Well, You Needn’t - Harmonic Challenges for the Jazz Improviser in Thelonious Monk’s Music.
Thursday, January 5, 2023
3:00 PM – 5:30 PM US EST
Location: Grand Salon
This research focuses on Monk’s composition “Well You Needn’t,” as an example of the harmonic challenges that performers face when improvising on Monk’s music. The transcriptions and analyses of the jazz masters’ recorded versions reveal important strategies that can be applied to other modern jazz compositions.