The composition which is cocredited to drummer kenny clarke ultimately spanned monks entire performance career. It quickly became popular as an opening and closing tune on the clubs on 52nd street on manhattan where dizzy. Sheet music for straight, no chaser with acoustic guitar. Librivox free audiobook afro rhythm radio podcast kitchen table tales ek. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Thelonious monk composed over 70 compositions, all imbued with his distinct compositional style. Heres how to solo using common tones on monks epistrophy. Get thelonious monk epistrophy sheet music notes, chords.
Sheet music for round midnight with ensemble, voice, drums, acoustic guitar and bass. Hal leonard digital sheet music at sheet music plus. Thelonious monks composition epistrophy can give us a musical glimpse of the very beginning of bebop. Transpose printable jazz composition or download, save as pdf. Monks quartet, including drummer shadow wilson and bassist ahmed abdulmalik, performed two short sets. It appears on several studio albums and is a constant in his live shows. Download and print epistrophy sheet music for guitar tab by thelonious monk from sheet music direct.
Jazz piano collection thelonious monk below are recordings and pdf transcriptions from a thelonious monk transcription book which is seemingly impossible to purchase. Epistrophyone of monks earliest compositions, it was cowritten with drummer kenny clarke and went by various names. Thelonious monk s compositions as recorded by thelonious monk created date. The premier site for the history and analysis of the standards jazz musicians play the most. Thelonious monk and john coltrane, two of the biggest giants of jazz. High quality and interactive, transposable in any key, play along. Epistrophy steve lacy album, a 1969 album by steve lacy. Epistrophy live version by thelonious monk on amazon music. Learn the 5 essential left hand techniques with my free ebook. Bop 252 c 7 9 d7 9 d 7 9 e7 9 d 7 9 e7 9 c 7 9 d7 9 f m7 f m7 b7 6 c 7 d7 d 7 9 e7 9 c 7 9 d7 9 to coda c 7 9 d7 9 coda g 11 7 a b a 1 epistrophy thelonious monk. Thelonious monk epistrophy 4 versions free download as pdf file. Check out epistrophy live version by thelonious monk on amazon music.
Thelonious monk, american pianist and composer who was among the first creators of modern jazz. Epistrophy from the jazz pianists ultimate guide to the. Thelonious monk composed the jazz standard epistrophy, often considered his signature. Subscribe for free to stay connected to our channel and easily access our. Thelonious monk and john coltrane epistrophy youtube. Thelonious monk epistrophy sheet music pdf notes, chords. Start your free month get unlimited sheet music 1 month free. Epistrophy live version by thelonious monk on amazon. Print and download epistrophy sheet music by thelonious monk arranged for piano. Check out epistrophy by thelonious monk on amazon music.
Epistrophy for guitar solo, intermediate guitar sheet music. Epistrophy is the title of a be bop standard composed and popularised by thelonius monk in 1942. The definitive thelonious monk on prestige and riverside sheet music for straight, no chaser with acoustic guitar jellynote, 400. Explore the genius of monk through 15 notefornote transcriptions of his takes on these standards.
Everyday 20 sheet music for piano download free in pdf or midi. Oct 29, 2014 epistrophy is the title of a be bop standard composed and popularised by thelonius monk in 1942. The tune was also called bip bop by monk, and he claims that the tunes latter title was the origin of the genredefining name bebop. While monk is often regarded as a founder of bebop, his playing style evolved away from the form little is known about his early life. Download and print epistrophy sheet music for piano solo by thelonious monk from sheet music direct.
Epistrophy has an interesting place in thelonious monks voluminous catalogue. Epistrophy ran blake album, a 1991 album by ran blake. The tune is characterised by its repetition and modification of a single, imitative phrase or epistrophe. Epistrophy thelonious monk, thelonious monk septet song. Monk epistrophy sheet music for piano solo pdfinteractive. Bemsha swing blue monk boo boos birthday criss cross epistrophy i mean you in walked bud lets cool one monks dream nutty off minor rhythmaning ruby, my dear. Taking a modal approach to epistrophy ive been revisiting some old jazz tunes lately and, yet again, remembered how hard monks tune epistrophy makes you think. Many melodies are written creatively over blues or rhythm changes, while others are distinct originals or lyrical ballads. Thelonious monk quartet, epistrophy video dailymotion.
Jazz piano collection thelonious monk thelonious monk. Licensed to virtual sheet music by hal leonard publishing company. Monk also had a regular working group, featuring the tenor saxophonist charlie rouse, but by now his work as a composer was quite limited. Epistrophy composition, a jazz standard composed by thelonious monk and kenny clarke in 1941. Or book now at one of our other 32893 great restaurants in new york. Thelonious monks epistrophy did you notice how the song seemed more dissonant than some of the others we have listened to but still sounds cool. Epistrophy thelonious monk, thelonious monk septet. Epistrophy by kenny clarke digital sheet music for. Music notes for leadsheet melodychordslyrics sheet music by kenny clarke. In 1964, he appeared on the cover of time magazine.
At a performance on the west coast, when monk was similarly disinterested with the event, a man in the audience stood up and said, hey monk. In this post im going to describe some approaches that try to avoid running the changes and instead find scales that work over whole sections of. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly. The rh plays just the melody and the lh plays a simplified stride. Monk epistrophy sheet music real book with lyrics pdf. History, insights, and a jazz piano cover of this thelonious monk tune. Mar 30, 2020 thelonious monk round midnight history. Thelonious monk all the best full album greatest american jazz pianist and composer duration. Nez floridas emerald coast real estate podcast with nathan abbott chillout music radio.
Its angular and slightly discordant style show a break with previous jazz forms, as well as with contemporaneous bebop composers. Epistrophy is worked in the round and then steeked. By now he was signed to a major label, columbia records, and was promoted more widely than earlier in his career. Thelonious monk, in full thelonious sphere monk, born oct. Get menu, photos and location information for epistrophy in new york, ny. Pdf download thelonious monk quartet with john coltrane at carnegie hall. The best of thelonious monk by thelonious monk softcover. Epistrophy composition, a jazz standard composed by thelonious monk and kenny clarke in 1941 epistrophy ran blake album, a 1991 album by ran blake. Taking a modal approach to epistrophy ive been revisiting some old jazz tunes lately and, yet again, remembered how hard monk s tune epistrophy makes you think. Epistrophy for piano solo, intermediate piano sheet music. Thelonious monk epistrophy sheet music notes and chords arranged for piano transcription.
The one time my father saw monk in new york, for example, the pianist refused to play more than three or four notes. Clarke called it fly right or fly rite, it was called iambic pentameter, and known, too, as simply the theme since it was used by mintons house band to open and close a set. A contrafact based loosely on rhythm changes in c, and was ed by monk under the title nameless in april 1944. As the pianist in the band at mintons playhouse, a nightclub in new york city, in the early 1940s, monk had great influence on the other musicians who later developed the bebop movement. Epistrophy is a tough tune to play the melody has some odd twists and turns and strange chromatic notes do you expect anything less from monk. Thelonious monk epistrophy sheet music notes, chords. Transpose, print or convert, download jazz pdf and learn to play piano score in minutes. Choose from thelonious monk sheet music for such popular songs as round midnight, all the things you are, and blue monk. Epistrophy charlie rouse album, a 1988 album by charlie rouse. Thelonious monk composed the jazz standard epistrophy, often considered his signature tune, in 1942.
The title epistrophy is not a word in any dictionary. Download and print epistrophy sheet music for voice and other instruments by thelonious monk real book with lyrics. Born in rocky mount, north carolina, his family moved to new york. Learn the 5 essential jazz lh techniques with my free ebook. Monks mood, evidence, crepuscule with nellie, nutty, and epistrophy. Thelonious monk epistrophy sheet music piano solo in a.
Here are 10 frequently played monk tunes to start with that will give you a solid foundation. Thelonious sphere monk october 10, 1917february 17, 1982 was a jazz pianist and composer known for his unique improvisational style and many contributions to the standard jazz repertoire. Monks phenomenal mood swings sometimes resulted in bizarre concerts. In this post im going to describe some approaches that try to avoid running the changes and instead find scales that work over whole sections of the tune. As another portion of the legends of jazz series, eclipse released epistrophy or epitrophy as the misprinted label states as the installment pertaining to thelonious monk. This is a list of compositions by jazz musician thelonious monk. Thelonious monk epistrophy sheet music notes and chords arranged for piano solo. The album is basically a collection of performances, recorded circa 1963 or 1964, of a basic jazz quartet, headed by the genius of modern music himself.