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Thelonius Monk’s advice to musicians

Posted on December 28th 2008  

Thelonious Sphere Monk was born in 1917 and died on February 17, 1982. He was a pianist and composer from the US, but above all was considered to be one of the most important musicians in jazz.

He had a very unique style, and many people regard him as the originator bebop.

Below is a reprint of some of his advice for musicians that played with him (click on it to enlarge):

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3 Comments Received

nikkos
December 29th, 2008 @8:04 am  

That’s great- thanks for sharing this!

Richard Salit
January 10th, 2009 @6:08 am  

I’ve never seen this from any musician let alone Monk, one of the greats. This is stuff most musicians don’t think about – and they should.

NoiseAddicts
January 11th, 2009 @1:13 am  

You’ve got to Dig it to Dig it …. DIG?

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