Release Date: 01 June 2021
Label: The Lost Recordings
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 889854691721
Genres: Classical
Description
Live recording from the Doelen Rotterdam, in 1967.
When he set foot on the stage of Club Doelen on Oct. 28, 1967 in Rotterdam, Thelonious Monk had just turned 50. 15 years later, he disappeared from the music scene and spent his 6 final years in New York, at Pannonica de Koenigswater's, and never touched a piano again.
This concert is a testament to his genius. Opening and ending with two "classic pieces", "Ruby, My Dear" and "Blue Monk", he led for over 80 minutes the quartet and his accomplices, Charlie Rouse, Larry Gales, Ben Riley, and guests.
Larry Gales's bass seems to pop out like a jack-in-the-box at the end of "Hackensack", the brass instruments get carried away towards the middle of "We see", and billow out and away in the breathtaking "Oska". And it all leads to a solo time on "Don't Blame Me": his fingers must be widely spread apart as he hits the keys the way you'd hit and shuffle cards. And then it's time to conclude with one of his classic tunes "Blue Monk". The architect can set down his tools, what remains is pure art.
Artists: Thelonious Monk - Piano Charlie Rouse - Tenor Saxophone Johnny Griffin - Tenor Saxophone Phil Woods - Alto Saxophone Clark Terry - Trumpet Ray Copeland - Trumpet Jimmy Cleveland - Trombone Larry Gales - Double bass Ben Riley - Drums
Tracklisting
Duke Ellington
Claudio Arrau
Henryk Szeryng, Gunther Ludwig, Marinus Flipse
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Sarah Vaughan
Thelonious Monk
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Mingus, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk Quartet
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
