Challenge of the Jazz Douchebags! Make a mix disc of Monk covers.

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Rules, which you may honor or ignore as you see fit.

1 - Fit it on a standard 80 minute disc.

2 - Try to reuse players, or at least bandleaders, as little as possible.

3 - End it with "Epistrophy" just like a regular Monk set.

4 - Zip or Rar it up and post it here for sharesies.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 14:10 (twenty years ago)

I will do this over the weekend, I think.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:30 (twenty years ago)

ITS BEAT TIME!

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:31 (twenty years ago)

ITS HOP TIME!

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:31 (twenty years ago)

ITS I'll get me coat.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:34 (twenty years ago)

I'm not even a jazz douchebag and I might want to do this.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:42 (twenty years ago)

Ah! My dad just did this! i'll get the tracklist.

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)

Well, fuck. Three tries at YSIing an archived version didn't work, so here come the individual files.

"The Hooded One"*

1 Evidence, Steve Lacy and Don Cherry
2 Bemsha Swing, Cecil Taylor
3 Light Blue - John Coltrane (apparently originally released under Mal Waldron's name, though)
4 'Round Midnight - Wes Montgomery
5 I Mean You - Ralph Peterson
6 Crepescule With Nellie - Joe Lovano
7 Straight, No Chaser - Miles Davis
8 Simpatico/Misterioso - Howard Shore and Ornette Coleman
9 Nutty - Art Ensemble of Chicago and Cecil Taylor
10 Ruby My Dear - Carmen McRae
11 Trinkle Tinkle - The Paul Motian Trio
12 Epistrophy - M'Boom

* Yes, I know this is the silliest and most pretentious of all possible titles for this mix.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 00:53 (twenty years ago)

vanity bump

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 18:12 (twenty years ago)

You stole my Epistrophy!

Anyway, nice, I'll dl tonight I hope.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)

It's okay though, I'll just use Rusell Gunn's.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 18:41 (twenty years ago)

Man, I love me some M'Boom! But I haven't heard Russell Gunn's version, so I support that idea.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 18:42 (twenty years ago)

This is tough, because I usually like Monk's versions better than any covers.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Thursday, 15 December 2005 02:36 (twenty years ago)

I know what you mean. That's why a lot of my picks don't have piano at all.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 15 December 2005 02:54 (twenty years ago)

Most pianists don't seem to "get" Monk. That Cecil Taylor Bemsha Swing definitely would have been one of mine (drats).

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Thursday, 15 December 2005 02:56 (twenty years ago)

There's a reason I rushed to be first.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 15 December 2005 02:59 (twenty years ago)

has anyone else heard 'monk's casino'? what do they make of it?

― tom west (thomp), Thursday, 15 December 2005 03:12 (twenty years ago)

also, coo

― tom west (thomp), Thursday, 15 December 2005 03:13 (twenty years ago)

This is the first I've heard of it. I like what I've heard of Schlippenbach, though.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 15 December 2005 03:16 (twenty years ago)

God, I wish I could match all the Jazz Douchebag posts! I can't thank people enough for all the education, and I can't wait until my Christmas treasure trove arrives so I can really start sharing the love.

― regular roundups (Dave M), Thursday, 15 December 2005 03:42 (twenty years ago)

I feel we've done good work here.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Thursday, 15 December 2005 03:56 (twenty years ago)

Austin I love the look of that list and am downloading it right now, even the ones I already have so I can listen to them in the context of your list.

At the risk of being Mr Conservative I still can't get past Miles's version of of Round Midnight or Sonny Rollins's verion of Misterioso (excepting Monk's own versions of course).

I should have more Monk recordings than I do - I admire him more unreservedly than any jazzer except maybe Ellington but I have a lot more records by Miles, Coltrane, Ornette etc than I do of Monk.

― frankiemachine, Thursday, 15 December 2005 14:53 (twenty years ago)

I hope you guys like listening to it as much as I liked making it. Now post yours, please.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 16 December 2005 00:51 (twenty years ago)

Nobody accepts the challenge?

I WINZ

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Sunday, 18 December 2005 01:58 (twenty years ago)

I didn't get around to this yet, I was making Chanukah gift mixes for family members today. I've got a bunch of shit in mind, though.

― Jordan (Jordan), Sunday, 18 December 2005 06:59 (twenty years ago)

THAT'S RIGHT! YOU BETTER RUN!

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 00:35 (twenty years ago)

(I am going too keep bumping this thread until someone else posts a mix, or I die, or the world ends, or the admins interfere. Whichever comes first.)

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 00:42 (twenty years ago)

Dude, it's gonna happen. And when it does, it's gonna be off the hook. It's gonna be so far off the hook that it's gonna need a map to get back to the hook. It doesn't even remember what the hook looks like.

Only, it's not gonna happen this week. Next week, maybe.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 00:52 (twenty years ago)

I can be patient. Sorta.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 01:23 (twenty years ago)

I don't think I have enough Monk covers to fill out a disc. This is pretty sad, now that I think about it.

― I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 01:49 (twenty years ago)

I'm not choosy. EPs can be great.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 02:14 (twenty years ago)

Okay, I did a little digging. But you stole my Bemsha Swing! Also, except for the vocal and instrumental versions of "Round Midnight," I tried not to repeat any songs, otherwise I could have done a Best of Round Midnight along the lines of the Best of Louie Louie.

1. Round Midnight (vocal) - Robert Wyatt
2. Well You Needn't - Herbie Hancock Quartet (HH, Ron Carter, Tony Williams and a VERY young Wynton Marsalis)
3. Eronel - Misha Mengelberg, Ken Vandermark & Hamid Drake
4. Bye-Ya - Anthony Coleman/Sephardic Tinge
5. Monk's Dream - Larry Young
6. Brilliant Corners - Anthony Braxton
7. Off Minor - Misha Mengelberg/Vandermark/Drake
8. Round Midnight (instrumental) - Herbie Hancock Quartet
9. Epistrophy - Lounge Lizards

I have a Miles Davis version of "Well You Needn't" that I wanted to work in, but the Hancock covers of both that and "Round Midnight" are fantastic.

It's too late tonight and I'll be in Memphis all day tomorrow, so I can't upload any of these until Wednesday.

― I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 03:56 (twenty years ago)

I'm reasonably certain I've never heard any of those. Hooray!

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 04:02 (twenty years ago)

I could seriously fill that shit out if I worked all of Six Monk's Compositions in there instead of just "Brilliant Corners."

― I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 04:04 (twenty years ago)

I included two songs from Monk tribute albums. I thought I had a TJ Kirk disc, but it's disappeared someplace. That would've made three. The only reason I suggested avoiding multiples by the same artist (and I fudged that myself) is to get plenty of variety on there. Variety is less important than getting goodness, though, so do what you gotta do to make it work.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 04:13 (twenty years ago)

I should add "Variants of a Theme of Thelonious Monk (Criss Cross)" even though the writing is credited to Gunther Schuller. Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro, Jim Hall, John Lewis, Eddie Costa and a bunch of other guys. Schuller's hand is in there, but they keep coming back to the Monk theme, so I think it would be okay.

― I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 04:24 (twenty years ago)

Okay, it's up, all in one .zip file.

http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2EA3RFCPPNWCY0MZ5XKB9TX1V7

I added the "Criss Cross" variations as track #4. Total time 67:11.

― I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 16:40 (twenty years ago)

At last I'm not the only douchebag in the room.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 22 December 2005 01:15 (twenty years ago)

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