TheloniOus Monk, goddamnit! There's a second O in the man's name! GODDAMNIT! GET IT RIGHT! SHOW SOME FUCKING RESPECT!

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is it

I thought it was Theolonious. But never mind, I never typed that anywhere, apart from just now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9udeWOjjls
this is a superb Monk documentary, I was just browsing but ended up watching it all.

Thought this was belated birthday revive. But yeah, doc is good.

Happy birthday TheloniOus!

I couldn't do any of my rudiments.

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T6MeeHzjh5s/WnjVPvI9QCI/AAAAAAAALo0/qmUslq_-8MIyzG0HRMjsI1zY1PySOSV1QCLcBGAs/s1600/41REBb3FKzL._SS500.jpg
This latest Gregory Lewis album with Marc Ribot on guitar and Jeremy Bean Clemons on drums features some of the funkiest b3 organ since Jimmy Smith, it's rather good.

I've been coming back to a lot of Monk stuff this year because I'm slowly but surely getting through that Robin Kelley bio, and listening to the records in order as they come up.

Also watching this documentary (which is probably what the broken link upthread was), it's wild to see some of this footage, the Columbia studio with Teo Macero, etc:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT9VeJBcEBM

That Frankie Dunlop interview from upthread is still up:

"And if something comes to mind during a concert that you're not sure you can pull off, don't do it. That's why they have the woodshed. Monk said he'd rather have a drummer play strictly time than to bust in with some flash and mess up the time."

(posting this for my own benefit)

Experimental footage-recycling doc Rewind & Play is a must watch

there's some mention on the rolling jazz thread from this year and also at Monk's Poll: the compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk, just FYI

i agree that it's great

Ah thank you. The movie’s title proved tough to search here