Track Listings (21) - Disc #1| All Artists: Thelonious Monk Title: Complete Blue Note Recordings Members Wishing: 5 Total Copies: 0 Label: Blue Note Records Original Release Date: 10/18/1994 Release Date: 10/18/1994 Album Type: Box set Genres: Jazz, Pop Styles: Modern Postbebop, Bebop Number of Discs: 4 SwapaCD Credits: 4 UPCs: 724383036325, 724383036356 |
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From the 1947 sessions that lead off this set through to the 1958 live recordings at the Five Spot with John Coltrane, this box set chronicles the development of one of the most unique and creative American musicians. The ... more » |
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Amazon.com From the 1947 sessions that lead off this set through to the 1958 live recordings at the Five Spot with John Coltrane, this box set chronicles the development of one of the most unique and creative American musicians. The first CD dates entirely from 1947, and on it we hear a Monk conversant in the bebop idiom, his distinct style emerging. By 1951 on the second CD we have a gorgeous version of "Ask Me Now," with all the delightful rhythmic hesitation that became one of his trademarks. "Reflections" on the third CD has Sonny Rollins caressing the melody in an almost languid tempo, followed by a classic version of "Misterioso," with J.J. Johnson and Horace Silver sharing the piano role. The Monk-Coltrane live cuts on the fourth CD are incandescent. All in all, a set that is both enlightening (with a number of alternate takes) in its scope and delightful in its sheer musicianship and creative spark. --Michael Monhart Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsThis is an important set, s_molman | CT United States | 01/10/2000 (4 out of 5 stars) "but the Riversides are more important and in far better sound. Unless you are a completist (as I am), I would say get "Genious of Modern Music, II" only. It contains the best dates from this set. Then spend the rest of the money that you saved on "Brilliant Corners", "Monk's Music", and "Himself" on Riverside. With that, you will have a great collection of classic Monk." Not just important, but great music George Grella | Brooklyn | 05/24/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) "If you care about jazz at all, then you know Monk is one of the greats, the necessary ones, a great American artist. And this is Monk's most important period, when he confounded the world with his sound and vision. His later period on Riverside produced a lot of great playing, but this set documents the revolution, and you must have it.The music, the tunes speak for themselves, but what is so important here is the freshness. You are hearing the musicians grapple with Monk's work for the first time, some take naturally to it, others don't, but the tension is an important part of the experience. And you are also hearing his work as all listeners did for the first time, right off his first Blue Note LPs.Yes, the sound quality on the live set with Coltrane is poor, but a complaint about that is meaningless. The gig was recorded on a cheap tape deck with no professional quality or intent, and the set is what it is, a find, never intended as a record. But the music comes through all the same, better to be with it than without it." Yeah, but the backup musicians are awesome! s_molman | 09/10/1999 (5 out of 5 stars) "One other reviwer is correct in writing off the five-spot disc; it does sound awful. But the rest of the set is great and young Sonny Rollins and others sound great."
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