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Originally Posted by SeattleUte
I can see I have to become more familiar with Monk.
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I'm soprry to hi-jack your thread on a peripheral point, and I promise this is the last comment, but not just Monk, lots of good classical jazz. You mentioned earlier today your thought about the western canon not being closed. This applies to music also. Jazz, good jazz, is just as important and impressive and meaningful as classical music. And don't misunderstand me, I love classical music. Listen carefully to Bach and you can understand how Europe came to be what it is. Mozart is incomprehensibly clever and beautiful and Beethoven is indescribeable. But at the same time, Miles Davis and Charlie Parker and Monk (yes, i admit, I like Monk) are equally important IMO.