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Thelonious Monk

Palais Des Beaux-Arts 1963
LP Black $15 $23
  • Record Store Day 2020 Worldwide Exclusive Release
  • Limited 180g Vinyl Edition with Obi strip
  • Unearthed 1963 Session From The Vaults
  • First Time On Vinyl (Or On Any Format)
  • Includes an exact reproduction of the original concert poster from 1963

Description

Thelonious Monk (1917 – 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer who needs little introduction. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire…Monk is the second-most-recorded jazz composer (after Duke Ellington) and received prestigious awards for his career achievements (including a Grammy, a Pulitzer Prize and an induction into the Music Hall of Fame). Thelonious Monk is one of five jazz musicians to have been featured on the cover of Time magazine. Monk was highly regarded by his peers and by critics, but often his music was regarded as too “difficult” for more mainstream acceptance.

Thelonious Monk’s compositions/improvisations feature dissonances with complicated melodic twists and are consistent with his unorthodox approach to the piano (which combined a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of switched key releases, silences, and hesitations). Monk was known for a distinct...

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Preview Tracklist

  • Bye-Ya
  • Monk’s Dream
  • Drum solo
  • Criss-Cross
  • Epistrophy
  • Just a Gigolo (encore)