz composer, but accurate lead sheets and sources have never been widely available - until now. This folio has 70 of the master composer/pianist's most familiar pieces, as well as a number of obscure and unrecorded tunes, in easy-to-read versions. Includes counterlines and ensemble parts for many pieces, as well as bass-lines and piano voicings where applicable. Also includes a biography, a glossary, and a definitive discography of the compositions in the book. Titles include: " Table of contents 'Round Midnight 52nd Street Theme A Merrier Christmas 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 (Worry Later) 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 (It's Over Now) Who Knows Work Harry Likas was the Technical Editor of Mark Levine's "The Jazz Theory Book" and also helped develop "The Jazz Piano Book." Harry spends his time teaching jazz piano online and playing solo piano gigs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I I mjrn Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Not as extensive as Jazz+'s suggestion but there's also a 1978 book by pianist/author Stuart Isacoff, part of a Jazz Masters series from Consolidated Music Publishers.It features tunes, solos [all in 2 clef piano settings] & chord symbols for 8 songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saucyjack Posted December 16, 2004 Author Share Posted December 16, 2004 ThanksI found a B flat version of the afforementioned Monk fake book on Amazon. Smell the Magic www.Katp.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 Originally posted by Michael Jackson's real nose: Not as extensive as Jazz+'s suggestion but there's also a 1978 book by pianist/author Stuart Isacoff, part of a Jazz Masters series from Consolidated Music Publishers. It features tunes, solos [all in 2 clef piano settings] & chord symbols for 8 songs.I have the Jazz Masters Series' Monk book. It has the themes transcribed with decent accuracy, but arranged for piano solo (most are originally for trio), so the left hand is an adaptation. The good thing is that for many songs there is a chorus of two of Monk's improvised solo as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrythek Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 I actually worked on that Jazz Master Monk book back when I was in college. The editor, who taught at the school, was behind so he farmed out most of the solo transcriptions to his students. Savvy guy... :-) There's also a Bud Powell book we did for the same series. The original printing had my tunes up 1/2 step since I transcribed them from reel-to-reel tape and no one bothered to check it. Celia in B Major? Quite an embarassment for me back in the day... The solo transcriptions are a great place to start with him - listen and read along then start to play them. They'll get you into one of the most original and swingingest (sic) pianists who ever lived. I find that when I watch him play on film he makes even more sense - get a copy of the film "Straight No Chaser" and watch him in action. He was wild! Regards, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masone81 Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 Thelonius or Benedictine? Or Adrien? Roses are red Violets are blue All my base Are belong to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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