Thelonious Monk, "Rhythm-a-Ning"

Rhythm a Ning est une composition du pianiste et compositeur de jazz Thelonious Monk. Téléchargez la partition “lead sheet” au format PDF.

La mélodie ou “thème” de “Rhythm a Ning” est composée sur la structure harmonique du standard “I got rhythm” écrit par George Gershwin. Cette structure est communément appelée anatole ou “rhythm changes” en anglais.

One of Monk’s most recorded and performed songs, it doesn’t actually get put on vinyl by Monk under this title until 1957, at recording session led by drummer Art Blakey. Monk certainly made the melody his own, but he borrowed the A-section from Mary Lou Williams arrangement of “Walking and Swinging“, recorded in 1936. The title references the fact that is based on the chord changes ti Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm“, popularly known in the bebop world as “rhythm changes.”