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Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Trio
ARTIST.....: Thelonious Monk
TITLE......: Thelonious Monk Trio
LABEL......: Prestige
URL........: http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=6sxn9knh2h&ref=upcoming.php
RIP DATE...: May-02-2007
STORE DATE.: May-01-2007
GENRE......: Jazz
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 29,10 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Blue Monk 07:35
02 - Just A Gigolo 02:58
03 - Bemsha Swing 03:07
04 - Reflections 02:45
05 - Little Rootie Tootie 03:03
06 - Sweet And Lovely 03:31
07 - Bye-Ya 02:44
08 - Monk's Dream 03:04
09 - Trinkle Tinkle 02:47
10 - These Foolish Things 02:44
34:18 min
Release Notes:
Original Release Date: 1954
Monk's recordings for the Prestige label are often over-shadowed
by his work for Blue Note and Riverside, but these trio tracks
rank with anything he ever did. Monk was in a very explorative
mood, bringing his penchant for dissonance to the forefront. There
are good examples here of Monk treating the piano as a percussion
instrument, most notably on "Bemsha Swing", "Trinkle Tinkle" and
"Little Rootie Tootie. Other artists as diverse as Duke Ellington,
Cecil Taylor and Bela Bartok often approached the piano in this
same way. But Monk also shows off his songwriting skills. Many of
these titles became Monk standards, but these are their premiere
recordings. It's fascinating to compare this "Bemsha Swing" with
the one he later recorded on the "Brilliant Corners" album. They
are both amazing, but in different ways, with this trio version
displaying the primitiveness of Monk's approach. There are dozens
of recordings of "Blue Monk", but his solo here is probably his
greatest. Max Roach and Art Blakey switch off on drums and they
were the perfect drummers for Monk. The sound quality on all
Monk's Prestige recordings is sub-par but does not detract from
the performances.
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