Friday the 13th

March 13, 2012 8:41 AM

unofficial mini-challenge suggestion: Friday the 13th?

Inspired by this radio show with 20 covers of Thelonious Monk's "Friday the 13th", how about ... some covers of Thelonious Monk's "Friday the 13th"? With a goal date of Friday, April 13th.
posted by moonmilk (9 comments total) 4 users marked this as a favorite

Good god man that is an epic challenge. Gonna have to give this one a good long think.
posted by Doleful Creature at 12:30 PM on March 13, 2012


I don't know the original, which usually means fun times for a cover!
posted by dubold at 3:32 PM on March 13, 2012


the original is here - and that's coltrane on the first solo
posted by pyramid termite at 6:36 PM on March 13, 2012 [2 favorites]


mini challenge is friggin' CHALLENGING!
posted by snsranch at 7:00 PM on March 13, 2012


wow
posted by unSane at 7:06 PM on March 13, 2012


I'll dig out the fakesheet for it
posted by unSane at 7:08 PM on March 13, 2012


i'm very busy these days, so i don't know if i'll get around to it, but i thought i'd point out that the "head" of friday the 13th actually works when played against the four chord challenge chords
posted by pyramid termite at 5:46 PM on March 14, 2012


Ooooh
posted by koeselitz at 3:05 PM on March 16, 2012


pyramid termite: “the original is here - and that's coltrane on the first solo”

Not to be picky, but incidentally that's not actually the original (which sadly I cannot find on Youtube.) The original is on the Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins album, but doesn't actually feature Sonny Rollins because, on the titular Friday the 13th, Sonny got held up by a car accident and couldn't make it, and the trumpet player got sick and couldn't play either, so they got Julius Watkins to play french horn instead. (Hence Monk marked the unlucky occasion with the title of the song.) Pretty sure the version you linked is from the Thelonious Monk at Town Hall album from a few years later.
posted by koeselitz at 8:45 PM on March 17, 2012


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