Thelonious Monk Thelonious Monk Trio(jazz)(flac)[rogercc][h33t]

THELONIOUS MONK THELONIOUS MONK TRIO


Label: Prestige


Released: 1957


Format:Flac



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Monk was a craftsman of rhythmic contrast, a canny minimalist and musical architect who sustained the power of traditional jazz by expanding upon its primary virtues. Monk was also a master of texture and space who could make one chord suggest an orchestra and a few oddly stressed notes swing like crazy. His melodies were rhythmically conceived and accented, while his harmonies conferred extraordinary colors on his syncopated lines. Like Jelly Roll Morton and Duke Ellington, he conceived of the piano as a...