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"Well, You Needn't" is a jazz standard composed by Thelonious Monk in 1944. According to Robin Kelley in his seminal biography ''Thelonious Monk: the Life and Times of an American Original'', 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". Like another Monk standard, "Epistrophy," the song is notable for a chord sequence in which the root note moves by semitones. There is some disagreement about the chord progression and melody in the bridge. On many club dates and jam sessions, musicians play the bridge of the tune as it was transcribed in the original Real Book: :G7 | G7 | A7 | A7 | A7 B7 | B7 B7 | A7 A7 | G7 C7 | This is how Miles Davis recorded the tune on his album ''Steamin' with The Miles Davis Quintet''. The wide proliferation of the Real Book makes this progression the ''de facto'' standard for the bridge. The "New Real Book" shows alternate bridge chords: :D9 | D9 | D9 | D9 | E9 E9 | E9 D9 | D9 C9 | B9 C7 | This is the progression played by Monk himself. Mike Ferro wrote lyrics for the song in the 1970s, sometimes recorded under the title "It's Over Now". ==Performances== *1952: ''Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1'' by Thelonious Monk *1954: ''Miles Davis Volume 1'' by Miles Davis〔See also (【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.discogs.com/Miles-Davis-Volume-2/release/2108054 )〕 *1956: ''Steamin' with The Miles Davis Quintet'' by Miles Davis *1957: ''Taylor's Wailers''by Arthur Taylor *1957: ''Monk's Music'' by Thelonious Monk *1958: ''Branching Out'' by Nat Adderley *1962: ''Chet Is Back!'' by Chet Baker *1964: ''Live at the It Club'' by Thelonious Monk *1963: ''West Coast Vibes'' by Roy Ayers *1975: ''Sum of the Parts'' by Larry Ridley *1979: ''Tribute'' by Marvin Peterson *1981: ''Lounge Lizards'' by The Lounge Lizards *1981: ''Quartet'' by Herbie Hancock *1989: ''Portraits of Thelonious Monk: Well You Needn't'' by Randy Weston *2005: ''Tricycles'' by Larry Coryell〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Larry Coryell - Tricycles )〕 *2010: ''Devil May Care'' by Jamie Cullum 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Well, You Needn't」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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