Monkery's the Blues

Carmen McRae · 1988 · Paroles d'Abbey Lincoln sur « Blue Monk »

Context

Vocal version of Thelonious Monk's "Blue Monk", with lyrics by Abbey Lincoln, recorded in the studio in New York in April 1988. Appears on Carmen Sings Monk (Novus, 1990, producer Larry Clothier), whose titles were changed "for rights reasons."

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, Neoclassicism, Young Lions. 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

• Get It Straight (1988)
• Dear Ruby (1988)
• Little Butterfly (1988)
• Something to Live For (1955)

Sources

• EN: Carmen Sings Monk

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