In this ninth episode, some of jazz's most veteran musicians continue to pour their energy. It's a time when two of hard bop's most creative and seemingly tireless songwriters and bandleaders stand out: pianist Thelonious Monk and bassist Charlie Mingus.<\/p>\n
The first, he recorded about 35 LPs between 1952 and 1971, most of them as a leader and with his own compositions. His highly percussive piano style was moody, as if he wasn't playing notes but their shadows. Today, his Round About Midnight<\/em> It is still considered a fundamental step in the history of universal music.<\/p>\n Charles Charlie<\/em> Mingus, for his part, academically minded and energetic anti-racist, was the main promoter of what became known as the Third Current, an attempt to fuse jazz and contemporary classical music, as evidenced by many of his highly orchestrated recordings.<\/p>\n