Thelonious Monk

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani cites Thelonious Monk as a bebop pianist1 and as an example of melodic richness in jazz2, as well as of the harmonic and melodic risks taken in it3. He sets his music against mass production: in his view, three seconds of Monk contain ten times more music4, and Monk never touched an amp, since great music is acoustic5. He places Monk's piano solos on the same level as a Beethoven symphony, as examples of an art of time6, and predicts that a Monk solo will one day be taught among the classics of the twentieth century7. He takes Round Midnight as an example of a standard that is not a blues8. He also ranks him among the cursed artists, recalls that a doctor from Gaillac judged him decadent, and presents him as an American who is not an Atlanticist. Finally, he mentions that he listens to him himself and that Charlie Parker listened to him.

1. 1Musicosophie 6. La Variation Jazz... de Beethoven15 Dec 2020 · 1:04:17
2. 2Tout est permis mais rien n'est possible - Michel Clouscard - 229 Jan 2012 · 40:40
3. 3B comme Bach16 Dec 2014 · 8:12
4. 4#2.4 Entre crise et guerre : Philosopher ?10 Mar 2016 · 1:31:03
5. 5#5 Libéralisme-libertaire, consommation libidinale et musique...27 Sept 2014 · 28:29
6. 6Pagani Parle Musique • Introduction au podcast23 May 2022 · 1:28
7. 7JOHN LEWIS - CLASSIQUE OU JAZZ ? • Pagani Parle Musique29 Jun 2022 · 3:05
8. 8#14 Cavernes d'Hier et d'Aujourd'hui - De Platon à la modernité10 Jun 2022 · 1:20:22

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