never enough
Thelonious Monk Quartet (TM [1917-1982], piano; Charlie Rouse, tenor saxophone; John Ore, bass; Frankie Dunlop, drums), “Bemsha Swing” (T. Monk), live, Netherlands (Bussum), 1961
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
never enough
Best job in music? Playing drums for Monk.
Thelonious Monk Quartet (TM [1917-1982], piano, compositions; Charlie Rouse, tenor saxophone; John Ore, bass; Frankie Dunlop, drums), live (“Monk’s Dream”; Drums solo; “Criss-Cross”; “Rhythm-a-Ning”; “Epistrophy”; “Evidence”; “Ruby, My Dear”; “Bright Mississippi”), Brussels, 1963
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random sights
this morning, Chicago (Monadnock Building)
never enough
Thelonious Monk Quartet (TM, piano; Charlie Rouse, tenor saxophone; John Ore, bass; Frankie Dunlop, drums), “Nutty,” “Bemsha Swing,” “Epistrophy,” “Crepuscule with Nellie,” “I Mean You,” live (TV show), Netherlands, 1961
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art beat
William Klein (1928-), Baseball Cards, New York 1955
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