Thelonious Monk 'Crepuscule with Nellie' | Archive INA

Jazz portrait ORTF (12/02/1970)
Thelonious Monk interprète au piano "Crepuscule with Nellie"

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[postatility]

One of the most beautiful love songs ever heard.
Nellie was indeed a crucial part of Monk's life and well-being ❤

[andyquinn]

I think this is my favorite Monk tune. So evocative. That ending!

[petermills]

All this & his middle name is 'Sphere' too !! Perfect! 😊😄

[dmlevitt]

no one else like monk. I love this man. so much beauty, ugly beauty. cheers thelonious.

[reginaldlewis]

One of the greatest musician of any century!

[janujones]

genius genius i love this man so much!!!! thank you for all the great music thelonious!!! thank you thank you thank you

[Gestureyex]

sublime performance, so emotional and spirit led. monk follows his hesitations and certainties so well.❤❤❤

[RanBlakePiano]

Captures Nellie. Bitter sweet personality !

[johnadkins]

As sure as the work of a genius as any piece of music you care to name.

[dneil]

Shit, I don’t know what to play. I see you figured it out Mr. Monk✊🏽…

[astrolopes]

as precise as a Swiss timepiece, and also funky!

[charlesbarry]

The inimitable Thelonious Monk. Like John Lewis, his greatest contributions to jazz are his compositions.

[robertfish]

So people, which type of car do you play this in?
A Rolls-Royce perhaps. Round midnight? Legendary.

[reneehenderson]

We all interpret music differently and extremely personally. I hear Nellie's strength and commitment to duty. Then I hear the daily routine of most wives and mothers. Sounds like Nellie used to tell him about himself sometimes. I hear forgive and forget and back to doing what she did to help their world go round. In the final ringing notes, I heard that he could get on Nellie's last nerve.

[charlesbarry]

Genius. Difficult song. Difficult changes.

[JepppeLisdorf]

Does anybody know where this recording is from?