Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music

20TH CENTURY MASTERWORKS

£8.26

Cat. no: 170043
Format: CD
Barcode: 8436563183973
Release Date: 08 Oct 2021
Genre: Jazz

Deluxe digipak presentation with comprehensive 20-page booklet + 6 bonus tracks. Includes new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz writer Brian Morton and by Paris’ prestigious Jazz Magazine.

“This is Thelonious Monk’s music in the most complete sense. These sessions have been particularly valued for the presence of Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane, two saxophone giants from different generations. Some accounts of the recordings devote more space to the horns than to the leader. So, listen carefully to how humbly Coltrane plays on “Ruby My Dear”.

He was still an emerging artist, to be sure, but his command of the instrument was complete, and he didn’t usually play with this reserve. Hawkins, by contrast, is determined to make his presence felt. He even comes in at the wrong place a couple of times.” - Penguin Guide To Jazz

Tracks: Abide With Me / Well You Needn’t / Ruby, My Dear [feat. Coleman Hawkins] / Off Minor / Epistrophy / Crepuscule With Nellie / Ruby, My Dear [feat. John Coltrane] / Nutty / Trinkle Tinkle / Monk’s Mood / ‘round Midnight [1954 Solo Piano Version] / ‘round Midnight [1947 Quintet Version]