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Thelonious Monk – Big Band & Quartet In Concert (LP Vinyl)

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Est. 1974, Curated by Heads
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Recorded just weeks after the Kennedy assassination, this December 1963 concert at Lincoln Center's Philharmonic Hall captured Monk at a rare orchestral scale, expanding his famously angular compositions for a big band without softening their edges. Steve Lacy, one of the few soprano saxophonists to truly internalize Monk's harmonic logic, brings particular authority to the reeds alongside Phil Woods, making this document as much a testament to Monk's influence on his peers as to his own singular genius.

?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.

Tracklist

Side A

1. I Mean You (12:42)
2. Evidence (12:38)
3. (When It's) Darkness On The Delta (5:03)

Side B

1. Oska T. (9:20)
2. Played Twice (6:24)
3. Four In One (11:03)
4. Epistrophy (2:00)

UPC: 4260019715067
Label: Speakers Corner
Release Date: 9.4.26
Format: LP Vinyl