There's not a lot of words in this album and there won't be many words in this description. Thelonious Monk. Heard of him?? Some consider him one of the patron saints of bebop, but with Monk, it's... more complicated than that. Sure he rolled with the bebop crowd, but in his piano riffs he was playing with ideas that pushed the envelope even further with his jazz. At times almost prog-like, he nails solos drenched in odd time signatures in ways that would take his peers another decade to understand.

AAAAAND TODAY. We have a very special guest. He is a jazz painter with a profound appreciation of Thelonious' work and his artwork was recently seen in the trailer for "Bel Air" (the Fresh Prince reboot)... It's Martel Chapman!!!!

...and Brad, and Jon, and Dave, and Jake. 

Episode Links:

TO PURCHASE MARTEL CHAPMAN'S ART: https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/martel-chapman

Martel's work in the "Bel Air" trailer: https://www.instagram.com/p/CYkJyT_PsZ2/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

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