Thelonious Monk's composing work often feature uncomplicated devices used uniquely. In this track, �Straight, No Chaser,� he employs a single abstraction � on each occasion with a new ending, and in a newer section of a measure. The mutating, revolving accents represent true musicianship � complexity out of the simple. The progressions � 12-bar blue chords � are simply brilliant.
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