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 | Thelonious Monk: Monk's Moods (CD: Proper, 4 CDs)
An instantly identifiable sound is the trademark of all the great instrumentalists in jazz. Recognition of those rare, singular voices has always been rather immediate, but none more so than with Thelonious Sphere Monk, who was without a doubt, one of jazz’ great instrumental stylists as well as one of the music’s most gifted composers. A few bars of Monk’s superbly idiosyncratic piano and there is little doubt as to the identity of the player. The same applies to Monk’s compositions, even if performed by another instrumentalist or ensemble. Yet Monk’s work was long neglected and although a small coterie of musicians including Coleman Hawkins, Mary Lou Williams, Bud Powell, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker recognised his talents from the beginning, Monk laboured in relative solitude during much of his most creative period.This box set spans Monk’s work and recorded output over three of the most noteworthy record labels he was involved with, consecutively: Blue Note - As far as his compositions are concerned, Monk recorded his most important body of work during his five-year association with the Blue Note label. Prestige - where he recorded some fine work with the likes of tenorist Sonny Rollins. Riverside - which resulted in the album "Monk Plays Duke Ellington", a trio date on which Monk presented an all-Ellington repertoire. Monk launched one of the great jazz labels in jazz history, while Riverside launched the crucial successful part of Thelonious Monk’s, until this point, seriously overlooked recording career. (Proper Records)
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Thelonious Monk: After Hours At Mintons (CD: Definitive)
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 | Thelonious Monk: Genius of Modern Music, Vol.1 (CD: Blue Note RVG)
A BEBOP SHOP MILESTONE- An essential recording for your jazz CD shelf
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Thelonious Monk: Genius of Modern Music, Vol.2 (CD: Blue Note RVG)
A BEBOP SHOP MILESTONE- An essential recording for your jazz CD shelf
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 | Thelonious Monk: Trinkle Trinkle (CD: Proper)
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Thelonious Monk: Criss Cross (CD: Proper, 2 CDs)
Thelonious Monk once told Frank London Brown 'Everything I play is different, different melody, different harmony, different structure. Each piece is different from the other one. I have a standard, and when the song tells a story, when it gets a certainsound then it's through, completed'.The most important jazz composer without doubt was Duke Ellington, but not far behind the Duke was Thelonious Monk. Monk, quite rightly so, has always been looked upon as a non-conformist yet the tunes he wrote since the 1940's were played by a wide range of musicians of the day, from Cootie Williams, via Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, and Dizzy Gillespie to Miles Davis. 31 tracks dating from 1941-51 are presented on this 2 CD set and Monk is supported by the likes of Coleman Hawkins, Art Blakey, Charlie Christian and Milt Jackson. (Proper Records)
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 | Thelonious Monk: Plays Duke Ellington (CD: Riverside Keepnews Collection)
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Thelonious Monk Orchestra: At Town Hall (CD: Riverside Keepnews Collection)
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 | Thelonious Monk: Brilliant Corners (CD: Riverside Keepnews Collection)
Monk's third Riverside album–the first to include horns and emphasize his original compositions–is recognized as the first major step in his rise from being considered a mere eccentric to rightful acceptance as a true jazz giant. Brilliant Corners has an all-star cast–featuring Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, and Clark Terry–and it took real stars to master some of Thelonious's most difficult and brilliant music. (Fantasy, Inc.)A BEBOP SHOP MILESTONE- An essential recording for your jazz CD shelf
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Thelonious Monk: Alone In San Francisco (CD: Riverside- US Import)
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 | Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Himself (CD: Riverside Keepnews Collection)
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Thelonious Monk: 5 By Monk By 5 (CD: Riverside- US Import)
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 | Thelonious Monk: Monk's Music (CD: Riverside- US Import)
Monk's Music is among the most significant of Thelonious's classic Riverside albums. Here he was literally looking back and ahead at the same time, by bringing together Coleman Hawkins (the very first important voice on tenor saxophone) and John Coltrane (on the verge of becoming a major shaping force of the Sixties). Equally notable is the incredible rhythmic support provided by combining Art Blakey and Wilbur Ware; and, justifying the album title, a selection of vital Monk compositions, plus his choice of the 19th century hymn, "Abide with Me" (written by one William H. Monk). (Fantasy, Inc)
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Thelonious Monk: With John Coltrane (CD: Jazzland)
When Monk and Trane spent six months of 1957 working together at New York's Five Spot Cafe, it was an historic event which certainly should have been exhaustively recorded. But nonmusical conflicts made that impossible, leaving as the only permanent reminders of this momentous encounter the three remarkable quartet selections that highlight this album. (Fantasy, Inc.)
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 | Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane: At Carnegie Hall (CD: Blue Note)
This never-before heard jazz classic documents one of the most historically important working bands in all of Jazz history, a band that was both short-lived and, until now, thought to be frustratingly under-recorded. The concert, which took place at the famed New York hall on November 29, 1957, was preserved on newly-discovered tapes made by Voice of America for a later radio broadcast that were located at the Library of Congress in Washington DC earlier this year.Monk and Coltrane had been working together for a solid four months by the time they set foot on stage at Carnegie Hall that night. By all accounts, Coltrane had been tentative early on in the Five Spot run, challenged at first by Monk’s quirky melodies and chord changes, but the 51 minutes of music captured in pristine sound quality on At Carnegie Hall, present the quartet, which was completed by bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik and drummer Shadow Wilson, at the height of their powers. The tapes from that evening at Carnegie Hall were inadequately labeled, filed away amongst the Voice of America’s vast collection of recordings, and apparently forgotten until January 2005 when Larry Applebaum, a supervisor and jazz specialist at the Library of Congress, came upon them by accident during the routine process of digitally transferring the Library’s collection for preservation purposes. Applebaum noticed a set of tapes simply labeled “sp. Event 11/29/57 carnegie jazz concert (#1),” with one of the tapes barring the sole marking “T. Monk.” Until now, remarkably little recorded documentation of Monk’s quartet with Coltrane has been known to exist, a fact that makes this finding all the more significant. (Blue Note Records)
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Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane: The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings (CD: Universal, 2 CDs)
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 | Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane: Complete Live at The Five Spot 1958 (CD: Gambit)
This recording made in September 1958 by Coltrane's first wife Naima, on a portable tape recorder, can hardly be classified as of professional sound quality, but the rarity of it makes for fascinating listening - as it captures the incredible energy, power and growing confidence of the young Coltrane, backed by the creative, minimalist, rhythmically complex Monk with a band featuring the legendary drummer Roy Haynes, with Ahmed Abdul Malik on bass. They rip through five Monk standards in a manner which more than makes up for the aural deficiencies of the recording. Two newly discovered bonus tracks from this historic live date are also included, both also Monk compositions, : ‘Ruby My Dear’ and ‘Nutty’ - both of which had been recorded by Monk & Coltrane in their July 1957 studio session for Riverside. (Discovery Records)
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Thelonious Monk Quartet: Plus Two At The Blackhawk (CD: Riverside- US Import)
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 | Thelonious Monk with Johnny Griffin: Thelonious In Action (CD: Riverside- US Import)
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Thelonious Monk: Monk's Dream (CD: Columbia)
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 | Thelonious Monk: Big Band And Quartet In Concert (CD: Columbia, 2 CDs- US Import)
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Thelonious Monk: It's Monk's Time (CD: Columbia)
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 | Thelonious Monk: Solo Monk (CD: Columbia)
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Thelonious Monk: Criss-Cross (CD: Columbia)
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 | Thelonious Monk: Standards (CD: Columbia- US Import)
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Thelonious Monk: Underground (CD: Columbia)
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 | Thelonious Monk: The Columbia Years '62 - '68 (CD: Columbia, 3 CDs)
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Thelonious Monk: The Paris Concert (CD: LeJazz/ Charly)
Recorded in Paris in 1967, the Thelonious Quartet is captured here in fine form. Accompanying Monk (Piano) on these sides are Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), Larry Gales (Bass) and Ben Riley (drums). Many of Monk's classics are here, including 'Lulu's Back In Town', 'Off Minor' and the beautiful 'Epistrophy'. (Snapper Music)
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 | Thelonious Monk: The London Collection Vol.1 (CD: Black Lion)
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Thelonious Monk Quartet: The Last Concerts (CD: RLR Records, 2 CDs)
A set of previously unissued tracks, including Monk's last ever recorded performance. The pianist was in front of an audience for the first time in almost a year in 1975 for a "Newport Jazz Festival in New York" concert at the Lincoln Centre, backed by Paul Jeffrey (tenor), Larry Ridley (bass) & T.S.Monk (drums)Also presented for the very first time a 1972 Village Vanguard gig -- Monk's only known recorded collaboration with bassist Dave Holland. (Discovery Records)
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