The semantic blog » Thelonius Monk | Between insanity and genius

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Following the recommendations of Master Pablo Bessouet (probably one of those guys who really knows about music over this world), I’m beginning with some musicians who changed their worlds, and probably ours too.

Considered one of the most important musicians in jazz, Thelonious Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight No Chaser".

Often regarded as a founder of bebop, Monk's playing style later evolved away from that form. His compositions and improvisations are full of dissonant harmonies and angular melodic twists, and are impossible to separate from Monk's unorthodox approach to the piano, which combined a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of silences and hesitations (a style nicknamed "Melodious Thunk" by his wife Nellie)

Theloinus died in 1982, crazy… or perhaps as a misunderstood genius. In 1993, he was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2006, he was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation.

Sometimes, our experiences become relevant because of dissonances and unorthodox approaches to life…
 
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Source: Wikipedia

 

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