Bag's Groove (Live Norway)
There's two takes. We'll really want to analyze Thelonius Monk's solos between takes. First let's look at take 2:
Here take 1 is the first run-through:
Notes:
- Still a 12 bar blues
- The second take has a lot more melodic and rhythmic variation than the first.
- The first one feels very somber, mainly because the second one has a lot more runs than the first. This was a lot more of Monk's style.
- Both have these triplet into eight feel (5 bar motif)
- We actually get to see Miles Davis in this one
- The first take I'd argue is very experimental in its solo, while the motifs in the second one is more cohesive (motifs change, but they style connects between the two).