Bohemian National Home –
Friday, October 10, 2009 @ 11:00 pm-12:00 am [20-0943]
Detroit, US.
This week Juan Carlos and I are celebrating the birthday of the great African American pianist, composer & bandleader, Thelonious Monk, at the Bohemian National Home with a program of music from the classic period of Monk’s recording career, between 1947-1957, including Blue Note, Prestige and Riverside masters and the closing cut from the historic 1957 Riverside recordings of Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane, plus verse tributes to Monk by John Sinclair & His Motor City Blues Scholars.
Playlist #284
[01] Opening Music: Thelonious Monk: Trinkle, Tinkle
[02] John Sinclair Intro Comments & Opening Tokes with Juan Carlos
[03]. Thelonious Monk: Thelonious
[04] John Sinclair: thelonious
[06] Thelonious Monk: Misterioso
[07] Thelonious Monk: Well You Needn’t
[08] Thelonious Monk: Ruby My Dear
[09] John Sinclair Comments with Juan Carlos
[10] Thelonious Monk: April in Paris
[11] John Sinclair & His Motor City Blues Scholars: april in paris
[12] Thelonious Monk: Monk’s Dream
[13] John Sinclair & His Motor City Blues Scholars: monk’s dream
[14] John Sinclair Comments with Juan Carlos
[15] Thelonious Monk: The Way You Look Tonight
[16] Thelonious Monk: Brilliant Corners
[17] John Sinclair Closing Comments with Juan Carlos & Outro
[18] Closing Music: Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane: Trinkle, Tinkle
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The surrealism and ignorammitude of American political discourse was illustrated when MTV News’ Tabitha Soren interviewed Bill Clinton in 1992.
Asked what music he listened to, Clinton said he liked Thelonious Monk.
Soren asked, philosophical look on her face, “Who IS the loneliest monk?”