Thelonious Monk Fake Book: C Edition

By Steve Cardenas and Don Sickler

(Artist Books). The music of Thelonious Monk is among the most requested of any jazz composer, but accurate lead sheets and sources have never been widely available until now. This folio has 70 of the master composer/pianist's most familiar pieces, as well as a number of obscure and unrecorded tunes, in easy-to-read versions. Includes counterlines and ensemble parts for many pieces, as well as bass-lines and piano voicings where applicable. Also includes a biography, a glossary, and a definitive discography of the compositions in the book. Titles include: Ask Me Now * Bemsha Swing * Blue Monk * Blue Sphere * Boo Boo's Birthday * Bright Mississippi * Brilliant Corners * Bye-Ya * Crepuscule With Nellie * Criss Cross * 52nd Street Theme * Functional * Gallop's Gallop * Hackensack * I Mean You * In Walked Bud * Jackie-ing * Let's Cool One * Little Rootie Tootie * Misterioso * Monk's Mood * Nutty * Off Minor * Pannonica * Played Twice * Rhythm-a-ning * 'Round Midnight * Ruby, My Dear * Straight No Chaser * Thelonious * Well You Needn't * and 39 more.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0634039180
• ISBN13: 9780634039188
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.9" x 11.9"

Customer Reviews

Cheaper staple binding and paper quality

The print quality of this book is less than in previous editions. The cover is the soft, floppy style with stapled spine binding and thinner pages. Older editions that I have purchased in the past had the square style case binding and thick paper, which in the long term holds up much better for me. Otherwise, all actual content of the pages in this edition appear to be identical to past editions.