DougW. 
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Music advice from Thelonious Monk
December 30th 2008 05:03
Thelonious Monk was the main man at the grandstand when it came to playing the jazz piano. There's no shortage of YouTube videos with the Thunk playing his legendary bebop style, fast and discordant on the piano.
Check it:
This image has been flying on the net recently, floating to the top of Reddit, where it's claimed to be advice on playing music, that sounds so easily attributed towards life, too:
Unfortunately, or fortunately, some knowledgeable cats on Reddit dissovled the rumour in the truth: that this image is falsely attributed to Monk but is really the work of Steve Lacy, who played with Monk in the 60s.
Check it:
This image has been flying on the net recently, floating to the top of Reddit, where it's claimed to be advice on playing music, that sounds so easily attributed towards life, too:
Unfortunately, or fortunately, some knowledgeable cats on Reddit dissovled the rumour in the truth: that this image is falsely attributed to Monk but is really the work of Steve Lacy, who played with Monk in the 60s.
"I have confirmed with expert jazz historians; this is Steve Lacy's work, who played with Monk in 1960. Lacy's introduction to Thelonious Monk: His Life and Music uses the above material explicitly."
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