One piece by this jazz musician begins with the ascending sixteenth notes B-flat, E-flat, F, B-flat, followed by a dotted quarter note on G-flat. He used the chord progression from "Blue Skies" in a song tribute to the "Amazi
One piece by this jazz musician begins with the ascending sixteenth notes B-flat, E-flat, F, B-flat, followed by a dotted quarter note on G-flat. He used the chord progression from "Blue Skies" in a song tribute to the "Amazing" creator of "Tempus Fugue-It" and "Un Poco Loco." His improvisations often included very high, quick, descending whole-tone scales. Wilbur Ware was this musician's bassist during his six-month residency at the Five Spot Café in (*) 1957, which led to a performance with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall that included "Nutty" and "Crepuscule with Nellie." This pianist's compositions "In Walked Bud," "Epistrophy" and "Well You Needn't" appear on the first volume of his compilation album, Genius of Modern Music. For 10 points, name this percussive bop pianist, who wrote the standard "'Round Midnight."
One piece by this jazz musician begins with the ascending sixteenth notes B-flat, E-flat, F, B-flat, followed by a dotted quarter note on G-flat.
Thelonious Monk