Riverside – RLP 12-247Rec. Dates : August 12, 1957, August 13, 1957Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganPiano : Thelonious MonkBass : Wilbur WareDrums : Shadow Wilson Billboard : 11/18/1957Special Merit Jazz Album A significant album in which these two major modern figures engage in relaxed, conversational jazz, and are obviously challenged by each other. Though their…
Riverside – RLP 12-242Rec. Dates : June 25, 1957, June 26, 1957Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkAlto Sax : Gigi GryceBass : Wilbur WareDrums : Art BlakeyTenor Sax : Coleman Hawkins, John ColtraneTrumpet : Ray Copeland Billboard : 11/18/1957Special Merit Jazz Album During these performances Monk’s compositions, always harmoniously arresting, assume the beauty and richness they have suggested in the past. In…
Riverside – RLP 12-235Rec. Dates : April 5, 1957, April 12, 1957, April 16, 1957Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkBass : Wilbur WareTenor Sax : John Coltrane Billboard : 09/30/1957Special Merit Jazz Album The highly individual jazz piano innovator graces a basically standard program with significant performances. Tho somewhat irregular in his approach to time and development…
Riverside – RLP 12-226Rec. Dates : October 9, 1956, October 15, 1956, December 7, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkAlto Sax : Ernie HenryBass : Oscar Pettiford, Paul ChambersCeleste : Thelonious MonkDrums : Max RoachTenor Sax : Sonny RollinsTrumpet : Clark Terry Billboard : 04/13/1957Special Merit Jazz Album Here’s another refresher for those who feel modern jazz is slipping into ruts.…
Riverside – RLP 12-209Rec. Dates : March 17, 1956, April 3, 1956 Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Art Blakey Billboard : 08/25/1956Score of 77 Along with his other Riverside release, this rates as the most accessibie of all the Monk LP’s. Instead of the usual heavy emphasis on “originals,”…
Riverside – RLP 12-201Rec. Date : July 21, 1955, July 27, 1955 Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Kenny Clarke Billboard : 12/31/1955Score of 73 The diskery has hit on the all-Ellington gimmick as a method of introducing this pioneer pianist, acknowledged as a prime inventor of the idiom, to…
Prestige – PRLP 7075Rec. Date : November 13, 1953, September 22, 1954, October 25, 1954 Piano : Thelonious MonkTenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Percy Heath, Tommy PotterDrums : Willie Jones, Art Blakey, Art TaylorFrench Horn : Julius Watkins Listening to Prestige : #97, #121, #123Stream this Album Billboard : 04/06/1957Score of 76 Both of these names have more market appeal today than they did…
Prestige – PRLP 7058Rec. Dates : August 18, 1954, October 25, 1954 Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Tommy Potter, Percy HeathDrums : Art Blakey, Art TaylorPiano : Elmo Hope, Thelonious MonkTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Listening to Prestige : #118, #123Stream this Album Liner Notes by Ira Gitler When the title Movin’ Out is applied to this album, it bears no reference to leaving one…
Prestige – PRLP 7053Rec. Dates : November 13, 1953, May 11, 1954 Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkBass : Percy Heath, Curley RussellDrums : Willie Jones, Art BlakeyFrench Horn : Julius WatkinsTenor Sax : Sonny Rollins, Frank FosterTrumpet : Ray Copeland Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #97November 13, 1953Listening to Prestige : #109May 11,…
Prestige – PRLP 7027Rec. Dates : October 15, 1952, December 18, 1952, September 22, 1954 Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkBass : Gerry Mapp, Percy HeathDrums : Art Blakey, Max Roach Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #69October 15, 1952Listening to Prestige : #73December 18, 1952Listening to Prestige : #121September 22, 1954 Billboard : 03/10/1956Score…
