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Amazing how Charlie never turns around after Monk stops comping. He’s probably thinking “Monks probably doing his weird dancing again” and just keeps soloing.
@@markberryhill2715I beg to argue for the opposite. The true greats (in the context of a musical setting) are completely aware of others around and care very much. They just know when they're needed or not, Charlie Rouse knew exactly what was going on and more importantly he knew his job and executed. Being in your own world in a group setting like that would be quite narcissistic and counter-productive. (Unless we're talking Free Form/Avant Garde stuff)
Please help me understand what makes it so incredible? Not being negative, but just trying to understand what a drummer can do to elevate their comping, as a trumpet player myself
@@greerlambertdrums That is absolutely correct. The drummer and the soloist are having a conversation whearas the bass player is doing more along the lines of time. That drummer is killing it in such a subtle way that people dont realize how difficult it is to do that while keeping time and keeping within the context of the conversation that the soloist is making up in realtime. I'm a former drummer, btw.
Much as I love Coltrane (He's my #1 favorite saxophonist of all time), Charlie Rouse was the only sax player that could understand Monk unorthodox style. These two were joined at the hip. His playing was just as unique as Monk's. Monk was a freaking GENIUS!!! After just one note, one knew that they were listening to Thelonious Monk.
I was talking to an old friend of mine, also a long tine jazz fan. WE both admitted that we do not enjoy the music of either John Coltrane or Miles Davis.
@@ianbeddowes5362 , I like "limited Miles": Birth of the Cool Miles, Kind of Blues Miles ( with Coltrane, of course ), and Bitches Brew Miles. Otherwise, I'm no Miles fan, and not really a Coltrane fan, though "Giant Steps," "Blue Trane," "My Favorite Things," and his album with Johnny Hartman are truly great.
Thelonious Monk epitomizes what a jazz musician is supposed to be. He had a style that was instantly identifiable, whether it’s in composition or whether it’s in his playing or whether it’s someone playing in the style of Thelonious Monk. It’s a very personal approach to jazz. And I don’t think there are too many cats (past or present) who could do what Monk did. RIP to that legend 🙏🏾
A great example of space-- yes. Definitely room for sax to improvise when piano chair is empty. But to say Monk always gives sax room is not true. Some of TM comping behind Rouse is a call and response, sometimes sax lags behind piano phrasing and lets Monk drive. Monks arrangements and chords alone would confuse most good sax players, so the addition of space is just more rope to hang themselves.
I love it when Monk gets the feeling and rises up from the piano and does the Thelonious shuffle. Brings tears of joy to my eyes seeing the spirit move him.
God Is All and the only spirit that could’ve moved him is the Holy Spirit which is unknown to this world God Bless You And God Loves You In Jesus Name Amen
Monk would start dancing because he'd accomplished his goal of inspiring the band to swing. He mentioned this in a few interviews. He wasn't interested in more notes or the heights of virtuosity (though he could've achieved that had he so desired), but in the transcendent rhythmic power of the greatest of all music. Monk was both a mathematical genius and autistic. Combined with his passion for Jazz, those traits allowed him to become one of the greatest, most striking, memorable and brilliant composers in the history of music. In this performance of 'The man I love', with Miles Davis, Monk stops playing his solo after several very sparse bars and I'd put money on the fact that he'd stood up and started dancing, as the bass and drums are swinging beautifully. At 5 minutes 43 seconds, Miles uses his horn to call Monk back to the piano (with a quote from Miles' tune 'Four'... as if to say "hey man are you done? I mean... we're making a recording here) and Monk's solo begins again, and with renewed focus and brilliance! ruclips.net/video/rTmRVastF5Q/видео.html
The drummer plays like someone hopping and skipping down a sidewalk with rocks and pebbles found in random places.... He just kept hopping and skipping along gracefully, making quick swerves and moves, to always stay on firm ground.... Love that mentality in a drummer!
He was the perfect sax player for Monk IMO. I read in the Monk bio by Robin DG Kelly that Monk didn’t want ppl to get caught up in what he was playing. That, in a simplified way, he was just laying down the atmosphere/texture for you but that you should know the changes and always have the melody going in your head. Charlie Rouse always kept truckin! Solid phrases, solid time, just LAID IT DOWN. So good that Monk could even take a break to enjoy! And of course, chordless trio is it’s own aesthetic which no one minded having happen every now and then. Great and exciting performance! Wish I could have been there 🐬
Another good example of this is the recording of Lulu’s Back in Town. It’s on RUclips. Steps out of the sax solo then it becomes drum literal SOLO, then they all come back in at the same time. Dat melody doesn’t stop.. 🐬
I saw Monk play when I was in junior high school at a celebration at the Five Spot in the East Greenwich Village, NYC. Roland Kirk played his several horns simultaneously. I got student ticket as a member of Jazz Interactions.
@@DelphinusOrcastra … merely a witness to history. One of the most incredible nights was seeing John Coltrane with Pharaoh Sanders performing Avant-garde at the Village Theatre which later became the Fillmore East. I went with my friend who became sax icon Bob Berg. Other shows featuring Jack Dejohnette, and Charles Loyd performing “Forest Flower” . Also seeing Sonny Rollins several times and Miles Davis a half dozen times over the years. Many other jazz legends were an honor to enjoy notable Michael Brecker and Branford Marsalis. If I was younger there are several jazz artists I’d go out of my way for. I firmly recommend everyone see as much great live jazz artists (and other genres) as you can. While you can.
Not really that amazing. They would have known how many choruses he was going to play. Or he would indicate that he was going to finish on that chorus rather than go around again. But the playing is brilliant.
Monk sits down just as Charlie ends his solo is probably more like it. All members on stage pretty much new where they were at and where Charlie would hand it off.
Charlie Rouse has got to be the most underrated cat in the jazz business. I have a few records of his before he joined monk.His playing is good but as soon as he got down with Thelonious a new Rouse came into fruition.The structure of his lines,phrasing is beautiful.He took monks quirky phrases and put them on his horn.Altogether this is badass and when monk lays out you hear what he has learned from the master.Never tire of monk and his music.😊
Monk was no comedian, he was reflecting the ancient body movements inspired by the rhythms and notes of the music, this is a state of ecstasy that humans seek!!!
I mean, can you blame Monk for wanting to dance? Charlie Rouse was so good at playing that tenor saxophone. You can’t help but dance when you hear him.
@@rayjr62 Yeah Dexter had this thing where he'd be slightly behind the beat but plays 8th note lines very straight. The way he played his triplets was unique too, I think Trane got a lot from that.
@@zqa12swx And I see where several people are commenting on the "call and response" vibe that both Charlie Rousse and drummer Frankie Dunlop are engaged in, I think of Charles Mingus and Dannie Richmond and their "call and response" back and forth musical "conversation" that they would perform live back in the day. It was the stuff of legends.
He is dancing to the notes he is playing in his head! Instead of his fingers, he is using whole body. So awesome and just demonstrating his complete immersion in the music! Such an artist
Monk’s playing style is very unique, using sparse voicings and omitting notes to add dissonance. Another distinctive element of his playing is an extremely strong time feel. His soloing usually relies on motifs and is often based on the melody of the song. 1:01 [PianoGroove]
“Solo Monk”, recorded between October 31, 1964 and March 2, 1965, was Thelonious Monk's eighth album with Columbia Records. Even though he released several solo albums, each one meriting particular attention, “Solo Monk” arguably stands tall as his very best unaccompanied album. [Thelonious Monk Site]
Few musicians have had such a distinctive sound, nor such an iconic presence, as jazz pianist Thelonious Monk. He was an accomplished piano player who deliberately stripped back his technique to create a style that is spare, abstract, wilful, witty, angular and lyrical. 1:36 [Jazzfuel]
Rouse was probably the least recognized of the great sax players outside of the musicians' inner circles. I'm 76 years old and have been listening since I bought a copy of Monk's Dream when I was in high school. I've gotten old but the music hasn't.
Let's not overlook the drummer and the bass player here. They are holding down the pocket, the drummer's timing and the bass player's rhythm and reinforcing the drummer's timing with his walking bass lines is just joyful.
@@GeoCoppens As far as I'm concerned Charlie Rouse is the only sax player that truly got Monk and his best soloist and that includes both Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane. Coltrane with Monk was problematic, sometimes good and sometimes when he would just fill up every bit of space with endless blowing, bad.
In the pantheon of jazz, saxophone players, I think Charlie Rouse is profoundly under appreciated , of all the musicians that played with Thelonious Monk, Charlie was the best. And that monk would jump up and dance like a Sufi dancer says it all.
Rouse and Monk certainly had a connection but listen to the 2 record set recorded at the Five Spot, August 7, 1958, featuring Johnny Griffin on saxophone-you won't be disappointed
Don’t like people in the comments who seem to be mocking Monk’s dancing. He’s a genius doing genius shit. I like people being different. God bless Monk
About 10 years ago, I had the distinct honor and pleasure of performing live on stage with Thelonious Monk Jr. He is a world class jazz drummer as you may know. I played bari sax for my local community college Jazz Band. I picked him up at his hotel, brought him to the auditorium. We talked. We all rehearsed. Let me just say, it was an experience I will never forget - not good, not bad - just unforgettable. And I now have bragging rights.
What a fabulous Be-bop solo.. Classic straight down the line Bop, but with such Charlie Rouse individuality.. No wonder T. M. got to his feet for THIS one. An inspiration! 🎶🌟🌟❤️❤️👍
Thank you for sharing. I love Monk. I pretended to be a music student, 1980-81, learned to read a bit. Some of the very first tunes I taught myself to play were 'Round Midnight, Bemsha Swing, Well You Needn't and Straight No Chaser. I am no Monk, but I love his playing and I love to play the aforementioned tunes.
Charlie Rouse is the only sax player that have played with Monk that have truly cracked the “Monk Code”!!! I can’t imagine another sax player to play with Monk at this level!!!😀👍
Thanks for sharing, discovered my love for jazz in 2016 and the well is deep! It began with Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk. Actually probably started around 1969 when I was 5 years old and heard my parents rocking to Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass, Charlie Brown Christmas and I probably some influence by The Pink Panther cartoon and it's theme.
Almost like implying a Bb7 as a backdoor to C. Lots of the hardbop cats pulled that sound, and it seems to have been totally forgotten. Get out Pepper Adams on Straight No Chaser (on youtube). Be does the same thing.
@@drmedwuast so (being said in a simple way), throught the solo he basically plays the chord tones of each of the chords (C7, F7 and G7) and adds the b6 over C7, and the minor third over F7. Is what I just said here at all accurate?
@@yungagang Not quite. We're talking specifically about the note Ab over an F7 chord. Which I hear 1) as b6 of the tonic, which is C major. Although we're currently playing an F7 chord, the tonic of C major is suggested as the tonal context we're in. And 2) as the bluesy minor third of the F7 chord. 1) is a bit harder to explain and understand, 2) is pretty straight forward
On dirait que Monk est habité avec cette drôle de façon de se remuer. Très bon morceau, avec ce swing très '' contenu '' autour de Charlie Rouse qui évolue tranquillement... C'est vraiment excellent. J'ai découvert Thelonius Monk en entendant au tout début des années 80, '' Crépuscule with Nelly ''. Ça été un ravissement. ❤️🎷🎶🍷
That's how you show love for the band. That's why I really like Thelonious. He didn't care if you didn't dig what he was doing. He followed the chord progressions with unique creativity, wrote timeless JAZZ STANDARDS, and that's all you need to know.
Wow, so great to be able to see and hear that. Rouse's solo is just amazing and I can understand Monk standing & dancing to it. What a great snippet of Jazz improv. Thank you !
damn this is great - drums and bass swangin like crazy - sax pumpin away at the groove - monk vibin - what an epic recording, the world will always need more groove like this, be it jazz, hiphop, or anything else with a deep ass swang to it - the world will always need more swang, thx to the swangers
Showing how great a pianist he was, knowing when NOT to play, something most keyboard players know nothing about. Duke and the Count also knew when to keep quiet.
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@@strandcast7743 i agree. griffin is absolutly amazing, love him so much. and if someone likes the contrast in the playing styles, i get that. but i also think that rouse fits monks style better.....
During th rehearsal, it was agreed that Charlie Rouse's second part solo was to be played without piano i guess. Then, Thelonious, as it was impossible to keep communicating with the rythm section with his piano, decided to do it with gestures headed at the double bass and the drums ... I don't find anything so astounding here, except that Charlie was an exceptional saxophone player 😁
I second that. Rouse was a very much underrated player. By far the best saxophonist to fit Monk, better than Coltrane. Another one who was a real addition to the style of Monk was Coleman Hawkins, who was better known as a swing style player, but always had a weak spot for bop 👍
If you love the blues, you got to worship all three of the Kings. But Freddy stands out for having composed such an extensive catalog of classic blues songs! They'll still be playing his songs a hundred years from now.
Reminds me to my pops dancing, with a house full of people and playing bebop tunes in the summertime in the sixties! The quirky and sudden moves offbeat, but in his mind grooving! Too much
Saw Monk and Memphis Slim in the same tent at Memphis in May in 86, I think. Pretty cool. Got Memphis Slim's pic with an old Kodak Disc camera. Bet there were only 15-20 of us. I was 25 in rx school. Asked him if I could take a picture and as I steadied myself he said, "Hurry up now. Take da pictchah!". He grinned.
Thank you for this, just subscribed…what a wonderful share! Rouse is, almost always, just pure brilliant. Yet another fantastic example of Monk “playing the spaces” - whether he is playing, or in this case, NOT playing. Remarkable and beautiful how you can still HEAR Monk…even in (literal/perceived) silence. Terrific, thanks!
Makes me happy to be subscribed to your channel, you always post great stuff, especially this video of Monk, my idol big time, also Charlie Rouse, wasn't his sax the bluesiest at the time?
cool that when he could no longer add anything on the piano , he still preformed in another way. jazz is a performance medium, and although it can be recorded , it is designed to be interactive with the environment, , played to be within a part of a moment , much like sports are different every time. except jazz reacts to the people, not an opposing team.
Sum Monk's book about her life with Monk is a treat for all Monk lovers. You can feel it when an artist opens up his mind so wide that it leaves the ego behind and communes with the gods. That's soul.
Monk a musical genius! The sax solo is so fluid and graceful, and his improvisational skills are incredible. This is a unique and beautiful musical tapestry that is both complex and accessible.
As a saxomofone player (alto, Bari), Rouse's attack and accent patterns are required study for any kind of serious jazz. Imagine playing a gig and having millions analyze every facet of it so many years later. And having that playing hold up perfectly. Man, that's Charlie Rouse. What a titan!
I was at my jazz sax professors house hanging out for a quaint holiday party with my colleges when I first saw this clip. It was both hysterical and remarkable.
Monk's bands were always a little raw and ragged, more like blues players than jazz, which made for an interesting mix - his compositions were sophisticated, but they had an edge live that really cooked.
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Love Charlie's solo.. in what year was this recorded? Wondering if it's on vinyl
Even his dancing is… unique 😂
Yeah 🤣
🤣
Drunk Monk style fighting
Is he dancing or does he need medical attention?
Looked an awful lot like a leg cramp
Amazing how Charlie never turns around after Monk stops comping. He’s probably thinking “Monks probably doing his weird dancing again” and just keeps soloing.
The great ones are in a world of their own and don't care what anyone else is thinking(or doing)
@@markberryhill2715I beg to argue for the opposite. The true greats (in the context of a musical setting) are completely aware of others around and care very much. They just know when they're needed or not, Charlie Rouse knew exactly what was going on and more importantly he knew his job and executed.
Being in your own world in a group setting like that would be quite narcissistic and counter-productive. (Unless we're talking Free Form/Avant Garde stuff)
🤣 Yes!
Charlie probably docked him a half-song's pay!
@@lilkujo Maybe it's a bit of both
the drummer's comping in this is nothing short of incredible
Please help me understand what makes it so incredible? Not being negative, but just trying to understand what a drummer can do to elevate their comping, as a trumpet player myself
I definitely feel like he’s hitting the same accents as Charlie which I think is cool
Whats comping mean, compliment?
@@greerlambertdrums That is absolutely correct. The drummer and the soloist are having a conversation whearas the bass player is doing more along the lines of time. That drummer is killing it in such a subtle way that people dont realize how difficult it is to do that while keeping time and keeping within the context of the conversation that the soloist is making up in realtime. I'm a former drummer, btw.
@@skaterdude7277 accompanying
love the hesitant hands exploring the keys immediately after he stands up
I believe he was trying to remain on the keys & at that point he couldn't help himself🤣🤣🤗🥰🥰🔥🔥🔥
Without being disrespectful, H may have been playing its own part.
@@yolanda-mosDefinitely looks that way. 😊 He still had the urge to lay down a note, but his body had another idea.
Much as I love Coltrane (He's my #1 favorite saxophonist of all time), Charlie Rouse was the only sax player that could understand Monk unorthodox style. These two were joined at the hip. His playing was just as unique as Monk's. Monk was a freaking GENIUS!!! After just one note, one knew that they were listening to Thelonious Monk.
Yeah but, Cannonball Adderley too.
Three notes. Come on, be reasonable.
I was talking to an old friend of mine, also a long tine jazz fan. WE both admitted that we do not enjoy the music of either John Coltrane or Miles Davis.
@@ianbeddowes5362 , I like "limited Miles": Birth of the Cool Miles, Kind of Blues Miles ( with Coltrane, of course ), and Bitches Brew Miles. Otherwise, I'm no Miles fan, and not really a Coltrane fan, though "Giant Steps," "Blue Trane," "My Favorite Things," and his album with Johnny Hartman are truly great.
And thelonious played with sonny rollins,johnny griffin,trane of course,but nobody like charlie!
Thelonious Monk epitomizes what a jazz musician is supposed to be. He had a style that was instantly identifiable, whether it’s in composition or whether it’s in his playing or whether it’s someone playing in the style of Thelonious Monk.
It’s a very personal approach to jazz. And I don’t think there are too many cats (past or present) who could do what Monk did.
RIP to that legend 🙏🏾
Absolutely!
monk is like mozart, unique ...
Come on! If EVERY jazz player was that, jazz would suck... Cookie cutter bland in their "uniqueness"...
Perfectly said!
@@oriraykai3610 thank you, comments like yours are always on point
A great example of Monk's use of space. He always gave the sax a mile of room to create.
That’s probably due to his early years working as Coleman Hawkins pianist, Hawk loved his playing when not many others appreciated him.
A great example of space-- yes. Definitely room for sax to improvise when piano chair is empty. But to say Monk always gives sax room is not true. Some of TM comping behind Rouse is a call and response, sometimes sax lags behind piano phrasing and lets Monk drive. Monks arrangements and chords alone would confuse most good sax players, so the addition of space is just more rope to hang themselves.
I love it when Monk gets the feeling and rises up from the piano and does the Thelonious shuffle. Brings tears of joy to my eyes seeing the spirit move him.
God Is All and the only spirit that could’ve moved him is the Holy Spirit which is unknown to this world God Bless You And God Loves You In Jesus Name Amen
Charlie Rouse and Monk ❤
Monk would start dancing because he'd accomplished his goal of inspiring the band to swing. He mentioned this in a few interviews. He wasn't interested in more notes or the heights of virtuosity (though he could've achieved that had he so desired), but in the transcendent rhythmic power of the greatest of all music. Monk was both a mathematical genius and autistic. Combined with his passion for Jazz, those traits allowed him to become one of the greatest, most striking, memorable and brilliant composers in the history of music.
In this performance of 'The man I love', with Miles Davis, Monk stops playing his solo after several very sparse bars and I'd put money on the fact that he'd stood up and started dancing, as the bass and drums are swinging beautifully. At 5 minutes 43 seconds, Miles uses his horn to call Monk back to the piano (with a quote from Miles' tune 'Four'... as if to say "hey man are you done? I mean... we're making a recording here) and Monk's solo begins again, and with renewed focus and brilliance! ruclips.net/video/rTmRVastF5Q/видео.html
amazing
The drummer plays like someone hopping and skipping down a sidewalk with rocks and pebbles found in random places.... He just kept hopping and skipping along gracefully, making quick swerves and moves, to always stay on firm ground.... Love that mentality in a drummer!
that’s an accurate way of describing the drummers style !
Nice
seems like Monk’s dance was also encouraging that mindset.
Ben Riley
He was feeling the groove in a whole different way. Danced like he plays! Loved his music and persona.
He was the perfect sax player for Monk IMO. I read in the Monk bio by Robin DG Kelly that Monk didn’t want ppl to get caught up in what he was playing. That, in a simplified way, he was just laying down the atmosphere/texture for you but that you should know the changes and always have the melody going in your head. Charlie Rouse always kept truckin! Solid phrases, solid time, just LAID IT DOWN. So good that Monk could even take a break to enjoy! And of course, chordless trio is it’s own aesthetic which no one minded having happen every now and then. Great and exciting performance! Wish I could have been there 🐬
Another good example of this is the recording of Lulu’s Back in Town. It’s on RUclips. Steps out of the sax solo then it becomes drum literal SOLO, then they all come back in at the same time. Dat melody doesn’t stop.. 🐬
I saw Monk play when I was in junior high school at a celebration at the Five Spot in the East Greenwich Village, NYC. Roland Kirk played his several horns simultaneously. I got student ticket as a member of Jazz Interactions.
@@ed.z. that is awesome. You are a part of history 🐬
@@DelphinusOrcastra … merely a witness to history. One of the most incredible nights was seeing John Coltrane with Pharaoh Sanders performing Avant-garde at the Village Theatre which later became the Fillmore East. I went with my friend who became sax icon Bob Berg.
Other shows featuring Jack Dejohnette, and Charles Loyd performing “Forest Flower” . Also seeing Sonny Rollins several times and Miles Davis a half dozen times over the years. Many other jazz legends were an honor to enjoy notable Michael Brecker and Branford Marsalis.
If I was younger there are several jazz artists I’d go out of my way for. I firmly recommend everyone see as much great live jazz artists (and other genres) as you can. While you can.
@@ed.z. absolutely. Did you ever see Woody Shaw? What year and what was that like? 🐬
Actually, what’s amazing to me is that without looking at him, Charlie ends his solo just as Monk sits down. These cats were linked tight. They knew.
Fuck yes, such a good observation
Not really that amazing. They would have known how many choruses he was going to play. Or he would indicate that he was going to finish on that chorus rather than go around again.
But the playing is brilliant.
@@JBert246 was just about to type this 😂
If you play jazz you know about certain traditions/ arrangements
Sure. The form and chord progressions are set in stone.
Monk sits down just as Charlie ends his solo is probably more like it. All members on stage pretty much new where they were at and where Charlie would hand it off.
Monks dancing is one of my favorite things about jazz. So fun and spontaneous
Charlie Rouse has got to be the most underrated cat in the jazz business. I have a few records of his before he joined monk.His playing is good but as soon as he got down with Thelonious a new Rouse came into fruition.The structure of his lines,phrasing is beautiful.He took monks quirky phrases and put them on his horn.Altogether this is badass and when monk lays out you hear what he has learned from the master.Never tire of monk and his music.😊
Charlie Rouse was in my opinion Monk's best soloist. He really got Monk's timing and space. Agree 100%
Monk and his band really seem like they had a lot of fun on stage, and I love that about them, it's contagious.
He's dancing to his comping rhythms, this is such amazing footage!! Love how dry Rouse is, such a perfect straight man to Monks comedian!
Monk was no comedian, he was reflecting the ancient body movements inspired by the rhythms and notes of the music, this is a state of ecstasy that humans seek!!!
I mean, can you blame Monk for wanting to dance? Charlie Rouse was so good at playing that tenor saxophone. You can’t help but dance when you hear him.
I like how Monk just gets right onto the solo when it's his turn. That was amazing timing on his stretch break.
Rouse had such an amazing sound. And he reminds of of Paul Gonsalves with a near limitless bucket of blues ideas. Rouse fits Monk like a glove.
And like Dexter Gordon he plays slightly behind the beat. I love Charlie's vibe.
@@rayjr62 Yeah Dexter had this thing where he'd be slightly behind the beat but plays 8th note lines very straight. The way he played his triplets was unique too, I think Trane got a lot from that.
@@zqa12swx And I see where several people are commenting on the "call and response" vibe that both Charlie Rousse and drummer Frankie Dunlop are engaged in, I think of Charles Mingus and Dannie Richmond and their "call and response" back and forth musical "conversation" that they would perform live back in the day. It was the stuff of legends.
He is dancing to the notes he is playing in his head! Instead of his fingers, he is using whole body. So awesome and just demonstrating his complete immersion in the music! Such an artist
Monk’s playing style is very unique, using sparse voicings and omitting notes to add dissonance. Another distinctive element of his playing is an extremely strong time feel. His soloing usually relies on motifs and is often based on the melody of the song. 1:01 [PianoGroove]
“Solo Monk”, recorded between October 31, 1964 and March 2, 1965, was Thelonious Monk's eighth album with Columbia Records. Even though he released several solo albums, each one meriting particular attention, “Solo Monk” arguably stands tall as his very best unaccompanied album. [Thelonious Monk Site]
Few musicians have had such a distinctive sound, nor such an iconic presence, as jazz pianist Thelonious Monk. He was an accomplished piano player who deliberately stripped back his technique to create a style that is spare, abstract, wilful, witty, angular and lyrical. 1:36 [Jazzfuel]
Mental illness will do that for you.
Rouse was probably the least recognized of the great sax players outside of the musicians' inner circles. I'm 76 years old and have been listening since I bought a copy of Monk's Dream when I was in high school. I've gotten old but the music hasn't.
Let's not overlook the drummer and the bass player here. They are holding down the pocket, the drummer's timing and the bass player's rhythm and reinforcing the drummer's timing with his walking bass lines is just joyful.
Yeah, the rhythm section... you can draw a straight line from here to James Brown and Motown and P-funk... it all started with jazz...
It is a fact if Monk really dug what was happening musically, it was his expression of joy in his dancing.
amazing sax solo but the drummer is stealing the show here, creates an incredibly powerful groove that still manages to interact with Rouse's playing
Rouse is not a very good stylist, his lines are not very flowing, more like stumbling...
@@GeoCoppens Just the man for the job, then ;)
That's exactly what I was thinking.
@@GeoCoppens As far as I'm concerned Charlie Rouse is the only sax player that truly got Monk and his best soloist and that includes both Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane. Coltrane with Monk was problematic, sometimes good and sometimes when he would just fill up every bit of space with endless blowing, bad.
Charlie Rouse's phrasing was stiff, no suplesse! He was Monk's poorest tenor sax. Paul Jeffrey was better!
Talk about playing simply but all the right notes. That horn player is amazing! I can see why he was Dancing.
Monk was a trip, incredible artist 👏🏽🙏🏾
Always loved Charlie Rouse 🤩
Monk's dancing looks the way his music sounds.
Gotta love Monk getting up from the piano and then looking back at it like a piece of art 😂
In the pantheon of jazz, saxophone players, I think Charlie Rouse is profoundly under appreciated , of all the musicians that played with Thelonious Monk, Charlie was the best. And that monk would jump up and dance like a Sufi dancer says it all.
Rouse and Monk certainly had a connection but listen to the 2 record set recorded at the Five Spot, August 7, 1958, featuring Johnny Griffin on saxophone-you won't be disappointed
Don’t like people in the comments who seem to be mocking Monk’s dancing. He’s a genius doing genius shit. I like people being different. God bless Monk
Charlie Rouse was a beast. Definitely underrated. I be dancing too!!
Charlie Rouse is one of the greatest tenor saxophone players ever!!! He is absolutely amazing at swinging and improvising melodies.👍🏾🤎
About 10 years ago, I had the distinct honor and pleasure of performing live on stage with Thelonious Monk Jr. He is a world class jazz drummer as you may know. I played bari sax for my local community college Jazz Band. I picked him up at his hotel, brought him to the auditorium. We talked. We all rehearsed. Let me just say, it was an experience I will never forget - not good, not bad - just unforgettable. And I now have bragging rights.
Man oh man, does Monk exude cool or what!!!!
Thanks Mr. Charlie Rouse for one of the best blues solos I ever heard in my life 😊
You've got to love him! Monk was crazy as hell, but was the real deal full of LIFE!
What a fabulous Be-bop solo.. Classic straight down the line Bop, but with such Charlie Rouse individuality.. No wonder T. M. got to his feet for THIS one. An inspiration! 🎶🌟🌟❤️❤️👍
Thank you for sharing. I love Monk. I pretended to be a music student, 1980-81, learned to read a bit. Some of the very first tunes I taught myself to play were 'Round Midnight, Bemsha Swing, Well You Needn't and Straight No Chaser. I am no Monk, but I love his playing and I love to play the aforementioned tunes.
That, sir, is not "dancing." It is "The Presence." Trust. Brotha felt Charlie on this.
So grateful people have this footage and posted it, so the legends stay alive.😊
OOOh yeah! Thank you for sharing this piece of history.
Charlie Rouse is the only sax player that have played with Monk that have truly cracked the “Monk Code”!!! I can’t imagine another sax player to play with Monk at this level!!!😀👍
Thanks for sharing, discovered my love for jazz in 2016 and the well is deep! It began with Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk. Actually probably started around 1969 when I was 5 years old and heard my parents rocking to Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass, Charlie Brown Christmas and I probably some influence by The Pink Panther cartoon and it's theme.
gotta love it, monk being monk
Don’t forget the drummer! Props all around.
Priceless. Love it. Monk's in The One. Thanks for posting!
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So fabulous. It beats walking down the street with a 9 o'clock start to somebody else's tune.
Rouse's articulation is so good.
that Ab over F7 he keeps using is a really cool dark bluesy sound, love it
Almost like implying a Bb7 as a backdoor to C. Lots of the hardbop cats pulled that sound, and it seems to have been totally forgotten. Get out Pepper Adams on Straight No Chaser (on youtube). Be does the same thing.
How would you describe what he is doing theory wise? What scales/ modes is he using over the different chords??
@@yungagang I hear it mainly as two things: the b6 of C and the minor third (blue note) of F
@@drmedwuast so (being said in a simple way), throught the solo he basically plays the chord tones of each of the chords (C7, F7 and G7) and adds the b6 over C7, and the minor third over F7. Is what I just said here at all accurate?
@@yungagang Not quite. We're talking specifically about the note Ab over an F7 chord.
Which I hear 1) as b6 of the tonic, which is C major. Although we're currently playing an F7 chord, the tonic of C major is suggested as the tonal context we're in.
And 2) as the bluesy minor third of the F7 chord.
1) is a bit harder to explain and understand, 2) is pretty straight forward
On dirait que Monk est habité avec cette drôle de façon de se remuer. Très bon morceau, avec ce swing très '' contenu '' autour de Charlie Rouse qui évolue tranquillement... C'est vraiment excellent. J'ai découvert Thelonius Monk en entendant au tout début des années 80, '' Crépuscule with Nelly ''. Ça été un ravissement. ❤️🎷🎶🍷
That's how you show love for the band. That's why I really like Thelonious. He didn't care if you didn't dig what he was doing. He followed the chord progressions with unique creativity, wrote timeless JAZZ STANDARDS, and that's all you need to know.
Oh wow, he’s dancing along like the rhythm section compliment a soloist, he’s feeling the bass and drums and reacting when they do. I love this!
Still hit it with perfect timing,
Wow, so great to be able to see and hear that. Rouse's solo is just amazing and I can understand Monk standing & dancing to it. What a great snippet of Jazz improv. Thank you !
Yes when Brother Monk looks like he's about to fall over that's when you know he's truly feeling it! RIP Brother Thelonious.
damn this is great - drums and bass swangin like crazy - sax pumpin away at the groove - monk vibin - what an epic recording, the world will always need more groove like this, be it jazz, hiphop, or anything else with a deep ass swang to it - the world will always need more swang, thx to the swangers
Showing how great a pianist he was, knowing when NOT to play, something most keyboard players know nothing about. Duke and the Count also knew when to keep quiet.
Are you familiar with Charlie Rouse's playing? I've always found he is a perfect fit to Monk's music. Very expressive, uses rhythm and articulation very well and interestingly. Funny that Monk gets up around 1:18 and obviously vibes to the solo 😂.
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True! Perfect fit! Its like Jordan and Pippen, Stan and Laurel, Tom and Jerry to me! Best recordings are when those two play together
I like him very much but to me Monk was the best with Griffin
@@strandcast7743 i agree. griffin is absolutly amazing, love him so much. and if someone likes the contrast in the playing styles, i get that. but i also think that rouse fits monks style better.....
During th rehearsal, it was agreed that Charlie Rouse's second part solo was to be played without piano i guess. Then, Thelonious, as it was impossible to keep communicating with the rythm section with his piano, decided to do it with gestures headed at the double bass and the drums ... I don't find anything so astounding here, except that Charlie was an exceptional saxophone player 😁
I second that. Rouse was a very much underrated player. By far the best saxophonist to fit Monk, better than Coltrane.
Another one who was a real addition to the style of Monk was Coleman Hawkins, who was better known as a swing style player, but always had a weak spot for bop 👍
Mr. Monk interpreted the solo with his steppings/ footworks 👏👏.
Charlie Rouse is a underrated musician!
Very true!!!! RIP Charlie
That could not have swung any harder, holy cow what a sick groove!
Monk is absolutely flying. Id do the same if I was as loaded as he is here.
weeeeeeeeeeeeeee lol
If you love the blues, you got to worship all three of the Kings. But Freddy stands out for having composed such an extensive catalog of classic blues songs! They'll still be playing his songs a hundred years from now.
Bustin’ a move!! Both of them baby!!!!!
Reminds me to my pops dancing, with a house full of people and playing bebop tunes in the summertime in the sixties! The quirky and sudden moves offbeat, but in his mind grooving! Too much
Yeah....Monk is the best!!!!
Saw Monk and Memphis Slim in the same tent at Memphis in May in 86, I think.
Pretty cool.
Got Memphis Slim's pic with an old Kodak Disc camera. Bet there were only 15-20 of us. I was 25 in rx school.
Asked him if I could take a picture and as I steadied myself he said, "Hurry up now. Take da pictchah!". He grinned.
Thank you for this, just subscribed…what a wonderful share! Rouse is, almost always, just pure brilliant. Yet another fantastic example of Monk “playing the spaces” - whether he is playing, or in this case, NOT playing. Remarkable and beautiful how you can still HEAR Monk…even in (literal/perceived) silence. Terrific, thanks!
Reporting for false title.... thats not dancing.... thats GROOVING ! letting the music absorb into your soul and letting the feet do their thang !
Absolutely outstanding 🎵🎵💖🙏
Love Rouse with Monk, every bit as good as Trane with Monk imo.
1:17 Monk decides he has nothing left to add and gets up to start moving. Never saw this before. Amazing.
didn't Monk say something like "too many notes" in reference to Coltrane's playing? he liked Rouse's playing
I dont think i can compare Coltranes flurries of notes to Russel here
Awesome , Bop is my Favorite form of Musical Expression and Monk Oozes it...............)
This is spiritual.
We blessed to have these great musicians amongst us
Awesome !!!💃🏻
LOve that shot at :52 with Monk in the background!
Makes me happy to be subscribed to your channel, you always post great stuff, especially this video of Monk, my idol big time, also Charlie Rouse, wasn't his sax the bluesiest at the time?
Well that's the coolest thing I've seen in a while!
cool that when he could no longer add anything on the piano , he still preformed in another way. jazz is a performance medium, and although it can be recorded , it is designed to be interactive with the environment, , played to be within a part of a moment , much like sports are different every time. except jazz reacts to the people, not an opposing team.
Sum Monk's book about her life with Monk is a treat for all Monk lovers. You can feel it when an artist opens up his mind so wide that it leaves the ego behind and communes with the gods. That's soul.
Just goes to show that it's all about rhythm NOT just strings of notes 🙄 Tx
Monk a musical genius! The sax solo is so fluid and graceful, and his improvisational skills are incredible. This is a unique and beautiful musical tapestry that is both complex and accessible.
Thelonious is going to be remembered at least a few centuries from today.
Not crazy jarring bpm scales, not slow smokey dead bar, perrrfect solo.
Charlie Rouse was awesome. He makes me dance!
As a saxomofone player (alto, Bari), Rouse's attack and accent patterns are required study for any kind of serious jazz.
Imagine playing a gig and having millions analyze every facet of it so many years later. And having that playing hold up perfectly. Man, that's Charlie Rouse. What a titan!
Saxomofone? How old are you, 6?
@@gregdolecki8530 I don’t think 6 year olds know how to spell saxomafone
@@skateforzero357 Anyone who uses that word to describe themself is a fool.
@@gregdolecki8530 who hurt you man ? Chill out
@@ArseAllowance Your dad did.
Joyous , captivating music . Jazz at it,s finest . No wonder Thelonious got up and danced . And Charlie Rouse . What a saxophonist !
That dance is called "the psychotic homeless man". Monk created it. To this day you see it performed by street artists across the country.
Yes
Monk was untreated
Rouse playing the hot notes and swinging like hell!!!
This is what happen when a man is exactly where he belong
I was at my jazz sax professors house hanging out for a quaint holiday party with my colleges when I first saw this clip. It was both hysterical and remarkable.
Monk's bands were always a little raw and ragged, more like blues players than jazz, which made for an interesting mix - his compositions were sophisticated, but they had an edge live that really cooked.
Yeah Monk is electric - you never know what that dude is gonna do
Monk in the back, adding spices like he’s in the kitchen like he’s the Swedish chef or something effin brilliant
Monk was moved, but I wonder how loaded he was?
Wow👀👀👀👀
Man was soaring
I think that's just how he moved
Monk