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'Ning's the Thing! Thelonious Monk's "Rhythm-a-Ning" :
Another Self-Transcription
'Ning's the Thing! Thelonious Monk's "Rhythm-a-Ning" :
Another Self-Transcription
The vehicle featured in is month's forage into musical self-discovery is none other than Thelonious Monk's “Rhythm-a-Ning”.
As with the two most recent posts (“Bemsha Swing” & “Bye-Ya”), the play-along used here is from Hal Leonard Jazz Play-Along Vol. 91, “Thelonious Monk Favorites – 10 Classic Tunes”, which features the heavyweight rhythm section of (the late, great) pianist Ronnie Mathews, bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa, as well as Monk's former drummer (the great, late), Ben Riley. You can't get closer to the real deal than this.
As you might know, “Rhythm-a-Ning” is Monk's best known “Rhythm Changes” composition - the chord progression of which is based on George Gershwin's 1930 32-bar, AABA standard “I Got Rhythm”, from which countless tunes have been derived and recorded by countless artists of countless genres.
As with the two most recent posts (“Bemsha Swing” & “Bye-Ya”), the play-along used here is from Hal Leonard Jazz Play-Along Vol. 91, “Thelonious Monk Favorites – 10 Classic Tunes”, which features the heavyweight rhythm section of (the late, great) pianist Ronnie Mathews, bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa, as well as Monk's former drummer (the great, late), Ben Riley. You can't get closer to the real deal than this.
As you might know, “Rhythm-a-Ning” is Monk's best known “Rhythm Changes” composition - the chord progression of which is based on George Gershwin's 1930 32-bar, AABA standard “I Got Rhythm”, from which countless tunes have been derived and recorded by countless artists of countless genres.
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