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Handwritten Notes By Thelonious Monk

December 28, 2008 By Graham English

I’m not sure of the original source, but I just found these handwritten notes by Thelonious Monk in the Delicious popular feed posted by thescotter. Awesome stuff!
Handwritten Thelonious Monk Notes

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Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: advice, inspiration, jazz, notes, Thelonious Monk, tips

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  1. Susan4848 says

    December 29, 2008 at 12:59 PM

    Graham – This is really wonderful to read. I have heard, “A genius is the one most like himself.” What an insight! And now I see there are many more.

    Have you heard of the Jazz Loft Project at Duke Univ.? I think you would be really interested. Here’s there link: http://cds.aas.duke.edu/jazzloft/

    (Is it OK to post a link here?)

    Wishing you a great New Year,
    Susan

    • Graham English says

      December 29, 2008 at 1:18 PM

      Thanks for the link. Checking it out now. Happy New Year to you too!

  2. Jess says

    January 21, 2009 at 12:07 PM

    One of my kids’ favorite books when they were small was Mysterious Thelonious by Chris Raschka. You must see it!
    snip from review:
    Raschka has captured the music and the man in a picture book as original as Monk himself. Using the provocative “Misterioso” as his inspiration, Raschka set his words to the melody and let them fall on the page just as they would if you were listening to the music. But his “notes” are the 12 values on the color wheel matched to the corresponding 12 tones on the chromatic scale.

    “There are no wrong notes on Monk’s piano, oh no!”

    • Graham English says

      January 21, 2009 at 4:44 PM

      Kids love Monk. He turned me on to jazz as a kid. I’ll have to find that book. Thanks, Jess!

  3. Misterioso says

    September 23, 2012 at 3:40 PM

    Actually, these notes were taken by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy from a conversation he had with Thelonious.

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