Charlie Rouse & T. Monk on UTube

[lee_]

Blue Monk. I'm sure many of you have seen this.

Monk's work with Coltrane was seminal, of course, but Rouse seemed to be a good fit for, as Bobby G says, the Monk "landscape".

 

[Linky Lee]

Charlie Rouse was brilliant with monk.

I can listen to his playing with monk over and over again and you pick out new bits everytime that flaw you. It's great playing, great ideas and a great sound. Top that off with great performances as well. Marvelous.

 

[mfox]

i just love this guys playing and always have..he always sounds like he can't be bothered playing anything too hard (although what he plays is hard) just enough and no more....

i have the monk coltrane concert.. and while JC solos are way more complex than CRs i prefer CRs.. he fits in with monk way better for that overall monk sound...i would have loved to see this band live..

 

[Bobby G]

I agree with you totally mfox, Rouse just goes together with Monk like no-one else. Have a listen to the Live At The It Club double CD, and there's an album called 5 by 5 by Monk which has the quartet augmented by, ooh, can't remember, may be Clark Terry on cornet. The album has the excellent 'Jackie-ing' which although it sounds totally natural is a tune of 14 bars.

Cheers, Bob

 

[mfox]

i don't know that one. but I'm a sucker for weired time sigs and arrangements .. gonna google it now

 

[Bobby G]

Memory playing tricks! The cornet on 5 x 5 x Monk isn't Clark Terry, it's Thad Jones, who has a lovely tone, not quite as piercing as a trumpet.

Cheers,Bob