Advice From a Master: Thelonious Monk (Part 1)
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The Importance of Listening to Monks Music
Master Steve Lacey: Monks music and monks playing really, really rewards that kind of listening. There's so much humanity in this music, so much groove and all those kinds of things as well. "You got to dig it to dig it," he says about the importance of knowing what you're doing with your feet. 'Don't play something just because someone said you should play that' is a classic Monk quote.
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