Blue Monk (Jeanne Lee)

Jeanne Lee · 1961 · Thème de Thelonious Monk avec paroles, en duo

Context

Second track of the album, on the theme by Thelonious Monk. Lee and Blake thus combine standards, Monk and originals on a record that Ben Ratliff called a "cult favorite."

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, Third stream. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Laura (Jeanne Lee) (1961)
• Evil Blues (1961)
• Church on Russell Street (1961)

Sources

• EN: The Newest Sound Around

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