Thelonious Monk
Celebrating 75 Years Of His First Recordings
FormatCDLabelHat Hut RecordsGenreJazz & Improvisation
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Temporary Super Offer! Thelonious Monk devised a new theoretical basis for his compositional aesthetic, an unorthodox, deconstructed and reinvented pianistic approach that defined his music’s unique rhythmic and melodic parameters. The piano was the vehicle of expression for his compositional mindset. - Art Lange
Format
The Thelonious Monk Sextet
Idrees Sulieman, trumpet; Danny Quebec West, alto
saxophone; Billy Smith, tenor saxophone; Thelonious
Monk, piano; Gene Ramey, bass; Art Blakey, drums at
WOR Studios, NYC, October 15, 1947 recording the
compositions 1 Thelonious & 9 Humph.
The Thelonious Monk Trio
Thelonious Monk, piano; Gene Ramey, bass; Art Blakey,
drums at WOR Studios, NYC, October 24, 1947 recording
the compositions 3 Well You Needn’t, 4 Off Minor,
7 Ruby My Dear & 22 Introspection.
The Thelonious Monk Quintet
George Taitt, trumpet; Sahib Shihab, alto saxophone;
Thelonious Monk, piano; Robert Paige, bass; Art Blakey,
drums at WOR Studios, NYC, November 21, 1947
recording the compositions 2 ’Round Midnight,
5 In Walked Bud, 12 Monk's Mood & 13 Who Knows.
The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Milt Jackson, vibes; Thelonious Monk, piano; John
Simmons, bass; Shadow Wilson, drums at Apex
Studios, NYC, July 2, 1948 recording the compositions
6 Epistrophy, 8 Evidence, 10 Misterioso & 11 I Mean You.
The Thelonious Monk Quintet
Sahib Shihab, alto saxophone on *; Milt Jackson, vibes
on *; Thelonious Monk, piano; Al McKibbon, bass; Art
Blakey, drums at WOR Studios, NYC, July 23, 1951
recording the compositions 14 Four In One*, 15 Straight
No Chaser*, 16 Criss-Cross*, 17 Eronel*, & 18 Ask Me Now.
The Thelonious Monk Sextet
Kenny Dorham, trumpet; Lou Donaldson, alto saxophone;
Lucky Thompson, tenor saxophone; Thelonious
Monk, piano; Nelson Boyd, bass; Max Roach, drums
at WOR Studios, NYC, May 30, 1952 recording the
compositions 19 Skippy, 20 Let’s Cool One,
21 Hornin’ In & 23 Sixteen.
All compositions by Thelonious Monk
CD-master by Michael Brändli, Hardstudios AG;
Cover photo by William P.Gottlieb taken at Minton’s
Playhouse 1947; Liner notes by Art Lange; graphic
concept by fuhrer vienna; CD produced by Bernhard
“Benne” Vischer; Associate producer: Christian
C.Dalucas; Executive producer: Werner X. Uehlinger.
2022, 1st Edition
