Release Date: 20 March 2020
Label: Jazz Images
Packaging Type: Gate Fold Vinyl
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436569193693
Genres: Jazz
Description
THE FRANCIS WOLFF COLLECTION: LP 180g VINYL IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE
THELONIOUS MONK / THE UNIQUE THELONIOUS MONK
Monk's first major record contract was with Riverside, though at that time the company was just a small independent label that paled in comparison to the magnitude of Columbia, which would be his next step to success. The pianist's obscurity at the time, and his aura as a difficult musicians' musician, led Riverside's producer Orrin Keepnews to have Monk dedicate his two earliest LPs for the label to interpretations of songs by other composers: a homage to Duke Ellington and the LP presented here, The Unique Thelonious Monk, a set of well-known standards. The positive reception of these works by the public would result in Keepnews allowing Monk to record his own compositions. Backing Monk are such brilliant musicians as Oscar Pettiford on bass, and Art Blakey on drums.
THELONIOUS MONK, piano
OSCAR PETTIFORD, bass
ART BLAKEY, drums
Hackensack, New Jersey, March 17 & April 3, 1956.
"Memories of You" is an unaccompanied piano performance.
Original recordings produced by ORRIN KEEPNEWS
*BONUS TRACKS:
Same personnel but GENE RAMEY (bass) replaces Pettiford.
New York, October 24, 1947.
Original recordings produced by Alfred Lion.
Tracklisting
Miles Davis
Chet Baker
Jackie Mclean
John Coltrane & Kenny Burrell
Sonny Rollins
Thelonious Monk
John Coltrane & Johnny Griffin
Art Blakey
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
