Thelonious Monk and His Quartet - Olympia, Mar. 6th, 1965 (2004) [SACD]

From CD reviews:
Thelonious Monk was frequently recorded for radio broadcast during his European tours, which has produced a phenomenal output of live CDs. This volume features the pianist with longtime tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse, bassist Larry Gales, & drummer Ben Riley. Like many concert performances, most of these tracks are extended workouts, with Monk frequently ducking out during solos by others. His obligatory theme song, "Epistrophy," is not quite a full performance rather it's a beg-off finale. Reissued a number of times by different labels, this portion of Thelonious Monk's 1965 Paris concert is enjoyable, even if it falls short of being essential.
"Evidence" begins the 65 min. CD, this song filled with long sections of Charlie Rouse's sax solo, drums tripping over themselves like a Coltrane jam session. In a way, I'd call the Monk's form of jazz an acquired taste. It's not the sort of thing you can just put on & forget. It won't underline your moods, it's going to go at its own pace & timbre. There are long breaks of seeming silence where only the drums & bass line are allowed to speak. Great for watching on the concert stage, but unless you're sitting down in your home, just listening to the music, it's gonna be damn hard to make out a lot of this if you're trying to wash the cat or fry bacon.
The only tune I definitely recognize on the CD is track 5, "Sweet & Lovely," by Arnheim/Tobias/Daniels. It's of course a classic, & the longest track here. Yep, nearly 16 minutes of classic. It's a bit quiet at times, but it'll wake you up eventually. I wonder at times if the audience was completely awake all the way through. Sometimes–except for the sound quality–I forget this is a live recording. But, on 2nd thought, I can't imagine being there myself; kind of like being at a Brian Eno concert. I think you might have to be a real fan to sweat it out.
That said, though, I like this album. It grooves, it mellows, it will slice your sandwich & put the pickle just where you want it. But if this is your 1st Monk, best get yourself to a faster church.
Original ripper:
I have ripped the Mch layer,
BUT
before you download it, let me say that IMHO it is merely MONO upmixed to 5ch.
AFAIK this was recorded for French radio & back then radio was always mono.
It seems to me that anyone might grumble about the SQ, even 'why bother putting it on SACD', but in the end one will want this for the quality of the performance.

Tracks:

1. Evidence 12:34
2. Blue monk 11:08
3. Four In One 12:07
4. Rhythm-A-Ning 8:31
5. Sweet And lovely 15:48
6. Epistrophy 4:56

Personnel:

Larry Gales - bass
Ben Riley - drums
Thelonious Monk - piano
Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone