Thelonious Monk: Crepuscule With Nellie
In 1957 Nellie Monk was having some difficulties with her thyroid and had to get surgery. In tribute, her husband, jazz piano legend Thelonious Monk, composed this song for her. Despite all of the stereotypes about artists being unpredictable (and maybe even unreliable) the Monks enjoyed a relationship that lasted decades. This song is a tribute to their devotion to each other.
In 1957 Nellie Monk was having some difficulties with her thyroid and had to get surgery. In tribute, her husband, jazz piano legend Thelonious Monk, composed this song for her. Despite all of the stereotypes about artists being unpredictable (and maybe even unreliable) the Monks enjoyed a relationship that lasted decades. This song is a tribute to their devotion to each other.
In
1957 Nellie Monk was having some difficulties with her thyroid and had
to get surgery. In tribute, her husband, jazz piano legend Thelonious
Monk, composed this song for her. Despite all of the stereotypes about
artists being unpredictable (and maybe even unreliable) the Monks
enjoyed a relationship that lasted decades. This song is a tribute to
their devotion to each other. - See more at:
http://www.jazzonthetube.com/videos/thelonious-monk/crepuscule-with-nellie--1.html#sthash.f9zuZqQW.dpuf
In
1957 Nellie Monk was having some difficulties with her thyroid and had
to get surgery. In tribute, her husband, jazz piano legend Thelonious
Monk, composed this song for her. Despite all of the stereotypes about
artists being unpredictable (and maybe even unreliable) the Monks
enjoyed a relationship that lasted decades. This song is a tribute to
their devotion to each other. - See more at:
http://www.jazzonthetube.com/videos/thelonious-monk/crepuscule-with-nellie--1.html#sthash.f9zuZqQW.dpuf
Crepuscule With Nellie
Crepuscule With Nellie
Crepuscule With Nellie
2 comments:
With Chopin and Liszt, on the short list of top performance stars on piano coming from the rich tradition of James P, Willie the Lion, Eubie who were in competition with Rachmaninoff. This classic should become requisite fare for Carnegie Hall recitalists.
If there is any footage available of the New Jersey master Don Lambert, his version of the Trolley Song is definitive.
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