Dizzy said in his autobiography that we was once asked about his contribution to music that he's the most proud of. His answer was: first, the intro he did for Round Midnight, which practically everybody plays since, and second, the intro he wrote for I Can't Get Started.
What a glorious song, so very blue, especially the original WB sheet music, yes please go deeper into the song as soon as you can. It is so sad that it doesn't receive the respect it deserves, nor any airplay. This piece alone makes Monk relatively immortal so long as the blues may be appreciated! MRA
I can make a video about it too! It’s not played as much as the intro. Monk himself doesn’t play it. So, I didn’t feel like it was as essential for the Real Book to include it. But, maybe a separate video about the cadence by Gillespie or Cootie Williams’ interlude, as I mentioned at the end of the video, would be a cool idea!
The Real Book does not tell you too many other things about this music. I've always referred to the Real Book as "the biggest misprint in sheet music." The Real Book is the pied piper of modern music.
To me intros are very important and over-looked by so many players...even good players. The idea of setting up a tune with a 4 or 8 bar intro vamp is really sad. The outro thing is also important. Man listening to Keith Jarrett taught me this!! If you take the intros and ride-outs seriously, they will be just as important as the tune itself.
I always thought Cootie Williams wrote the intro and that is why he gets coauthor credit. That us why I never considered it an essential part of the song.
@@86larsonrd Cootie Williams' young pianist brought Monk's tune to the attention of his bandleader. Here's the first recording, and pretty much the only one that uses Cootie Williams' interlude (from 2:09 to 2:40). There's also a short coda that no one else plays. th-cam.com/video/ofLXD5bbK30/w-d-xo.html
Hey that transcription is there to show the chord changes not to show the actual changes. That's not a transcription done by me, but something I screen shotted, because I thought it would look better than me scribbling something down. I rarely do written transcriptions myself, because I transcribe by ear and then alter it so that I can use the "concept" in different places rather than copy exactly what Monk or another master did. I've said this in another comment before, but I think I might stop using other transcriptions to show chord changes and just write it down with my hands instead. That way, you guys are less confused. In other words, I am not using these transcriptions to show the exact notes. Sorry for the confusion. And yeah, I don't see how that is a B7b9 chord. What they wrote it some kind of B7 chord but not b9.
I don't make any money from these videos and I made them for fun at home. I didn't know so many people were going to see it. For me, wrong transcription don't bother me, because I never follow them myself. I just use them to get an approximate understanding and figure out the notes myself with my own ears. That's a habit of mine, and I think I forgot that not everyone operates that way. Now that I know quite a few people are watching my videos, I'm going to be more careful in the future.
The first example you allude to is a transcription of Monk’s solo performance in 1968. Not a transcription done by me, and it’s not showing what exactly he is playing on 1:01. It’s actually a transcription of the second example you alluded to. I used it to show the chord progression, nothing more. The second example is a part I cut out from the example in 1:01. Thank you for trying to help me improve my videos. Unless, I say this is my transcription and these are the exact notes, the transcription examples I use are there to approximate, rather than reflect the music. I RARELY transcribe anything myself, and try to remember everything by ear and memory. So I try not to keep any transcriptions myself. Just use others for approximation, never as the final word.
Dizzy said in his autobiography that we was once asked about his contribution to music that he's the most proud of. His answer was: first, the intro he did for Round Midnight, which practically everybody plays since, and second, the intro he wrote for I Can't Get Started.
What a glorious song, so very blue, especially the original WB sheet music, yes please go deeper into the song as soon as you can. It is so sad that it doesn't receive the respect it deserves, nor any airplay. This piece alone makes Monk relatively immortal so long as the blues may be appreciated! MRA
This is my favorite composition in any musical genre. So it’s got my respect at least
Another thing is in bar 4 of the tune the way that monk played it was F7 Bb7sus Bb-7 A7 instead of what the real book writes
Yes! Please share more of your knowledge of round midnight!
This was really interesting, would love to see another video doing a deep dive
Haha I thought there will be also words about the great bossa-nova
OUTRO)))
lol
And then the tag ending!
I can make a video about it too! It’s not played as much as the intro. Monk himself doesn’t play it. So, I didn’t feel like it was as essential for the Real Book to include it. But, maybe a separate video about the cadence by Gillespie or Cootie Williams’ interlude, as I mentioned at the end of the video, would be a cool idea!
The Real Book does not tell you too many other things about this music. I've always referred to the Real Book as "the biggest misprint in sheet music." The Real Book is the pied piper of modern music.
nothing real about that book...lol
@@zahiircruz9178 I couldn't had said it better. 😂🤣
Thanks for an interesting video. Really like these 'what the real book doesn't tell you' videos.
Barry Harris adds his own intro before that one and it’s killing
Muito bom. Obrigado.
Rolland Hannah does a great Round Midnight. I'm pretty sure it uses Dizzy's into. Check it out, it's great!
The Real Book also leaves out verses.
To me intros are very important and over-looked by so many players...even good players. The idea of setting up a tune with a 4 or 8 bar intro vamp is really sad. The outro thing is also important. Man listening to Keith Jarrett taught me this!! If you take the intros and ride-outs seriously, they will be just as important as the tune itself.
My blue book has the intro. Also Bud Powell plays it in his video. But Monk really plays the he'll out of this tune.
I love this man, you know the music
Don't forget Bobby Timmons and Joe Zawinul, even if they might be too "pop" sounding around your type 😎
I love Bobby Timmons! Not too pop at all!
Yes!! Thank you!!! 1Nation4Life
Screw the intro. Riyoko Takagi doesn't play it.
Whose version starts at 3:14?
I always thought Cootie Williams wrote the intro and that is why he gets coauthor credit. That us why I never considered it an essential part of the song.
No, the famous intro was by Dizzy. Cootie wrote an interlude and registered the song as his before Monk did. It's a whole story.
@@alfredleeyun any recordings with the interlude in it?
@@86larsonrd Cootie Williams' young pianist brought Monk's tune to the attention of his bandleader. Here's the first recording, and pretty much the only one that uses Cootie Williams' interlude (from 2:09 to 2:40). There's also a short coda that no one else plays.
th-cam.com/video/ofLXD5bbK30/w-d-xo.html
What's the version on 03:14?
In the monk version of the intro of dominant chords, how is that a B7b9 chord? Am I reading the transcription wrong or is it B A Eb Bb?
Hey that transcription is there to show the chord changes not to show the actual changes. That's not a transcription done by me, but something I screen shotted, because I thought it would look better than me scribbling something down. I rarely do written transcriptions myself, because I transcribe by ear and then alter it so that I can use the "concept" in different places rather than copy exactly what Monk or another master did. I've said this in another comment before, but I think I might stop using other transcriptions to show chord changes and just write it down with my hands instead. That way, you guys are less confused.
In other words, I am not using these transcriptions to show the exact notes. Sorry for the confusion. And yeah, I don't see how that is a B7b9 chord. What they wrote it some kind of B7 chord but not b9.
I don't make any money from these videos and I made them for fun at home. I didn't know so many people were going to see it. For me, wrong transcription don't bother me, because I never follow them myself. I just use them to get an approximate understanding and figure out the notes myself with my own ears. That's a habit of mine, and I think I forgot that not everyone operates that way. Now that I know quite a few people are watching my videos, I'm going to be more careful in the future.
Suggestion to improve the video: display the transcriptions while the audio sample is being played, instead of only before
Some transcriptions like 1:01 2nd bar and 2:08 (C7 chord) have mistakes in the individual notes
The first example you allude to is a transcription of Monk’s solo performance in 1968. Not a transcription done by me, and it’s not showing what exactly he is playing on 1:01. It’s actually a transcription of the second example you alluded to. I used it to show the chord progression, nothing more. The second example is a part I cut out from the example in 1:01.
Thank you for trying to help me improve my videos. Unless, I say this is my transcription and these are the exact notes, the transcription examples I use are there to approximate, rather than reflect the music. I RARELY transcribe anything myself, and try to remember everything by ear and memory. So I try not to keep any transcriptions myself. Just use others for approximation, never as the final word.
So maybe in the future, I’ll just use chord symbols, rather than approximate transcriptions if that is preferable by many people.