thelonious monk
Thelonious Monk was an American jazz pianist & composer. Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire. He’s is the second most recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington, which is particularly remarkable as Ellington composed over 1,000 songs while Monk wrote about 70. Get Monk’s tunes on iTunes [audio:http://blog.bklyn.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/thelonious-monk-well-you-neednt.mp3|titles=Thelonious Monk – Well You Needn’t] Thelonious Monk – Well You […]
ascenseur pour l’échafaud
Ascenseur pour l’échafaud is a 1958 French film directed by Louis Malle. The score by Miles Davis has been described by jazz critic Phil Johnson as “the loneliest trumpet sound you will ever hear, and the model for sad-core music ever since …”. Get the Soundtrack via iTunes.