guitarman63mm (August 28, 2008 at 10:35 am)

I just watched him. Les Dawson is a funny man, but after watching a video of him playing, it seems to be a poorly planned parody of Thelonious, without any regard to his improvisation or talent. The man was simply playing a melody in an unrelated key over the chords.I sincerely hope you were kidding about that.

guitarman63mm (August 28, 2008 at 10:31 am)

It gets better everytime I see it. I think that this is one of the greatest songs ever written, regardless of how subjective it is. The melody over the progression, the lyrical content, I just love the duke!

bigassballsyes (August 19, 2008 at 10:48 pm)

I'm no jazz fan, just came across this but that was amazing!

TheDemonFiles (August 12, 2008 at 5:45 pm)

I think Ellington would have enjoyed this. LOL That should be an understatement.

15oldmen (August 9, 2008 at 2:17 am)

Is there any footage of his final orchestra performances?

Chickenhawk9932 (August 7, 2008 at 12:41 am)

Nice riff - I could ride it into my dreams.

HippieBubbaPower (July 17, 2008 at 9:57 pm)

really good

creb31 (July 3, 2008 at 4:17 am)

el mejor de todos no hay duda,...

bertdockx (June 18, 2008 at 5:19 pm)

rise, monk! rise, people! heartbreaking beauty!

dodgydan (June 12, 2008 at 2:12 pm)

Check out Les Dawson if you like this style of play - Difficult and impossible!