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John Law Trio The Onlest Pictures from a Monk Exhibition
(FMR CD38-E1096)
In the summer of 1994, I was asked by David Mossman, the manager of the Vortex Jazz Club, London, to create a set of work to be on permanent display on the walls of the club. I had a well-established fondness for Thelonious Monk's music so I chose to use him as my inspiration. Over the next year I spent as many months drawing from the music as I did creating the final pieces. I found that his aural forms translated well into abstract visual form and the solidity of his musical structure translated successfully into wooden collage. In the end I tried to instill a kind of "Theloniousness" into the pieces, using warm and subtle colours, combined with strong, simple shapes.
I hope to have created a fitting tribute to the man they call the "Genius of Modern Music".
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© Melanie Day
| 01. | Bemsha Swing | 3.36 |
| 02. | Mysterioso | 5.40 |
| 03. | Evidence 1 | 4.18 |
| 04. | Ruby My Dear | 5.24 |
| 05. | Thelonious/Promenade 1 | 0.36 |
| 06. | Introspection | 4.05 |
| 07. | Blue Monk | 1.55 |
| 08. | Thelonious/Promenade 2 | 1.18 |
| 09. | Round Midnight | 9.29 |
| 10. | Thelonious/Promenade 3 | 0.30 |
| 11. | Friday the 13th | 2.56 |
| 12. | In Walked Bud | 4.46 |
| 13. | Thelonious/Promenade 4 | 0.16 |
| 14. | Bemsha Swing 2 | 6.29 |
| 15. | Thelonious/Promenade 5 | 0.32 |
| 16. | Epistrophy | 3.34 |
| 17. | Evidence 2 | 3.32 |
| 18. | Ask Me Now | 3.38 |
| 19. | Thelonious/Promenade 6 | 0.11 |
you might ask Trevor Taylor who runs the record company (FMR)
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