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Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk + 2 Vinyl LP
Sold Date:
November 25, 2022
Start Date:
February 25, 2020
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• THE FRANCIS WOLFF COLLECTION • LIMITED EDITION • DELUXE GATEFOLD SLEEVE • 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL • INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS
Monk’s first major record contract was with Riverside, though at that time the company was just a small independent label that paled in comparison to the magnitude of Columbia, which would be his next step to success. The pianist’s obscurity at the time, and his aura as a difficult musicians’ musician, led Riverside’s producer Orrin Keepnews to have Monk dedicate his two earliest LPs for the label to interpretations of songs by other composers: a homage to Duke Ellington and the LP presented here, The Unique Thelonious Monk, a set of well-known standards. The positive reception of these works by the public would result in Keepnews allowing Monk to record his own compositions. Backing Monk are such brilliant musicians as Oscar Pettiford on bass, and Art Blakey on drums.
PERSONNEL: THELONIOUS MONK, piano OSCAR PETTIFORD, bass ART BLAKEY, drumsHackensack, New Jersey, March 17 & April 3, 1956.
(*) BONUS TRACKS: Same personnel but GENE RAMEY (bass) replaces Pettiford. New York, October 24, 1947. TRACKS: SIDE A 01. LIZA (ALL THE CLOUDS’LL ROLL AWAY) 02 MEMORIES OF YOU 03 HONEYSUCKLE ROSE 04 DARN THAT DREAM 05 NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (*) SIDE B 01 TEA FOR TWO 02 YOU ARE TOO BEAUTIFUL 03 JUST YOU, JUST ME 04 APRIL IN PARIS (*)
