Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music
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Artist: Thelonious MonkEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1991-07-01
Music Label: Ojc
Soundtracks:
- Abide With Me
- Well, You Needn't
- Ruby, My Dear
- Off Minor (Take 5)
- Off Minor (Take 4)
- Epistrophy
- Crepuscule With Nellie (Take 6)
- Crepuscule With Nellie (Takes 4 And 5)
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Free Music Review: 5-Stars Isn't Enough For This Album
Hit: 5 Stars
Thelonious Monk was on a roll in 1957. Finally, the jazz buying public understood his genius and accepted him in the ranks of other jazz innovators of the day like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, etc. He finally got credit where it was due.
I think Monk's genius is on full display here. Though, I will say it's pretty remarkable that Monk doesn't solo much on this recording. Since this is a larger band, he let the other guys stretch a little more. What is noteworthy besides the obvious musicianship are the compositions. Monk wrote some of the greatest jazz tunes ever recorded like "In Walked Bud," "Blue Monk," "Ruby, My Dear," "Round Midnight," "Straight, No Chaser," "Locomotive," "Boo Boo's Birthday,"Green Chimneys" to name a few. All of these tunes are jazz standards and are covered by just about everybody who sits down at a piano or picks up a horn.
His group on this 1957 session for Riverside Records were the following: Gigi Gryce on alto saxophone, Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane on tenor saxophones, Ray Copeland on trumpet, Wilbur Ware on bass, and Art Blakey on drums. This lineup is simply one of Monk's best of the 50s. His next best lineup was for Columbia: Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, Larry Gales on bass, and Ben Riley on drums.
The music on this recording will not only please Monk fans, but will also cause you to pick up more albums down the road. Highly recommended.
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