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With a handful of Prestige dates and an ample supply of Riversides to choose from, Fantasy came up with a wide-ranging sampler of Thelonious Monk's idiosyncratic work on ballads, his own and those of others. Monk's angular, stabbing manner is anything but pretty, but he gives a refreshingly sardonic twist to such standards as "I Surrender Dear," "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," "Mood Indigo" and "Tea for Two." Fantasy mixes up the formats throughout, with lots of solo Monk, combos ranging from a drumless trio on "Monk's Mood" to a septet on "Crepuscule with Nellie." The set is bracketed by two versions of "Ruby, My Dear," recorded within months of each other in 1957, but with Coleman Hawkins manning the tenor on one version and John Coltrane on the other -- both eloquently -- one can easily excuse the duplication. Everything here has long been out on CD, and there are understandably no hard swingers, but in all, this is not a bad introduction to what is often considered Monk's best period.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Thelonious Monk, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Wilbur Ware, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Coleman Hawkins, Tenor Saxophone, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gigi Gryce, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Copeland, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Thelonious Monk Septet, MainArtist
℗ 1957 Fantasy, Inc.
Thelonious Monk, MainArtist - Vincent Youmans, ComposerLyricist - Irving Caesar, ComposerLyricist - Orrin Keepnews, Producer
℗ 1956 Fantasy, Inc.
Thelonious Monk, Composer, MainArtist - Bernie Hanighen, Composer - Cootie Williams, Composer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer
℗ 1957 Riverside, Inc.
Thelonious Monk, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Kern, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Otto Harbach, ComposerLyricist - Frank Foster, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Curly Russell, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Weinstock, Producer - Ray Copeland, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1954 Prestige Records, Inc.
Thelonious Monk, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Pettiford, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ernie Henry, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Rollins, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Clifford, ComposerLyricist - Max Roach, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Barris, ComposerLyricist - Orrin Keepnews, Producer
℗ 1957 Riverside, Inc.
John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Thelonious Monk, Composer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Wilbur Ware, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Coleman Hawkins, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Gigi Gryce, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Copeland, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Thelonious Monk Septet, MainArtist - Paulo Santos, Composer
℗ 1957 Fantasy, Inc.
Barney Bigard, Composer - Thelonious Monk, MainArtist - Irving Mills, Composer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Bill Grauer, Producer
℗ 1955 Riverside, Inc.
Thelonious Monk, Composer, MainArtist - Orrin Keepnews, Producer
℗ 1959 Riverside, Inc.
John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thelonious Monk, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilbur Ware, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer
℗ 1957 Fantasy, Inc.
Jules Lemare, ComposerLyricist - Thelonious Monk, MainArtist - Wilbur Ware, FeaturedArtist - Gerry Mulligan, MainArtist - Harry Tobias, ComposerLyricist - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Shadow Wilson, FeaturedArtist - Gus Amheim, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1957 Fantasy, Inc.
Thelonious Monk, MainArtist - Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - HENRY NEMO, ComposerLyricist - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - John Redmond, ComposerLyricist - Bill Grauer, Producer
℗ 1955 Riverside, Inc.
Thelonious Monk, MainArtist - E.Y. HARBURG, ComposerLyricist - Vernon Duke, ComposerLyricist - Orrin Keepnews, Producer
℗ 1957 Riverside, Inc.
John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thelonious Monk, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Wilbur Ware, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Shadow Wilson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 Fantasy, Inc.
Album review
With a handful of Prestige dates and an ample supply of Riversides to choose from, Fantasy came up with a wide-ranging sampler of Thelonious Monk's idiosyncratic work on ballads, his own and those of others. Monk's angular, stabbing manner is anything but pretty, but he gives a refreshingly sardonic twist to such standards as "I Surrender Dear," "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," "Mood Indigo" and "Tea for Two." Fantasy mixes up the formats throughout, with lots of solo Monk, combos ranging from a drumless trio on "Monk's Mood" to a septet on "Crepuscule with Nellie." The set is bracketed by two versions of "Ruby, My Dear," recorded within months of each other in 1957, but with Coleman Hawkins manning the tenor on one version and John Coltrane on the other -- both eloquently -- one can easily excuse the duplication. Everything here has long been out on CD, and there are understandably no hard swingers, but in all, this is not a bad introduction to what is often considered Monk's best period.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:21
- Main artists: Thelonious Monk
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Prestige
- Genre: Jazz
© 1998 Fantasy, Inc. ℗ 1998 Fantasy, Inc.
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