pre order due summer 2023

THELONIOUS MONK: Monk Big Band and Quartet In Concert
CS8964
Barcode: 4260019715067
Format: 1LP 180g 33rpm

This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head.



Thelonious Monk could walk from his flat to New York’s famous Philharmonic Hall on the corner of 64th Street and Broadway when he made his very first appearance there with his Big Band in December 1963. And the other musicians could get there on the underground: Phil Woods, Steve Lacy, Thad Jones – all of them were members of Monk’s closest circle of collaborators.

It is no wonder then that the well-known themes were highly agreeable and harmonious. "I Mean You", "Four In One" and "Epistrophy" resounded through the auditorium, the audience was thrilled, Thelonious laughed and danced and a short while later fans could listen to parts of the concert on a recording released by Columbia Records. In a break for a smoke, Monk sat himself down at the piano and played "Darkness On The Delta" – nocturnal atmosphere pure.

Does it bear the patina of times long past? Absolutely not! Thelonious Monk is as red-hot as he ever was.

"Big Band And Quartet In Concert" - Thelonious Monk (p); Charlie Rouse (ts); Steve Lacy (ss); Phil Woods (as, cl); Gene Allen (bs, cl); Eddie Bert (tb); Thad Jones (crt); Nick Travis (tp); Butch Warren (b); Frank Dunlop (dr)

Track List:

Side A
1. I Mean You
2. Evidence
3. (When It's) Darkness On The Delta

Side B
1. Oska T.
2. Played Twice
3. Four In One
4. Epistrophy