Gerry Mulligan & Thelonious Monk - Mulligan Meets Monk + 1 Bonus Track!

AMERICAN JAZZ CLASSICS

£11.92

Cat. no: 90293
Format: CD
Barcode: 8436559468060
Release Date: 26th March 2021
Genre: Jazz

American Jazz Classics Gerry Mulligan & Thelonious Monk / Mulligan Meets Monk The Complete Session + 1 Bonus Track Collectors’ Limited Edition In Special Six-Panel Digipack + Inside Booklet

Presented here is the complete original album Mulligan Meets Monk (Riverside RLP12-247), which marked the only studio collaboration ever between jazz masters Gerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk. All the songs recorded during the dates but not included on the original LP have also been added here as a bonus, as well as an extended version of “Now’s the Time” recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1955 and showcasing both musicians.

GERRY MULLIGAN, baritone sax; THELONIOUS MONK, piano; WILBUR WARE, bass; SHADOW WILSON, drums; New York, August 12 & 13, 1957. Original sessions recorded by Jack Higgins & produced by Orrin Keepnews.

*BONUS TRACK: Gerry Mulligan (bar), Thelonious Monk (p), Miles Davis (tp), Zoot Sims (ts), Percy Heath (b), Connie Kay (d). Newport Jazz Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, July 17, 1955.

Tracks: ‘round Midnight / I Mean You (Alt Tk 2) / Rhythm-A-Ning / Sweet And Lovely / Decidedly / Straight, No Chaser / I Mean You / Decidedly (Alt Tk) / Straight, No Chaser (Alt Tk) / I Mean You (Alt Tk 1) / Now’s The Time

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