Album
Monk's Music
1957 · Jazz
38 collectors on Gatefold own this
Monk's Music is a Jazz album by Thelonious Monk Septet, originally released in 1957. On Gatefold: 125 pressings tracked, owned by 38 collectors.
About
This LP allowed the pianist to stretch out as a player and a bandleader. The performances have an unhurried quality, allowing Monk’s percussive chords to dance around with unassuming grace. And his band is well-drilled: John Coltrane’s name didn’t appear on the cover, but you can hear the pianist calling out to him for the first sax solo on “Well You Needn’t.” The result shows how Trane had absorbed Monk’s style—modernist abstraction with memorable motifs.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Abide With Me
- A2Well, You Needn't
- A3Ruby, My Dear
Side B
- B1Off Minor
- B2Epistrophy
- B3Crepuscule With Nellie
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Bebop & Hard Bop
- warm
- playful
- smoky
Recorded June 26, 1957 at Reeves Sound Studio, New York City. Stereo version was recorded with a separate, somewhat distant microphone setup, hence extremely different sonics and indistinct bass.
Stereo releases from 1958 through 1966 may list "Crepescule with Nellie" on label and/or cover, but it is only included on mono releases in that time span. There is no stereo version of that performance due to a tape deck malfunction.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Art BlakeyDRUMS
- Coleman HawkinsTENOR SAXOPHONE FEATURING
- Gigi GryceALTO SAXOPHONE
- John ColtraneTENOR SAXOPHONE FEATURING
- Ray CopelandTRUMPET
- Thelonious MonkPIANO PIANO, COMPOSED BY PIANO, WRITTEN-BY
- Wilbur WareBASS
- Bob PaigeBASS
- George TaittTRUMPET
- Sahib ShihabALTO SAXOPHONE
- Shadow WilsonDRUMS
38 collectors on Gatefold own this · 125 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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