Which one is your favorite? - XVI -

This is the last "Which one is your favorite?" post for 2019. I checked the previous posts and saw that it is time for a jazz classic and I picked a great piece from Monk. It is one of the most covered compositions of Monk and I hope you will like the ones I chose for you...

Here is the piece for this week;

"Crepuscule with Nellie"

Thelonious Monk wrote “Crepuscule with Nellie” for his wife (the eponymous Nellie) when she was having surgery for a thyroid disorder in 1957. “Crepuscule” first appeared on a Monk album that same year, Monk’s Music. 

The tune was originally titled "Twilight with Nellie", but Pannonica de Koenigswarter suggested instead to use the French word for twilight, which is crepuscule. 

Monk at the piano is joined here by Art Blakey on the drums, Wilbur Ware on bass, Gigi Gryce, Coleman Hawkins, and John Coltrane on saxophones, and Ray Copeland on trumpet. This version starts with a solo piano introduction from Monk before the drums and bass join Monk on this beautiful ballad. 

Monk himself played and recorded many different versions of the composition.

And here are the 3 versions I picked for you;

• Jason Moran - "Crepuscule With Nellie"

• Kronos Quartet & Ron Carter "Crepuscule With Nellie"

• Chick Corea feat. Christian McBride & Brian Blade  - "Crepuscule with Nellie"

Now the floor is yours, go ahead and make your comments (here, Instagram, Facebook wherever you feel like...).

nb. Please note that I intentionally do not include the original versions of the songs as it would be a little unfair to the artists covering the songs, and I am sure that sometimes you will be surprised to see that the songs you thought were the originals are just covers..