Thelonius Monk’s advice to saxophonist Steve Lacy (1960)
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anyone else want to click when the underlined words?
himself. Can you identify a genius given only their scrawlings?
advice to saxophonist Steve Lacy (1960). See his full handprinted
So many amazing nuggets of pure genius in two pages. This is surely a complete manifesto on playing music and probably...
This was my background for a while because it’s such a wonderful fucking artifact, and reading it would genuinely perk...
Great jazz, like anything great, comes from serious self-awareness.
This blew me away. I think my faves are the first and last. “Just bc youre not a drummer, doesn’t mean you dont have to...
I love stuff like this. It makes me want...leave little profound notes to people that will...
“What you don’t play can be more important”- Thelonius Monk to saxophonist Steve Lacy (1960).
Thelonius Monk’s advice to saxophonist Steve Lacy (1960) Every word of this...What should...
This is fantastic. “A Genius is the one MOST LIKE HIMSELF”
“A genius is the one most like himself.” — T. Monk
Thelonius Monk’s advice to saxophonist Steve Lacy (1960) {ericalba{mrgan}}
Thelonius Monk’s advice to saxophonist Steve Lacy (1960)
just absolutley tremendous. i’m printing this out and kicking my ass with it every morning. wow.
I’m guessing the sax player was Charlie Rouse, but I could be wrong. Looks like it was
Jason G. for linking me up to this!
If only more singers today listened to
Thelonius Monk’s advice to saxophonist Steve Lacy (1960)
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advice to saxophonist Steve Lacy (1960)
per gli dei! “keep the time, pat your foot, play the melody” che poi lo dicono tutti i veri jazzmen, perfino a me me...
Every one of Monk’s notes in here may as well be gospel, but one that stood out for me:
This is killer stuff. I have actually seen this before, also a few other documents like this. But all of it is sage.
advice to saxophonist Steve Lacy (1960)...vruz: I also loved the last line: “They tried to...
In 40 years is there gonna be another one of these from….no, there will never be anything as cool.
A cheat sheet for artists of all sorts. My favorite imperatives: Discriminate: Don’t play everything. Let some things go...
notes in here may as well be gospel, but one that stood out for me: “A genius is the one most like himself.”