“There are no wrong notes; some are just more right than others.” — Thelonious Monk

You either get it. Or you don’t . Or you can’t. If you don’t? There’s still hope. 👁️🖤This. Emoticons are brilliant in this context for me, because paragraphs of words would never convey how essential and gorgeous this is to me. Not just Monk, but the interaction of every element. The dance between the bass & drums. The swing of it. How they intertwine. This is the sound of America 🇺🇸 being Great.

Thelonious Monk didn’t just play the piano; he hit it like a hammer. His flat fingers defied all classical technique to force the instrument into speaking an uncomfortable truth. 🎹💥 🤔 Fun Fact: Monk used to freeze on stage or start spinning in circles mid-performance; it wasn't a trance, it was his way of "listening" to the silence between notes to find exactly where to land the next chord. 🌀🎙️ Did you know? 🤯

‘I played all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order’ Eric Morecambe

Coltrane said playing with Miles Davis was like going to music college by playing with Monk was like getting his PhD

Jazz has different rules than life. In jazz two wrongs can make a right.

Jazz please

I will try to enter this rabbit hole next months. I saw some LPs of him in my favorite record store & since I am a Wu-Tang-fanatic & RZA sampled him several times, I need to discover a new page in my musical education.

TM is a genius. The notes circle around weave and bounce. Amazing. The most original of all. Up there with Bird. Influenced Coltrane. Period.

Thelonious is the Uncle to Redskins great & HoF'er Art Monk.

I don’t often hit a wrong note when playing guitar, but when I do I call it jazz.

Monk > 🎹 > Genius

when music is what breath and bear fruit to the world.

Tense

Like no one else.

Greatness

That’s just flavor!

I love jazz, but this is garbage

Excellent jazz moment

Amazing!

"I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order" Eric Morecambe to Andre Previn

Playing “outside” is a thing!

What song is that? I forget

Lol 😂 I love that

A genius.

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There is such a thing, as a note, out of place.

✌️❤️😎🚀🇺🇸🎶

@thejazzypenguin iconic

Nothing like! (swoon)

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More Thelonius Ai and I

Amazing

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