Product Description

Thelonious Monk Big Band And Quartet In Concert on 180g 2LP

Previously Out of Press for Over 2 Decades / First Ever Double LP Pressing

Mastered from the Original Analog Tapes by Grammy Award Winner Bernie Grundman

Thelonious Monk could walk from his flat to New York’s famous Philharmonic Hall on the corner of 64th Street and Broadway when he made his very first appearance there with his Big Band in December 1963. And the other musicians could get there on the underground: Phil Woods, Steve Lacy, Thad Jones – all of them were members of Monk’s closest circle of collaborators.

It is no wonder then that the well-known themes were highly agreeable and harmonious. “I Mean You,” “Four In One” and “Epistrophy” resounded through the auditorium, the audience was thrilled, Thelonious laughed and danced and a short while later fans could listen to parts of the concert on a recording released by Columbia Records.

In a break for a smoke, Monk sat himself down at the piano and played “Darkness On The Delta” – nocturnal atmosphere pure. Does it bear the patina of times long past? Absolutely not! Thelonious Monk is as red-hot here as he ever was.

Musicians:
Thelonious Monk (piano)
Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone)
Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone)
Phil Woods (alto saxophone, clarinet)
Gene Allen (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet)
Eddie Bert (trombone)
Thad Jones (cornet)
Nick Travis (trumpet)
Butch Warren (bass)
Frank Dunlop (drums)

Features:
• 180g 2LP-set from ORG Music
• Mastered from the original analog tapes by Grammy Award Winner Bernie Grundman
• Pressed at Pallas in Germany
• Previously out of press for over two decades
• First ever double LP pressing