The Thelonious Monk Quartet Monk's Dream (Vinyl, WaxTime Records, 1962, this re-released version 2013) ****
Genre: Jazz piano
Places I remember: Music shop in Taupo
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles/ Gear costume: The consistency is set to high and impressive over these four sides but Bemsha Swing has something extra special.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles/ Gear costume: The consistency is set to high and impressive over these four sides but Bemsha Swing has something extra special.
Active compensatory factors: Although I had the CD versions, it was great to pick these two up on reissued prime vinyl on a recent Taupo holiday.
Both are classics and rightly so. Monk is a musical genius and no one on earth plays like him.
Brilliant Corners features Sonny Rollins on tenor sax. He is, of course, a star in his own right. I'm not qualified to pass technical judgement on his playing but he and Monk sound great throughout.
Monk's Dream features Charlie Rouse on tenor sax, John Ore bass, and Frankie Dunlop. Downbeat originally said this 'is a beautiful album in every respect, completely stimulating in each second of its more than 47 minutes'.
I heartily concur!
Where do they all belong? A lot more Monk to come on CD, but that's it for vinyl at this stage.
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