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Music Appreciation

OAITW r.2.0

(30,540 posts) Thu Aug 28, 2025, 02:01 AM Thursday

Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington - Caravan - (Keepnews Collection) 1955

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The Single Greatest Influence On My Piano Playing ProfessorGAC Thursday #1

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1. The Single Greatest Influence On My Piano Playing

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Thu Aug 28, 2025, 12:57 PM

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When the last band I was in got together I told them Monk was my biggest influence.
A couple years later, the drummer, who sold HVAC equipment, had a customer that also owned a record shop.
That guy gave him a CD that was a jazz sampler. Early in the CD, there was a song by Monk.
Drummer told me he said out loud, "That sounds like GAC "
At the next traffic light, he grabbed the box and sure enough, it was Monk.
I'm not sure how one's influences could be revealed more than that.

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