Thelonious Monk - Monk - VINYL LP

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Legendary pianist and composer Thelonious Monk made his earliest recordings as a leader for Blue Note in 1947-48 as heard on the 1956 compilation Genius of Modern Music, Volume One (Blue Note 1510), released as part of the 1500 series featuring timeless Monk compositions including Inch'Round Midnight,Inch InchRuby My Dear,Inch InchIn Walked Bud,Inch and InchWell You Needn't.Inch Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes. Album Tracks 1. 'Round Midnight 2. Off Minor 3. Ruby My Dear 4. I Mean You 5. April in Paris 6. In Walked Bud 7. Thelonious 8. Epistrophy 9. Misterioso 10. Well You Needn't 11. Introspection 12. Humph

Reissue.

By the mid-1960s, European touring had become a routine familiar to many of jazz's most well-known practitioners. Piano/composer Thelonious Monk was already over two decades into his career when he began to visit Europe in earnest. Europeans were excited to experience Monk and his storied personality, often focusing as much on his appearance and idiosyncratic behavior ahead of the music. // The of Bremen 1965 finds the legend on his second tour to feature stops in Germany with his seasoned quartet featuring his longtime saxophone foil, Charlie Rouse, along with bassist Larry Gales and drummer Ben Riley. Bremen, Germany was the second stop on the quartet's world tour, which would include much of Europe, Australia, and Japan. The recording was made on March 8, 1965, in Radio Bremen's storied Sendesaal / Studio F in front of an anticipative audience. Bremen 1965 is the first official of the concert, mastered from the original tapes held in the Radio Bremen vaults under the guidance and blessings of Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), Radio Bremen, and T.S. Monk. The will be available in a handful of formats, including digitally along with double CD and LP record sets. Included with the physical releases is a researched set of liner notes from Sunnyside's Bret Sjerven.The recording catches Monk just after some notable transitions. The pianist left his former tag, Riverside Records, for Columbia Records, where his most recent , It's Monk's Time, was fresh off the presses when the quartet arrived in Europe in 1965. There had also been a change in the rhythm section, as bassist John Ore and drummer Frankie Dunlop had been replaced by Larry Gales and Ben Riley, who would both appear on Monk's next studio recording, Monk. The long performance captures unique takes of Monk classics, like InchCriss Cross, Inch InchWell You Needn't, Inch InchEpistrophy, Inch and InchRhythm-a-nin