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About This Track
Thelonious Monk composed the jazz standard Epistrophy, often considered his signature tune, in 1942. It appears on several studio albums and is a constant in his live shows. Its angular and slightly discordant style show a break with previous jazz forms, as well as with contemporaneous bebop composers. In addition to providing a perfect showcase for Monk’s improvisations, though, the driving yet slightly off-balance tune has proven consistently popular and is now a standard among jazz musicians everywhere.
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Shouts
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headey wrote:
110914 only about 2:00 long
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realqumran wrote:
OMG! This is the real deal! So swingy i can´t sit still!
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snubbs741 wrote:
last.fm never seems to know how long these Monk songs are haha
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Vanessaaaaaa wrote:
Oh my god.
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daneritze wrote:
Both versions of this song on the concert with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall sound so different than this one... It all sounds very melancholy in a Taxi Driver soundtrack kind of way. I love them both, and my appreciation for them depends on my mood. I have yet to understand what makes the arrangement sound so characteristically different played at that concert.
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APRILELIZ wrote:
lovely on this dreary ol day.
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jsnruf wrote:
great stuff
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staytooned wrote:
smart!
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bobgreen623 wrote:
Marvellous!!
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rhodeslyazouz wrote:
OK.
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5thEye wrote:
this drummer is irritating. good song though
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pone2none wrote:
yea yea yea yea yea oh yea!!!
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TGarp wrote:
Happiness is knowing a Monk solo by heart.
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LestertheDog wrote:
I just keep pushing that little heart button.
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mscotttx wrote:
genius
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brendanauth wrote:
This just kills.
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berban wrote:
I really like the version by Ellis Marsalis on "Open Letter to Thelonius"
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StinkySQL wrote:
Try this gal's version - http://www.andreaclaburn.com/ Its the same song, but its a different song. Jazz is amazing.
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deaddeer wrote:
same here. the more i listen the more i like it. i mean, fuck me, this song is so brilliant. until i started seriously listening to monk and coltrane i didn't think about music in terms of composition and improvisation.
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pitthart wrote:
learning to appreciate him
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