Ruby, My Dear

Thelonious Monk · 1947 · Premier enregistrement, trio, 24 octobre 1947 (Blue Note)

Context

Ballad by Thelonious Monk recorded on October 24, 1947, at the WOR studios in New York, in a trio with Gene Ramey and Art Blakey. It appears on Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1 (Blue Note), a compilation of his first sides for the label.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's). Among the origins and influences of Bebop: Kansas City, Swing, big bands.

By the same artist

• 'Round Midnight (1947)
• Well, You Needn't (1947)
• In Walked Bud (1947)
• Epistrophy (1948)
• Straight, No Chaser (1951)
• Blue Monk (1954)

Sources

• EN: Genius of Modern Music, Vols. One & Two

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