Thelonious Monk - Solo: 1954-1961 (2015)
Artist: Thelonious Monk
Title: Solo: 1954-1961
Year Of Release: 2015
Label: Le Chant du Monde 8742376/77
Genre: Bop, Piano Solo
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log)
Total Time: 2:33:17
Total Size: 529 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Solo: 1954-1961
Year Of Release: 2015
Label: Le Chant du Monde 8742376/77
Genre: Bop, Piano Solo
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log)
Total Time: 2:33:17
Total Size: 529 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
To many, Thelonious Sphere Monk is a piano genius of unique and exceptional talent. In terms of his rich harmonic inventiveness, his touch on the keys, the way he wove together a meticulous and forceful rhythmic framework with his left hand, his stylistic boldness, his sense for improvisation and his dense, bold sound, Monk is a unique and immediately recognisable pianist.
Unlike a number of his contemporaries, Monk recorded relatively infrequently. From 1947 (the date of his first session in his own name) to 1971 (the date of his last session), he released 25 original studio albums and made just four official solo recordings, of which three form the basis for this double album - The Prophet (Swing Records, 1954); Himself (Milestone Records, 1957); In San Francisco (Milestone Records, 1959). This collection thus brings together for the first time all the solo pieces recorded by Monk from 1954 to 1961 (Studio and Live) + a few rare tracks not featured on the original albums.
Unlike a number of his contemporaries, Monk recorded relatively infrequently. From 1947 (the date of his first session in his own name) to 1971 (the date of his last session), he released 25 original studio albums and made just four official solo recordings, of which three form the basis for this double album - The Prophet (Swing Records, 1954); Himself (Milestone Records, 1957); In San Francisco (Milestone Records, 1959). This collection thus brings together for the first time all the solo pieces recorded by Monk from 1954 to 1961 (Studio and Live) + a few rare tracks not featured on the original albums.
Tracklist:
CD1, 18 tracks
1.01 'Round Midnight
1.02 Eronel
1.03 Reflections (Portrait of an Ermite)
1.04 Wee See (Manganese)
1.05 Well, You Needn't
1.06 Hackensack (Well, You Needn't) (Take 2)
1.07 Evidence (Reflections)
1.08 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
1.09 Off Minor
1.10 Just a Gigolo
1.11 Solitude
1.12 Memories of You
1.13 I Surrender, Dear
1.14 (I Don't Stand) A Ghost of a Chance
1.15 I Should Care
1.16 'Round Midnight
1.17 Functional (Take 1 Alternate)
1.18 April in Paris
CD2, 19 tracks
2.01 All Alone
2.02 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
2.03 Functional (Take 2 Official)
2.04 There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie (Take 1 Alternate)
2.05 Blue Monk
2.06 Ruby, My Dear
2.07 Round Lights
2.08 Everything Happens to Me
2.09 Pannonica
2.10 There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie (Take 2 Official)
2.11 You Took the Words Right out of My Heart
2.12 Blue Hawk
2.13 Remember
2.14 Reflections
2.15 Sweet Stranger (Bonus Live Track: 9 July 1958, Five Spot Cafe, New York)
2.16 Just a Gigolo (Bonus Live Track: 7 August 1958, Five Spot Cafe, New York)
2.17 Body & Soul (Bonus Live Track: 21 April 1961, Teatro Lirico, Milan)
2.18 Just a Gigolo (Bonus Live Track)
2.19 Body & Soul (Bonus Live Track: 16 May 1961, Konserthuset, Stockholm)
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