He appeared to keep falling asleep during the sittings. Monk would take innumerable extemporaneous breaks and return with a different hat ("lid"). Forty-some years ago, Monk's portrait appeared on the cover of Time Magazine and I remember reading about the difficulty that the artist had in keep Monk upright and properly posed in his chair. If you were ever curious about Thelonius Monk, the incomparable and (really) inimitable jazz pianist, this should answer most of your questions, at least about his mature years. If you are looking to get informed about the man and his story then this isn't the film for you, but if you like his music and want to see it performed on this very nice looking footage then it will be a very enjoyable 90 minutes and is well worth the look for that. This is welcome as it all good stuff and has that extra addition of seeing it being performed rather than just listened to on CD. What there is though is music being played live while the camera watches, small moments observed and some contributions from friends and family (although really the vast majority of the film is the music). There isn't too much talking in this footage I'm not sure if Monk was particularly talky but if he was then it doesn't come over in the footage we have here. This focus is facilitated by lots of footage which was apparently found in the 1980's which was filmed inside the studio, out on tour, in hotel rooms etc. This was a little disappointing given the agenda which I came to the film with, but it was replaced by other things to enjoy since the film is very much about the music – which I guess the man was too, so that works. It is both a good and a bad thing that this film doesn't do that particularly, since it is not really a documentary in terms of having lots of facts and insight thrown at you. This was sort of what attracted me to this film because I was interested to know a little bit more about the guy. So many of us would instantly put a name to it when we hear Round Midnight for example, but really wouldn't be able to talk much about the man himself as "proper" fans would. Overall Miles Davis created a terrific interpretation of Monk’s Straight, No Chaser.Monk is one of those artists that even the very casual jazz fan knows – a group which I very much include myself in. Monk also has a quartet in his recording while Davis has a sestet but in each recording each player gets their own time to improv and no one is left out. The original is a bit slower compared to Davis’s rendition and he also changes the key from Bb to F. He takes this 12-bar blues tune and alters it slightly from Thelonious Monk’s original recording. Miles Davis is one of the most influential trumpeters in all of jazz history and took multiple musical directions during his five-decade music career, which kept him ahead of his competitors. I’ve decided to create a mix tape based on recordings of other musicians playing Monk’s arrangements to honor his …show more content… Miles Davis recorded this song in his album Milestones, and includes great artists such as Cannonball Adderley on alto saxophone, John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on double bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums. Monk kept to his own style, which was a unique and difficult concept to maintain at the time and was vastly different from the other jazz pianist of his day. He epitomizes what a jazz musician is supposed to be, whether if it’s through his compositions, his piano playing or someone else playing his music, you know right away it is Thelonious’. During his lifetime he played melodies and used chord progressions that no one has ever played before. Monk was one the few American jazz composers that gave a spiritual feeling in his music. Show More Beautiful melody, unusually chords and a great sense of rhythmic patterns are only a few characteristics that describe Thelonious Monk’s music.
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