In Walked Bud
Thelonious Monk Lyrics
Dizzie, he was screaming
Next to O.P. who was beaming
Monk was thumping
Suddenly in walked Bud and then they got into Somethin'
Oscar played a mean sax
Mr. Byers blew a mean axe
Monk was thumping
Suddenly in walked Bud
And then the joint started jumping
Every hip stud really dug Bud
Soon as he hit town
Takin’ that note nobody wrote
Putting it down
Dizzie he was screaming
Next to O. P. who was beaming
Monk was thumping
Suddenly in walked Bud
And then they got into something
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This Thelonious Monk be bop thumper has two distinct lives. The title refers in name to Monk’s musical soul mate Bud Powell and has a performance history spanning Monk’s entire career. In fact, “In Walked Bud” was first recorded during the fall of 1947 sessions that yielded The Genius of Modern Music -- his first sides as a bandleader. Then in 1968, Jon Hendricks added some spontaneously conceived lyrics to a version ultimately located on Underground (1968) -- one of Monk’s final studio albums accompanied by a band. Read Full BioThis Thelonious Monk be bop thumper has two distinct lives. The title refers in name to Monk’s musical soul mate Bud Powell and has a performance history spanning Monk’s entire career. In fact, “In Walked Bud” was first recorded during the fall of 1947 sessions that yielded The Genius of Modern Music -- his first sides as a bandleader. Then in 1968, Jon Hendricks added some spontaneously conceived lyrics to a version ultimately located on Underground (1968) -- one of Monk’s final studio albums accompanied by a band.
The quirky chord progressions and highly percussive nature inherent in Monk’s performance style is suitably matched to the equally freewheeling and serendipitous melody. There is an undeniable playfulness within the otherwise meticulously crafted phrases and careful syncopations. Even on the earliest recordings, the unique arrangement and delivery that would become synonymous with the name Thelonious Monk seems fully developed and equally honed. His uncanny ability to drive the tune melodically between the notes and phrases is wholly evident. As Hendricks so poignantly observes in his lyrics, Monk has the almost sonically psychic talent of “takin’ that note [that] nobody wrote [and] puttin’ it down.” Both the instrumental and vocal “In Walked Bud” have been subject to a seemingly infinite number of cover versions. The oddly at ease melody and frenzied musicality has likewise made it one of Monk’s most recognized compositions, ranking alongside “’Round Midnight” and “Straight, No Chaser”.
The quirky chord progressions and highly percussive nature inherent in Monk’s performance style is suitably matched to the equally freewheeling and serendipitous melody. There is an undeniable playfulness within the otherwise meticulously crafted phrases and careful syncopations. Even on the earliest recordings, the unique arrangement and delivery that would become synonymous with the name Thelonious Monk seems fully developed and equally honed. His uncanny ability to drive the tune melodically between the notes and phrases is wholly evident. As Hendricks so poignantly observes in his lyrics, Monk has the almost sonically psychic talent of “takin’ that note [that] nobody wrote [and] puttin’ it down.” Both the instrumental and vocal “In Walked Bud” have been subject to a seemingly infinite number of cover versions. The oddly at ease melody and frenzied musicality has likewise made it one of Monk’s most recognized compositions, ranking alongside “’Round Midnight” and “Straight, No Chaser”.
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Osvaldo Emarques
Hello koast 1..Essa sua postagem levou a mais de 100
comentários. O que foi muito bom. Só achei que não falaram
muito do trabalho do excelente
contrabaixista Ahmed Abdul
Malik. Em julho de 1961, Malik como integrante do grupo
American Jazz Festival esteve
no Brasil. Eles tocaram em São
Paulo e no.Rio de Janeiro.
No Rio. onde eu morava foi perguntado a Malik sobre o
que ele achou desse set no
Five Spot Cafe em 1958.
Ele respondeu I don't know
but it was good. Não precisava
dizer mais nada.
Fernando Daniel
My heart is sad and lonely
For you I sigh, for you dear only
Why haven't you seen it
I'm all for you body and soul
I spend my days in longing
And wondering why it's me you're wronging
I tell you I mean it
I'm all for you body and soul
I can't believe it
It's hard to conceive it
That you'd turn away romance
Are you pretending
It looks like the ending
Unless I could have just one more chance to prove, dear
My life a wreck you're making
You know I'm yours for just the taking
I'd gladly surrender myself to you body and soul
My life a wreck you're making
You know I'm yours for the very taking
I'd gladly surrender myself to you body and soul
Nathan Mattor
Just so you know, Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell were best friends.
This one is about how he felt when Bud walked into the room. Just listen to the first few notes. Off tone and at a very strange timing. Just like when a certain friend of mine walks into the room and ups the conversation several notches and more.
I hope everyone is lucky enough to have a friend like that.
likethesunshine
apparently bud powell tried to defend him from the police when he refused to show identification
TertialMule
Ill jam with you my guy :D
Joseph Robertson
@Aeneas Strozier commie kropotkin fan I'm here for dat
SAHBfan
I've heard a different version of how this song came about. Apparently Bud walked into a jam session very late one night when he was extremely drunk and started a fight which turned into a bar room brawl. I have no idea if that is true - but it is the story our guitar player gave us when he introduced us to the song... I always thought it was a happy song, so I'm not so sure ;)
Aeneas Strozier
anarcho communist jazz fans unite!
Horatio Alloway
This is SUCH a sick song - I can't wait till I'm at the level where I can jam it out with my buddies!
Diplamatik Juan
@Maggs Gorilla you and me both bud (no pun intended...okay, pun totally intended)
Jack Parsons
JAAAAAAAM ON!!! ANY AND EVERY MEDIUM!!!
Maggs Gorilla
Horatio Alloway i wish i had buddies to jam it with. i have a play along backing disk and that must do