Frank Kimbrough - Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions Of Thelonious Sphere Monk (2018) [Hi-Res]
Artist: Frank Kimbrough
Title: Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions Of Thelonious Sphere Monk
Year Of Release: 2018
Label: Sunnyside Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 05:30:09
Total Size: 763 MB / 1.77 / 6.19 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions Of Thelonious Sphere Monk
Year Of Release: 2018
Label: Sunnyside Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 05:30:09
Total Size: 763 MB / 1.77 / 6.19 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Disc 1 (56:51)
1. Thelonious (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:51)
2. Light Blue (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (06:15)
3. Played Twice (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:41)
4. Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:00)
5. Ask Me Now (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:31)
6. Humph (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:36)
7. Bright Mississippi (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:50)
8. Reflections (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:02)
9. Bemsha Swing (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:41)
10. Teo (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (06:02)
11. Blue Sphere (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:22)
Disc 2 (54:08)
1. Crepescule with Nellie (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (02:28)
2. Think of One (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:28)
3. 52nd Street Theme (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (02:24)
4. Eronel (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:23)
5. Blue Hawk (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:30)
6. Little Rootie Tootie (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (06:07)
7. Two Timer (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (03:17)
8. Ruby My Dear (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:39)
9. Boo Boo's Birthday (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:11)
10. San Francisco Holiday (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:12)
11. Functional (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:24)
12. I Mean You (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:05)
Disc 3 (56:50)
1. Shuffle Boil (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:42)
2. Monk's Dream (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:53)
3. Evidence (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:31)
4. Misterioso (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (03:54)
5. Four in One (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (06:00)
6. Brake's Sake (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:22)
7. Pannonica (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:17)
8. Bye Ya (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:28)
9. North of the Sunset (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (02:45)
10. Introspection (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (03:59)
11. Wee See (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:49)
12. In Walked Bud (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:10)
Disc 4 (59:54)
1. Nutty (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (06:45)
2. Trinkle Tinkle (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:35)
3. Blues Five Spot (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:09)
4. 'Round Midnight (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:23)
5. Jackie-ing (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (02:40)
6. Well You Needn't (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:40)
7. Sixteen (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:03)
8. Locomotive (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:37)
9. Gallop's Gallop (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:13)
10. Children's Song (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:47)
11. Blue Monk (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (06:44)
12. Friday the 13th (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:18)
Disc 5 (51:59)
1. Criss Cross (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:17)
2. Raise Four (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (03:35)
3. Let's Call This (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:07)
4. Who Knows (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (03:56)
5. A Merrier Christmas (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (03:40)
6. Stuffy Turkey (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:19)
7. Monk's Point (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (03:27)
8. Work (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (03:23)
9. Brilliant Corners (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (06:44)
10. Off Minor (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (03:46)
11. Hackensack (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:27)
12. Oska T (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (03:18)
Disc 6 (50:27)
1. Let's Cool One (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:57)
2. Hornin' In (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:24)
3. Coming On the Hudson (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (03:46)
4. Straight No Chaser (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:46)
5. Monk's Mood (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:09)
6. Green Chimneys (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (03:28)
7. Rhythm-a-ning (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (05:36)
8. Ugly Beauty (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:32)
9. Skippy (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (03:41)
10. Something in Blue (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:43)
11. Epistrophy (with Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond) (04:25)
The genius of pianist and composer Thelonious Monk is unassailable. Since his death in 1982, he has become recognized as one of the greatest composers of jazz – and of the wider world of music. The year 2017 was the centennial of Monk’s birth, and brought scores of tributes, including a well-received stay of pianist Frank Kimbrough’s quartet at the Jazz Standard club in New York City.
Like many jazz pianists, Kimbrough found Monk’s music a revelation when he first heard it. From the outset of his career, Kimbrough has returned time and again to Monk’s compositions. After nearly four decades of study, reflection, and performance, Kimbrough has established a relationship with these pieces and found a way to express himself through the prism of Monk.
When the Standard approached Kimbrough to put together a quartet to play Monk’s music, he picked the brilliant rhythm section of bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Billy Drummond. His choice for lead horn voice was the multi-instrumentalist Scott Robinson, with whom he has played for many years and in many combinations, most notably with the Maria Schneider Orchestra.
After the first set of the October 17th, 2017 performance at the Standard Kimbrough’s friend Mait Jones urged that the group record Monk’s entire oeuvre, a feat that Kimbrough had never considered. A jazz fan and co-presenter of his own Princeton series JazzNights Jones began a lifelong appreciation of Monk when he heard the master live at the Five Spot in New York City in 1957.
Over the next few days, Jones doubled down on his intent to make the project reach fruition, bringing in his friend and fellow jazz head, Dr. Dorothy Lieberman, to help co-produce the effort.
The musicians began the intensive work such a project demands. Finally, in April of 2018 Kimbrough led a trio and then the quartet at Jazz at the Kitano, polishing 30 new tunes on the way to the full Monk catalog of 70 pieces.
For the recording, Matt Balitsaris provided his renowned Maggie’s Farm studios and an optimistic plan of recording a disc’s worth of material each day for six days. The musicians recorded each day from 11 to 5 or 6 in two three-day intervals broken up by a three-day respite. Miraculously this ambitious plan succeeded, with most tunes needing only one or two takes. Robinson picked his axe of choice on the spot, from the standard (tenor sax and trumpet) to the exotic (bass saxophone, echo cornet, bass clarinet, and contrabass sarrusophone). The resultant tracks are fresh, varied, and inspired.
Highlights of the group’s takes on these classic pieces include Robinson’s juggling of trumpet and tenor sax on “Thelonious” and the ensemble’s free-wheeling energy on “Skippy.” “Locomotive” is the picture of peaceful beauty, whereas “Jackie-ing” is all jumps and starts. Reid and Robinson play beautifully on “Reflections” and a lovely solo performance of “Crepuscule with Nellie” showcases Kimbrough’s command of the piano and Monk’s language.
The recordings form a fantastically diverse collection. On the six-CD set, titled Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk, Monk’s compositions are played in various configurations, most by the quartet, but others in smaller combinations, even solo piano. The package also includes beautifully penned liner notes from Nate Chinen (New York Times, WBGO and NPR) along with notes from members of the ensemble and the producers of the album.
Frank Kimbrough - piano
Scott Robinson - tenor and bass saxophones, trumpet, echo cornet, bass clarinet, contrabass sarrusophone
Rufus Reid - bass
Billy Drummond - drums
Like many jazz pianists, Kimbrough found Monk’s music a revelation when he first heard it. From the outset of his career, Kimbrough has returned time and again to Monk’s compositions. After nearly four decades of study, reflection, and performance, Kimbrough has established a relationship with these pieces and found a way to express himself through the prism of Monk.
When the Standard approached Kimbrough to put together a quartet to play Monk’s music, he picked the brilliant rhythm section of bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Billy Drummond. His choice for lead horn voice was the multi-instrumentalist Scott Robinson, with whom he has played for many years and in many combinations, most notably with the Maria Schneider Orchestra.
After the first set of the October 17th, 2017 performance at the Standard Kimbrough’s friend Mait Jones urged that the group record Monk’s entire oeuvre, a feat that Kimbrough had never considered. A jazz fan and co-presenter of his own Princeton series JazzNights Jones began a lifelong appreciation of Monk when he heard the master live at the Five Spot in New York City in 1957.
Over the next few days, Jones doubled down on his intent to make the project reach fruition, bringing in his friend and fellow jazz head, Dr. Dorothy Lieberman, to help co-produce the effort.
The musicians began the intensive work such a project demands. Finally, in April of 2018 Kimbrough led a trio and then the quartet at Jazz at the Kitano, polishing 30 new tunes on the way to the full Monk catalog of 70 pieces.
For the recording, Matt Balitsaris provided his renowned Maggie’s Farm studios and an optimistic plan of recording a disc’s worth of material each day for six days. The musicians recorded each day from 11 to 5 or 6 in two three-day intervals broken up by a three-day respite. Miraculously this ambitious plan succeeded, with most tunes needing only one or two takes. Robinson picked his axe of choice on the spot, from the standard (tenor sax and trumpet) to the exotic (bass saxophone, echo cornet, bass clarinet, and contrabass sarrusophone). The resultant tracks are fresh, varied, and inspired.
Highlights of the group’s takes on these classic pieces include Robinson’s juggling of trumpet and tenor sax on “Thelonious” and the ensemble’s free-wheeling energy on “Skippy.” “Locomotive” is the picture of peaceful beauty, whereas “Jackie-ing” is all jumps and starts. Reid and Robinson play beautifully on “Reflections” and a lovely solo performance of “Crepuscule with Nellie” showcases Kimbrough’s command of the piano and Monk’s language.
The recordings form a fantastically diverse collection. On the six-CD set, titled Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk, Monk’s compositions are played in various configurations, most by the quartet, but others in smaller combinations, even solo piano. The package also includes beautifully penned liner notes from Nate Chinen (New York Times, WBGO and NPR) along with notes from members of the ensemble and the producers of the album.
Frank Kimbrough - piano
Scott Robinson - tenor and bass saxophones, trumpet, echo cornet, bass clarinet, contrabass sarrusophone
Rufus Reid - bass
Billy Drummond - drums
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