********************************************************* アルバムリスト(登場降順) ********************************************************* #23 - Soesja Citroen / Soesja Citroen Sings Thelonious Monk / Timeless Records / 1990 #1 - Carmen McRae / Carmen Sings Monk / 1988
********************************************************* reserved (alphabetical) ********************************************************* 【Theronious Monk Songbook】 Bill Holman / Brilliant Corners: The Music of Thelonious Monk Dafnis Prieto / About the Monks Frank Kimbrough / Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk Jessica Williams / In the Key of Monk John Beasley / MONK'estra, Vol. 1 John Beasley / MONK'estra, Vol. 2 Randy Weston / Portraits of Thelonious Monk Schlippenbach / Light Blue - Schlippenbach Plays Monk Steve Lacy / Reflections: Steve Lacy Plays Thelonious Monk Steve Lacy / Plays Monk Steve Lacy / I Remember Thelonious: Live at Jazz In'tl Steve Lacy / Only Monk Steve Lacy / More Monk Teodross Avery / Harlem Stories: The Music of Thelonious Monk T.S. Monk / MONK ON MONK by T.S. Monk Tommy Flanagan / Thelonica Walter Davis Jr. / In Walked Thelonious Wynton Marsalis / Standard Time, Vol. 4: Marsalis Plays Monk
********************************************************* 登場曲 (alphabetical) Composer/Lyricist/year - (comment No.) ********************************************************* "Come With Me (Let's Cool One)" (Thelonious Monk/Soesja Citroen/1952) - (#26) "Dear Ruby (Ruby, My Dear)" (Theronious Monk/Sally Swisher/1947) - (#3) "Get It Straight (Straight, No Chaser) " (Theronious Monk/Sally Swisher/1951) - (#2, 18) "How I Wish (Ask Me Now)" (Theronious Monk/John Hendricks/1951) - (#9) "In Twilight (Crepuscule With Nellie)" (Thelonious Monk/Soesja Citroen/1957) - (#25) "In Walked Bud" (Thelonious Monk/Soesja Citroen/1947) - (#21) " It's Over Now (Well, You Needn't)" (Theronious Monk/Mike Ferro/1944) - (#4) "Listen to Monk (Rhythm-a-Ning)" (Theronious Monk/John Hendricks/1957) - (#8, 20) "Little Butterfly (Pannonica)" (Theronious Monk/John Hendricks/????) - (#7) "Looking Back (Reflections)" (Theronious Monk/John Hendricks/????) - (#16) "Man, That Was a Dream (Monk's Dream)" (Theronious Monk/John Hendricks/????) - (#10, 21) "Monkery's the Blues (Blue Monk)" (Theronious Monk/Abbey Lincoln/????) - (#5, 31) "'Round Midnight"(Theronious Monk & Charles "Cootie" Williams/Bernie Hanighen & John Hendricks/1944) - (#11, 19, 27) "Still We Dream (Ugly Beauty) " (Theronious Monk/Mike Ferro/????) - (#13) "Suddenly (In Walked Bud)" (Theronious Monk/John Hendricks/1947) - (#15, 17) "Sure It Can Be Done (Monk's Dream)" (Theronious Monk/Soesja Citroen/????) - (#32) "Underneath This Cover (Monk's Mood)" (Theronious Monk/Soesja Citroen/1947) - (#30) You Know Who (I Mean You) (Theronious Monk/John Hendrics/1947) - (#6) "Well, You Needn't" (Theronious Monk/Blaine Emerson/1944) - (#28)
1. Get It Straight (Straight, No Chaser)
2. Dear Ruby (Ruby, My Dear)
3. It's Over Now (Well, You Needn't)
4. Monkery's the Blues (Blue Monk)
5. You Know Who (I Mean You)
6. Little Butterfly (Pannonica)
7. Listen to Monk (Rhythm-a-Ning)
8. How I Wish (Ask Me Now)
9. Man, That Was a Dream (Monk's Dream)
10. 'Round Midnight
11. Still We Dream (Ugly Beauty)
12. Suddenly (In Walked Bad)
13. Looking Back (Reflections)
14. Suddenly
15. Get It Straight
16. 'Round Midnight (Alternate version)
17. Listen to Monk (Alternate take)
18. Man, Taht Was A Dream (Alternate take)
Musicans については画像をご覧ください。
セルニアス・モンクの曲に Sally Swisher, Mike Ferro, Jon Hendrics ら才人が歌詞を書いています。
「チェイサー」という英語は2つの意味をもつ。1つは酒を割る (ないし酒後の) 水の意。ゆえに「Straight, No Chaser」は、ストレートで飲むという意味をもつ。2つめはジャズの仕事で各ステージの最後を締めくくる短く軽快な曲 、これをチェイサーと呼び、その演奏中にフロントはメンバー紹介をしたり、「有り難うございました。次のステージは○時○分からで〜す」とアナウンスしたりする。『Straight, No Chaser』はモンクのチェイサー曲だった。チェイサーなのに「No Chaser」なんだな。
Well Monk set it straight,
It’s not a time you can wait,
You gotta be on,
you gotta be strong,
The time is here.
So trust your life to your ear,
Don’t wait for no one,
You’ll have to go on,
Because this moment is the place
Where it happens and there’s no one who can
Help set it straight.
Now Monk had a way
Of being out of his day
Ahead of his time
Not in the same rhyme
With other guys
He was uncommonly wise
He knew the answer
That time's a dancer
He knew you can't
Pack up the moment and
Take it with you on the road
'Cause now is the time
Ruby, My Dear
Hold back that tear
I know he’s gone
Your love has flown
You’re all alone
Oh, I know you cry
There’s no reply
Pain lingers on
It doesn’t go
Cos you’ll say so
One day he came to you
And made the music play
In his way
You said you’d rather die
Than say goodbye
But there’ll come a day
Though he’s away
You’ll sing his song
You’ll carry on
Ruby, My Dear
One day he came to you
And made the music play
In his way
You said you’d rather die
Than say goodbye
But there’ll come a day
Though he’s away
You will sing his song
You’ll carry on
Ruby, my dear
この曲を作ってから、セロニアスはジャズ歌手の Charlie Beamon に、どんな曲名がいいかなぁと相談したところ、彼は"Well, you need not"『そんなん、いらんがなぁ』と答えたそうです。
それでこの曲名が "Well, You Needn't" になったとか…
You’re talking so sweet
Well you needn’t
You say you won’t cheat
Well you needn’t
You’re tapping your feet
Well you needn’t
It’s over now
It’s over now
You’re dressing with class
Well you needn’t
You’re holding your sass
Well you needn’t
You’re think you’re a gas
Well you needn’t
It’s over now
It’s over now
It’s over now
It’s over now
You had your fun
So take a bow
You ought to know
You lost the blow
The beat is low
The shadows grow
The lights are low
It’s time to go
Let’s close this show down
You’re taking off weight
Well you needn’t
You’re looking just great
Well you needn’t
You’re setting the bait
Well you needn’t
It’s over now
It’s over now
Scat…
You play enough game
Well you needn’t
It’s more of the same
Well you needn’t
You’re coming off lame
Well you needn’t
It’s over now
It’s over now
You’re bending my ear
Well you needn’t
You’re calling me dear
Well you needn’t
You’re acting sincere
Well you needn’t
It’s over now
It’s over now
It’s over now
It’s over now
Don’t wanna see
Don’t need a row
You had you’re day
Your matinee
You had to stray
You know they say
You gonna play
You gotta face
So find a way out
You say that you try
Well you needn’t
You say you won’t lie
Well you needn’t
You’re starting to cry
Well you needn’t
It’s over now
It’s over now
It’s over now
It’s over now
It’s over now
It’s over now
It’s over now
音源は Monk's Music です。
セロニアスのソロが終わったときに、次はコルトレーン!と叫ぶ声が入っている有名な録音です。
Being alone, life is your own
But sometimes the cost is dear
Being complete, knowing defeat
Keeping on from year to year
It takes some doing
Monkery's the blues you hear
Keeping on from year to year
Life is a school, 'less you're a fool
But the learning brings you pain
Knowing at once you're just a dunce
Trial and error, loss and gain
It takes some doing
Monkery's a slow, slow train
Trial and error, loss and gain
Yeah, George
Finding your one place in the sun
Doesn't come the easy way
Living is deep, nothing is cheap
Measured by the dues you pay
It takes some doing
Monkery's a blue highway
Measured by the dues you pay
You got to pay them dues, yeah
Softer than silk
And as warm as warm milk
Light as air and able to fly
Blossoms know bliss
While they're waitin for her kiss
Pannonica my butterfly
Fluttering one
Fair and bright as the sun
light as wind embracing the sky
Colorful wings
Soft and gaily painted things
Pannonica my butterfly
Like the lovely flowers
I wait for hours
Just to feel that touch
The touch that I love so much
One day she'll flutter by
I'll hold out my hand
And capture my butterfly
Delicate things
Such as butterfly wings
Poets can't describe
Though they try
Love played a tune
When she stepped from her coccoon
Pannonica my butterfly
Some folks dance and others sing
Others find some way to swing
Thelonius can to that
You listen to this cat
It's a dance your feet approve
You can make your body move
Theloniuscan to that
You listen to this cat
You don't have to know how
Just be like a loose goose
You want me to show how
Then you got to turn your body loose
Some cats swing and others don't
Don't you be the kind that won't
Thelonius can to that
You listen to this cat
You don't have to know how
Just be like a loose goose
You want me to show how
Then you got to turn your body loose
Some cats swing and others don't
Don't you be the kind that won't
Thelonius can to that
You listen to this cat
Once you said you loved me
Placed no one above me
Prayed for me to make that vow
What dumb thing did I say
So busy being blasé
How I wish you'd ask me now
I was vain and bind then
Prone to be unkind then
Wish they'd turn back time somehow
Then I was audacious
I ignored what was precious
How I wish you'd ask me now
I thought then I'd always be
Footloose and fancy free
How could I have been so blind
What I once made light of turned out to be true love
Once my ego ruled me
Flattered me and fooled me
More times than the laws allow
You asked me could I care
My attention was elsewhere
How I wish you'd ask me now
I dreamed of a life that was pure and true.
I dreamed of a job only I could do.
One man beside me, we'd be a team,
Man, that was a dream.
I knew it was music I had to play,
I dreamed when I played, I would play MY way.
Too fast makin' children
Booble and toot,
Dreams, that was a–fute.
All through life, I'd be true,
Fortune would come my way.
Strugglin' n gettin ' by,
Tryin' and never lie,
Meaning exactly what I say
I dreamed I had fame and a life sublime,
I dreamed I made prints of the sands of time.
Smack dab in the spotlight, makin' this wave,
Man, that was my dream.
(Solos)
All through life, I'd be true,
Fortune would come my way.
Strugglin' n gettin ' by,
Tryin' and never lie,
Meaning exactly what I say
I dreamed I had fame and a life sublime,
I dreamed I made prints of the sands of time.
Smack dab in the spotlight, makin' this wave,
Man, that was my dream. Man, that was my dream.
Man, that was my dream.
It begins to tell,
'Round midnight, midnight.
I do pretty well, till after sundown,
Suppertime I'm feelin' sad;
But it really gets bad,
'Round midnight.
Memories always start 'round midnight.
Haven't got the heart to stand those memories,
When my heart is still with you,
And ol' midnight knows it, too.
When a quarrel we had needs mending,
Does it mean that our love is ending?
Darlin' I need you, lately I find
You're out of my heart,
And I'm out of my mind.
Let our hearts take wings,
'Round midnight, midnight
Let the angels sing,
For your returning.
Till our love is safe and sound.
And old midnight comes around.
Feelin' sad,
Really gets bad
Round, Round, Round Midnight
A pale and lonely moon
Lights the sky in the dark
Before the dawn
I sit here in my room how I sigh
For the day that's come and gone
Another lonely day passes by
And a new day's coming on
At midnight
Tears I've shed today
Will pause waiting until tomorrow
Dreams of what could become close to me
Timidly
There's a brand new day in sight
At that time 'round midnight
Life's a game of chance
And you're one of the minor players
Look for what you love
The day to come harbours some
Let your spirit stop the fight
At that time 'round midnight
Every day's gonna bring some sadness
Every day's gonna bring some gladness
So take what you can of the glad times
Don't measure your pleasure in nickels and dines
You better look back on the day
And you'll know when you've been unhappy
Fears don't chased away just mighty might have the day
Let your eyes put out their light
At that time round midnight
I'll think no more about today
For in a while this old day will be yesterday
Alone at midnight here in my room
I sit here in the gloom
And let my dreams take flight
'Round 'bout midnight
You and I
I think we know the reason why
So far it's been quite charming
What's in store
It seems we've played this scene before
Which makes it less alarming
Dim the light
And let's go on pretending
That this time it's real
So round and round
The carousal is winding down
Ant still we dream of love
Dim the light
And let's go on pretending
That this time it's real
So round and round
The carousal is winding down
Ant still we dream of love
As I'm reflecting back on my life
It's like a dream
Things are not quite what they seem
There's always something missing
Something unseen but dimly
remembered
I think of paths I might have taken
Lives I'd have changed
Some limping souls rearranged
And I'm amazed how tender
Feelings can be
In looking back
We just peep through the crack
Between what's real and false
In this eternal waltz
Meanwhile we all keep dancing
Now at the end of my reflections
I have to say
I would live life the same way
But that's the way that life goes
Thank God I'm one girl who knows
(knows)
In looking back
We just peep through the crack
Between what's real and false
In this eternal waltz
Meanwhile we all keep dancing
Now at the end of my reflections
I have to say
I would live life the same way
But that's the way that life goes
Thank God I'm one girl who knows
(knows)
ソーシャはこの曲がお気に入りなのか、彼女の1999年のアルバム Song for Ma でも収録しています。
I wonder what would happen if you
stayed until dark
lay down by my side
We'd watch the light
fade away softly
caressing our eyes,
glimering light
I wonder what would happen if this moment
lasted till dawn
would that make you stay
or would you go
just disappear like you dld once before
into the nlght
It's been a long time. How l've missed you
Days went slowly since you left through that door
Love's almost funny now that you are with me
This evening, in twilight I see you
And wonder what could happen if I'm
only asleep
and this ls a dream
could this still come true
like all the tales I was made to believe
Some distant day
could it come true
me being here with you
I never could tell what I wished to be
but deep in my heart lived this fantasy
Tried never to reveal it
now it is done
I couldn't go on
At times when a way out is hard to find
and all kinds of problems may blur your mind,
then pull yourself together
better be wise,
start paying the price
Now look at me
what do you see
I'm feeling absolutely free
Don't ever try to hide
fight it wlth all your might
wishes come true eventually
So I started singing and making rhymes
my bread comes in quarters or mostly dimes
Life isn't always easy
but it's great fun
sure it can be done
if you only try