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On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 09:43:17AM -0400, Dave Phillips wrote:

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> Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote:

> >Not that the OT needs to go on any longer, but monk is one of my all

> >time favorite composers and performers. :-D If I were to start studying

> >music again I think I would start with monk.

> To push this thread a little towards on-topic: In the late 1980s I

> transcribed hundreds of compositions by various composers to MIDI

> sequences. It was great training for me, I worked from the written

> music, so the work improved my reading skills tremendously, and it also

> gave me much more intimate knowledge of what was going on inside the

> music's composition. I urge all students to follow this way, it's quite

> similar to Bach's practice of transcribing works by previous composers

> in order to learn how it's done. Linux audio software such as MusE and

> Rosegarden offer all the capability needed to carry out such a task,

> anyone can do it.

That's an excellent recommendation. I'll remember to do that if I start

studying music again.
> And yes, I transcribed some pieces by Monk. IMO he was one of the

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> titans. Favorite Monk piece of the moment: Ruby My Dear. Favorite Monk

> experience: Watching Buell Neidlinger's "buellgrass" group play an

> evening of nothing but lesser-known Monk titles at McCabe's in LA, all

> tunes played by a quartet that included fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and

> string bass. And who can forget the Kronos Quartet's rendition of Round

> Midnight ?

Speaking of Kronos ... I had the incredible privledge of hearing them

perform Steve Reich's Triple quartet live. It was the single most

amazing musical experience I've ever had.
> But the best is still Monk with Rollins, or with Coltrane, or just Monk

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> by himself...

by himself is my favorite way, but you can't leave out Charlie Rouse.
> Off-topically,

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> dp

returning to lurk mode,
Eric Rz.