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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 3h

That's the stuff! 😙🤌

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 4h

For those keeping score at home....
1959
T. Monk, p

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 4h

#LookAndSee 220
#MusicChallenge

Reflections

(A Monk 🎂 tribute.)

#jazzsky, #jazz, #Monk

youtu.be/t16NwXHxtT4?...

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 7h

#jazzsky

Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 8h

#MusicChallenge
#KillerTunes
10/11

Little Rootie Tootie

(A Monk 🎂 tribute)

youtu.be/cd5rGoDqTyE?...

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 8h

For those keeping score at home....
1959
Thelonious Monk — piano
Donald Byrd — trumpet
Eddie Bert — trombone
Robert Northern — French horn
Jay McAllister — tuba
Phil Woods — alto saxophone
Charlie Rouse — tenor saxophone
Pepper Adams — baritone saxophone
Sam Jones — bass
Art Taylor — drums

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 8h

#MusicChallenge
#KillerTunes
10/11

Little Rootie Tootie

(A Monk 🎂 tribute)

youtu.be/cd5rGoDqTyE?...

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 9h

🎂

Album cover Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk. (1958)

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 9h

#JazzSky

Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · 10h

Happy Birthday Thelonious Monk! “Monk was an enigmatic guy, but he was one of the best people I’ve known, completely honest, and he took a liking to me and took me under his wing, and years later I was able to see that he influenced me in many things.” –S.R. (2007)

A photo of Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk, photographer unknown.

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 9h

When they're bunched together at the end of the album 👍. Not so much when they are after each song. My patience for programming songs left a long time ago. But hey, Monk!

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 9h

Cheers!🍷

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 9h

For those keeping score at home....

CD backs of Thelonious Monk, "Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2"

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 9h

Rolling with the classic early Blue Note sides for some Thelonious Monk birthday inspired listening. 🎂 Repetitive alt takes on the 💿 always a bit annoying, but wadda ya gonna do. Happy Friday everyone... such as they are. 🍷
#jazzsky, #jazz, #nowplaying, #Monk, #BlueNote

CD covers of Thelonius Monk, "Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 13h

❤️ Have added "Monk in Tokyo" to the playlist.

The Sound of Jazz clip is an all-timer. When my son was learning Blue Monk on guitar, my first reaction was to show him that clip. God, Basie is soaking it all up.

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 13h

#jazzsky

Ethan Iverson @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social · 16h

Happy Birthday to Sphere. All the jazz greats knew what they were doing, but Thelonious Monk REALLY knew what he was doing. It was Precise. iverson.substack.com/p/tt-442-bri...

TT 442: Brief Overview: Thelonious Monk on Record

October 10 is Sphere's Birthday

iverson.substack.com

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 14h

Thanks for sharing. Why do I have to put it on in the background? 😎

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Reposted by Bird Lives

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 1d

"The shrine on your headboard is a picture of Charlie Parker with the Mel Trouve All Stars, RCA Studio from 1949, surrounded by a plastic trumpet Christmas decoration, one broken drumstick, and a blackened reed that you picked out of the dumpster behind your favorite jazz club."

This Is What Happens When You Listen to Too Much Jazz

Foot tapping (beats 2 and 4!). Head shaking (all beats, heavier on beats 2 and 4). Hand drumming on every surface—steering wheel, tables, grocery c...

buff.ly

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 1d

I see you Qobuz. 👍

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 1d

a black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat walking in the dark .

Alt: Thelonious Monk dancing

media.tenor.com

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe this? Sorry, I'm not listening. Will have to do some time. Cheers!

Nat King Cole Trio, "What is this Thing Called Love?

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 1d

Thx, will do. Currently this 👇

Abdullah Ibrahim, "Cape Town Flowers"
Song: "African Marketplace"

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 1d

For those keeping score at home....
1951
C. Parker, as
W. Bishop, p
T. Kottick, b
M. Roach, d

Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 1d

#MusicChallenge
#KillerTunes
10/10

Star Eyes

#jazzsky, #jazz, #musicsky

youtu.be/xxtSiKF6cU0?...

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 1d

That band there could tear it up.

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 1d

🎂
#jazzsky

Bobby Broom @bobbybroomguitar.bsky.social · 1d

KENNY GARRET: Today I’m wishing a happy birthday to the incomparable Kenny Garrett.
Kenny and I go back quite a ways — we’ve shared the bandstand many times over the years.
This photo is from 2013, when we happened to bump into each other at an airport in Prague.

HBD, Kenny!

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 1d

Cheers 🍷

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