Well You Needn't (for string quartet and soprano saxophone)
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SKU: S0.120187
Composed by Thelonious Monk. Arranged by Jim Gailloreto. 20th Century,Classical Period,Neo-Classical,Jazz,Recital. Score,Set of Parts. 47 pages. Published by Jazz String Quintet (S0.120187).Well You Needn’t [4’19”] - string quartet, soprano saxophone [advanced]This arrangement is an adaptation and elaboration of Thelonious Monk’s Well You Needn’t. The music combines elements of hard bop and modal jazz. The strings alternate between classical and jazz influenced styles. Improvisation is only in the soprano saxophone. This approach in both abstract and literal. The beginning and endings paint a very impressionistic book ends to very straight jazz setting in the middle.Wikipedia"Well, You Needn't" is a jazz standard composed by Thelonious Monk in 1944. The title was inspired by a protégé of Monk's, the jazz singer Charlie Beamon: Monk wrote a song and told Beamon he was going to name it after him, to which Beamon apparently replied "Well, you need not".
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