Thelonious Monk

[erker]

... was more hiphop than alot of these so-called rappers. Examples:

Exhibit A:
Chuck D couldn't even fu*k with the black power in this cover

Exhibit B:
Playing concerts in a full suit with a beanie on . Tell me that ain't hiphop.


Exhibit C:
This dude was fu*king with Rothchilds way before Jay Electronica even existed. Pannonica de Koenigswarter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Exhibit D:
Dude had Clint Eastwood () make a biography of him called "Straight, no chaser". You can't get more hiphop than that.


Just trying to pay some respect. Dude was the sh*t.

 

[erker]

Plus Denzel is gonna play him in the new biopic:

 

[jazzfan]

Monk is cool. We need more films about jazz icons like miles and Coltrane. A film about art pepper would be good too.

 

[Pop123]

my blood uncle. salute to the threadstarter, legendary lineage,

 

[erker]

my blood uncle. salute to the threadstarter, legendary lineage,

Whoa man, that's crazy to have Monk as your blood uncle. I am jealous man!

What age are you, I mean were you around when he was still alive? You must have heard crazy stories at family meetings.

 

[erker]

Monk is cool. We need more films about jazz icons like miles and Coltrane. A film about art pepper would be good too.

Charlie Mingus, please!
Black Saint & the Sinner Lady is one of my favorite records.

 

[Constantine]

Don't forget about Bird...

 

[MikeBrownsJob]

 

[cam]

Monk is a bad man

 

[erker]

Monk is a bad man

In Muhammad Ali voice: "I am a baaaad man"

 

[erker]

Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (Full Album).wmv - YouTube

Another one of my favorites. Watermelon Man and Vein Melter are

 

[STEVE]

i just saw that album cover for the first time recently. supposedly the record company had him do it to attract a more rock/social change 1960's audience. he looks pretty pissed. love "a monk's dream" plus his carnegie hall stuff with coltrane.

 

[erker]

i just saw that album cover for the first time recently. supposedly the record company had him do it to attract a more rock/social change 1960's audience. he looks pretty pissed. love "a monk's dream" plus his carnegie hall stuff with coltrane.

Oh, I didn't know that... I do know he won a grammy in 1968 for best albumcover .

The liner notes are also classic:

 

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

... was more hiphop than alot of these so-called rappers. Examples:

Exhibit A:
Chuck D couldn't even fu*k with the black power in this cover

Exhibit B:
Playing concerts in a full suit with a beanie on . Tell me that ain't hiphop.
Thelonious Monk - Round About Midnight - YouTube

Exhibit C:
This dude was fu*king with Rothchilds way before Jay Electronica even existed. Pannonica de Koenigswarter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Exhibit D:
Dude had Clint Eastwood () make a biography of him called "Straight, no chaser". You can't get more hiphop than that.


Just trying to pay some respect. Dude was the sh*t.

where that cover from?

 

[erker]

where that cover from?

Thelonious Monk's 1968 album 'Underground'. One of my favorite albums ever. Rza sampled the first track for ODB's Shimmy Shimmy Ya.