Monk und Griffin kann man in „Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser“ zusammen sehen.
Ich verrate jetzt aber nicht was Monk zu Griffin in der Straßenbahn gesagt hat.
Hier noch ein kurze Passage aus dem Interview mit Ted Panken (s. Post #1)
Did you start to learn Thelonious Monk’s compositions at that time, and Bud Powell’s compositions?
Bud Powell’s, but not Thelonious. I didn’t start learning Thelonious compositions until after I came out of the Army at the end of 1953. Monk came to Chicago. I wasn’t working then, and was at home, looking at television or something, when either Wilbur Ware or Wilbur Campbell called and said, Johnny, come on over to the Beehive. Thelonious is in town, and we need a saxophone player. So I immediately put on some clothes and ran over there, and jumped right into Monk’s music. No rehearsals.
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