Thelonious Monk - The Complete Blue Note Recordings
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Artist: Thelonious MonkEdition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 1994-10-18
Music Label: Blue Note Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Humph
- Evonce (Alt Tk)
- Evonce
- Suburban Eyes
- Suburban Eyes (Alt Tk)
- Thelonious
- Nice Work If You Can Get It (Alt Tk)
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Ruby My Dear (Alt Tk)
- Ruby My Dear
- Well You Needn't
- Well You Needn't (Alt Tk)
- April In Paris (Alt Tk)
- April In Paris
- Off Minor
- Introspection
- In Walked Bud
- Monk's Mood
- Who Knows
- 'Round Midnight
- Who Knows (Alt Tk)
- All The Things You Are
- I Should Care (Alt Tk)
- I Should Care
- Evidence
- Misterioso
- Misterioso (Alt Tk)
- Epistrophy
- I Mean You
- Four In One
- Four In One (Alt Tk)
- Criss Cross
- Criss Crosss (Alt Tk)
- Eronel
- Straight No Chaser
- Ask Me Now (Alt Tk)
- Ask Me Now
- Willow Weep For Me
- Skippy
- Skippy (Alt Tk)
- Hornin' In (Alt Tk)
- Hornin' In
- Sixteen (First Tk)
- Sixteen (Second Tk)
- Carolina Moon
- Let's Cool One
- I'll Follow You
- Reflections
- Misterioso
- Crepuscule With Nellie
- Trinkle Tinkle
- In Walked Bud
- I Mean You
- Epistrophy
Free Music Notes for The Complete Blue Note Recordings
Free Music Review: The authoritative Monk
Hit: 5 Stars
There's jazz piano, then there's Monk jazz piano. And there's jazz recordings, then there's Blue Note jazz recordings. Put the two together and you get this fascinating, fun, educational, enjoyable 4-CD set. I wish I had bought this earlier in my jazz education, because this covers such a long time span and so many different types of recordings, that I really learned a lot from it. Many songs I had never attempted to play on the piano became possible for me, because I had Monk's frame to work within. The book that accompanies the CD's is very thorough and covers everything from what the recording sessions were like, to the technicalities of the recordings themselves. My favorites are the standards where Kenny Hagood sings, evoking the "bridge" that Monk was soon to form between "classic" jazz and "Monk" jazz. Of course, all of Monk's now famous tunes are here too. The recordings themselves are very clean and clear, which I really like, and there is a wide variety of styles covered on the different discs. I was very satisfied with this set, and I go back to it pretty often. If you're a fan of jazz, especially jazz piano, I'm sure you will too.
The Complete Blue Note Recordings Poster
From the 1947 sessions that lead off this set through to the 1958 live recordings at the Five Spot with John Coltrane, this box set chronicles the development of one of the most unique and creative American musicians. The first CD dates entirely from 1947, and on it we hear a Monk conversant in the bebop idiom, his distinct style emerging. By 1951 on the second CD we have a gorgeous version of "Ask Me Now," with all the delightful rhythmic hesitation that became one of his trademarks. "Reflections" on the third CD has Sonny Rollins caressing the melody in an almost languid tempo, followed by a classic version of "Misterioso," with J.J. Johnson and Horace Silver sharing the piano role. The Monk-Coltrane live cuts on the fourth CD are incandescent. All in all, a set that is both enlightening (with a number of alternate takes) in its scope and delightful in its sheer musicianship and creative spark. --Michael MonhartJazz Music CDs
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