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I am a couple of days early, but I probably wouldn't be able to get this posted until next Monday if I don't do it now, so here we go.
The tune for October is slated to be Let's Cool One, by Thelonious Monk. Don't let the Monk source scare you, this tune is relatively straightforward and I don't think it is out of place for the B&I area.
I have attached leadsheets in concert, Bb and Eb. I have also included a handwritten leadsheet in concert that I got from a friend who passed quite a while ago, he went to Berklee back in the 60s and was a great source for information and stories. I included that one as the chords are different and it also includes the notation for the way that the Monk quartet ended the form on the Misterioso album, so it may be of interest to some of you (or not).
I have a few backings that I have created in iReal and Band in a Box. I used to have BIAB installed on an old laptop that I had at home (when I used to have a music room), I bought an updated version to install on my current laptop and it has changed dramatically since I last used BIAB and I can't seem to get the render to wav or mp3 to work (everything is over-amplified and distorted). So, I am putting up an iReal version at 140bpm and a BIAB version that I did a little over 10 years ago and still have a copy of. It feels like around 180bpm, but I don't know for sure (significantly faster tempo in any case). I find the 140bpm feels like the "right" tempo for me as I believe that is approximately what Monk played it at.
~180bpm
https://soundcloud.com/cleger15%2Flets-cool-one-renderwav
140bpm
https://soundcloud.com/cleger15%2Flets-cool-one2
To me, this is the definitive version. It's the Monk quartet with Johnny Griffin on tenor, played live at the 5 spot in the late 50s. This quartet was apparently fairly short-lived and came after the quartet with John Coltrane, but before Sonny Rollins and Charlie Rouse.
I also found a more recent video from Chad LB that struck me as a great interpretation of the tune as well:
Apologies for the long post, hopefully there will be some interest in the tune.
The tune for October is slated to be Let's Cool One, by Thelonious Monk. Don't let the Monk source scare you, this tune is relatively straightforward and I don't think it is out of place for the B&I area.
I have attached leadsheets in concert, Bb and Eb. I have also included a handwritten leadsheet in concert that I got from a friend who passed quite a while ago, he went to Berklee back in the 60s and was a great source for information and stories. I included that one as the chords are different and it also includes the notation for the way that the Monk quartet ended the form on the Misterioso album, so it may be of interest to some of you (or not).




I have a few backings that I have created in iReal and Band in a Box. I used to have BIAB installed on an old laptop that I had at home (when I used to have a music room), I bought an updated version to install on my current laptop and it has changed dramatically since I last used BIAB and I can't seem to get the render to wav or mp3 to work (everything is over-amplified and distorted). So, I am putting up an iReal version at 140bpm and a BIAB version that I did a little over 10 years ago and still have a copy of. It feels like around 180bpm, but I don't know for sure (significantly faster tempo in any case). I find the 140bpm feels like the "right" tempo for me as I believe that is approximately what Monk played it at.
~180bpm
https://soundcloud.com/cleger15%2Flets-cool-one-renderwav
140bpm
https://soundcloud.com/cleger15%2Flets-cool-one2
To me, this is the definitive version. It's the Monk quartet with Johnny Griffin on tenor, played live at the 5 spot in the late 50s. This quartet was apparently fairly short-lived and came after the quartet with John Coltrane, but before Sonny Rollins and Charlie Rouse.
I also found a more recent video from Chad LB that struck me as a great interpretation of the tune as well:
Apologies for the long post, hopefully there will be some interest in the tune.