Assist in writing a REACTION WORDS PER SONG. DESCRIBE WHAT YOU HEAR, AND THEN YOUR EMOTIONAL REACTION TO IT.

Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk

 

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAk_GBSX9iw

 

 

Jimmy Giuffre -- Suspensions (Gunther Schuller Orchestra) 1957

 

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRUWtrgTpcs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GByoYKEq8Dg&t=5s

This song is a 12-bar blues done in Monk's unique way

• There is no intro to the tune - they start right at the top of the melody
• They play a short tag at the end to end the tune
• The saxophone player you hear is John Coltrane, whose influence will be noted by all who follow.