Charlie Rouse

tenor saxophone

Tenor saxophonist best known for his long stay in Thelonious Monk’s quartet; Barry recalls him in his picture of Monk on the bandstand, and the two played together at a 1981 concert of Monk’s music.

mentions: 3
recordings: 2
Barry speaking: 1

What Barry says

Telling his audience they were probably too young to have seen Monk in person, which was the real thing, Barry describes Monk playing the theme and then getting up to dance; when Charlie Rouse stopped playing, Monk was right back at the piano and came in without skipping a beat.

Interview: Detroit and after8:42 9:17Brian Jude de Lima, Reanimating Dissonance: Cultivating the Antecedents of Barry Harris’ Concept of Movement as a Multidimensional Pedagogical Tool for Ontario Post-Secondary Jazz Curricula ¶685Brian Jude de Lima, Reanimating Dissonance: Cultivating the Antecedents of Barry Harris’ Concept of Movement as a Multidimensional Pedagogical Tool for Ontario Post-Secondary Jazz Curricula ¶686

In his own words

To see Monk in person was the deal because Monk would play the theme and then get up and dance. When Charlie Rouse stopped playing, he would be right at the piano

Brian Jude de Lima, Reanimating Dissonance: Cultivating the Antecedents of Barry Harris’ Concept of Movement as a Multidimensional Pedagogical Tool for Ontario Post-Secondary Jazz Curricula. Artists House interview, as transcribed in Brian de Lima’s thesis ¶685

Every mention

3 moments in the recordings, 1 of them Barry speaking. Each says who is talking.

Interview: Detroit and after

New York City, 2004

9:17
Barry
Monk danced while Rouse played, then came straight back in at the piano when Rouse stopped.
Watch on YouTube at 9:17

Barry Harris — Interpretations Of Monk CD2

0:00
Someone else
The announcer names Rouse among the players with Barry at the 1981 Interpretations of Monk concert.
Watch on YouTube
51:50
Someone else
The band, ‘Mr. Charlie Rouse’ included, is named again at the close of the set.
Watch on YouTube at 51:50

In the interviews and notes

Barry, Artists House interview with Gary Giddins, transcribed in Brian de Lima’s thesis, 2017 Barry, in his own words
Barry, interviewed by Gary Giddins, remembers that seeing Monk in person was the thing: Monk played the theme, got up and danced, and was right back at the piano the moment Charlie Rouse stopped playing.
Brian Jude de Lima, Reanimating Dissonance: Cultivating the Antecedents of Barry Harris’ Concept of Movement as a Multidimensional Pedagogical Tool for Ontario Post-Secondary Jazz Curricula ¶685Brian Jude de Lima, Reanimating Dissonance: Cultivating the Antecedents of Barry Harris’ Concept of Movement as a Multidimensional Pedagogical Tool for Ontario Post-Secondary Jazz Curricula ¶686
Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes, 1998 A scholar
Milkowski notes that Barry can be heard with Rouse, Don Cherry, Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, Richard Davis and Ed Blackwell on Interpretations of Monk, a two-CD set of Monk’s music recorded at Columbia University on 1 November 1981; the other disc features Muhal Richard Abrams.
Bill Milkowski, Barry Harris: Young-hearted Elder ¶16

Recordings that name them

Barry’s performances and records in the archive that credit or name them.

Monk Allstar Quartet - 1986-08-29, Petrillo Music Shell, Grant Park, Chicago, IL2022, 27 min YouTube
Barry Harris — Interpretations Of Monk CD22021, 52 min YouTube

Method ideas nearby

Ideas of the method taught in the classes where they come up, with how many mentions fall in each.

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