Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk (Norway, 1966)

Thelonious Monk performing "Blue Monk" with Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, Larry Gales on bass and Ben Riley on drums live at the University Aula in Oslo, Norway, 1966.

[Zerophoenix]

its crazy we live in a time where you can just watch a video at home whenever you want

[thierryanatolemuraour]

Toujours un grand plaisir d'écouter Blue Monk !

[lordofthemound]

Monk reminding us all that the piano is a percussion instrument.

[silva]

The close ups of Monk’s hands as he plays his iconic riffs are very interesting. They show his unique stiff fingering technique and his overhand playing. It’s very different from the technique of most pianists.

[Kinsale]

Boys, if there was ever an underrated tenor sax man, it was Charlie Rouse. He really sublimated his own career to help Monk. We need a documentary on him.🎉

[MitchellDormont]

Nothing but genius! I'm 82 now, and have loved his music for ages.

[DanFreeman]

For some reason this song makes me grin like I heard a great joke. I love this song. It's like he's kidding with you about something.

[morrisalanisette]

the way he just gets up and walks away after his solo is so cool lmao

[englishguy]

I love the camera cuts away from Charlie Rouse’s solo to Thelonious just standing chilling and enjoying the music 😎 Best band of all time

[postatility]

As Charlie Rouse once told me, "....Monk's music is very simple and correct...."

[smrtn]

charlie rouse - great horn player. great fit for monk.

[LeydenAigg]

This is from the same European tour that Clint Eastwood made the centerpiece of his Monk documentary, "Straight, No Chaser", and that's my seventh and eighth grade music teacher, Ben Riley, on drums.

[anthonywhite]

The only thing better than listening to Monk play is watching him play

[nanettehayakawa]

Thelonious Monk's hands (and feet-toe tapping) are mesmerizing - all four musicians are totally brilliant. Thank you YouTube for this !

[retrogamerdave]

Monk inspires every jazz player to explore what is possible and what kind of sounds you could give a chance even though they aren't what people expect to hear necessarily. His influence and impact can't be understated

[vineymushran]

I'm 85 years old, live in New Delhi, India and have been a jazz fan through the music's Avatars from Joplin to the present day since I was 11. I'm not a musician and loathed Mr. Monk's music when I first heard it. I was aware of the disrespect with which he was treated by fellow musicians (who believed he was "out of tune"). Yet, today, a non-musician like myself, has grown to love his music.
That's the measure of the man who was so far ahead of his time that lesser mortals like us couldn't give him the respect and honour he deserved.
A genius pays the price of living and walking among mere mortals.
R.I.P. Bro and forgive us our trespasses😢

[justinludeman]

Faultless, effortless, and legendary already.

[TurdPlop]

My mom loved this I felt like nobody new this existed till the 400, 000 other comments exactly like thank god for mamas teaching music to there children 😊❤

[nannifilippone]

Monk is a genius. He's probably somewhere in Heaven playing cards with Shakespeare, Michelangelo and Chopin

[jamesbueker]

It’s called the right notes at the right pace. The slight discord is planned and wonderful. Genius is not doing the expected; it’s reimagining what can be. Love me some Monk. Coolest cats in town