20.6.09

waabbbaa weeee-eeeehhhh-oooohhhh...

Round about Midnight

Thelonious Monk, Composer

... music to live by ...


[Three paths...]




Thelonious Monk




Wes Montgomery, guitarist

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The song was given a dramatic shift by Bernie Henighen and Clarence Williams, creating a vocalese staple of the jazz world. The title morphed to Round Midnight



Sarah Vaughan & Dizzy Gillespie

3 comments:

Andrew Shields said...

Wes is SOOOO relaxed. A lesson for all guitarists, for all musicians even: relax and play!

Pris said...

I'm coming back to these!! all are musicians I like. I've been exchanging links to great music with a facebook friend and enjoying the hell out of it!

sam of the ten thousand things said...

Thanks, Andrew & Pris, for the visit.