Thelonious Monk, Misterioso, solo transcription

This is my transcription of Monk's solo on the iconic 1948 Blue Note recording of "Misterioso". The video includes just the 2 choruses of Monk's solo, along with the transcribed bass line.
This recording is a great example of Monk's playing, with its metric displacement, tone clusters, whole tone scales, and angular melodies. Something interesting happens in the first phrase of the second chorus... did you notice it?
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