Two Hours with Thelonious · European Concerts by Thelonious Monk Quartet (2 LP on 2 CD)
  • Riverside RLP-9460/9461
    Riverside RLP-9460/9461
  • Riverside RLP-9491
    Riverside RLP-9491
  • Riverside RLP-9443
    Riverside RLP-9443
  • Thelonious Monk
    Thelonious Monk
  • Charlie Rouse
    Charlie Rouse
  • John Ore
    John Ore
  • Frankie Dunlop
    Frankie Dunlop

Thelonious Monk

Two Hours with Thelonious · European Concerts by Thelonious Monk Quartet (2 LP on 2 CD)

Fresh Sound Records

Personnel:
Thelonious Monk (p), Charlie Rouse (ts), John Ore (b), Frankie Dunlop (d)

Reference: FSRCD 745

Bar code: 8427328607452

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Complete Paris and Milan concerts (1961)

When it comes to a giant like Thelonious Monk, it seems like everything he did was of relevance, and these splendid concert performances are no exception. They were taped in Paris and Milan, during the first European tour of Monks quartet during the spring of 1961. It is an absorbing program of Monks originals except for the four standardsthree of them performed as unaccompanied piano solos that might just as well be originals, so startling is their transformation in his hands.

Monk always played with such wit and unerring time that he was a consistent joy to hear. Charlie Rouses very personal manner became leaner in his years with Monk, as he assimilated perfectly the leaders style, so much so that he seems the pianists alter ego. John Ore and Frankie Dunlop reacted beautifully and supplied solid rhythm support throughout. The two concert sessions were not produced by Riverside, but were acquired as a way of closing out their association with Thelonious Monk.



CD 1
01. Epistrophy [Opening Theme] 6:05
02. I Mean You 10:58
03. Jackie-ing 10:07
04. Just a Gigolo (Solo piano) 1:38
05. Off Minor 11:36
06. Hackensack 9:41
07. April in Paris (solo piano) 1:16
08. Rhythm-a-ning 10:26
09. Crepuscule with Nellie 2:31
10. Body and Soul (solo piano) 2:40

CD 2
01. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You 8:23
02. Well, You Needn't 11:26
03. Milan Introduction and Jackie-ing 4:38
04. Straight No Chaser 8:57
05. Bemsha Swing 7:00
06. Body and Soul (solo piano) 4:45
07. San Francisco Holiday (Worry Later) 5:54
08. Rhythm-a-Ning 5:40
09. Crepuscule with Nellie 2:42
10. Epistrophy [Closing Theme] 4:51

Album details

All selections composed by Thelonious Monk, except for the three standards performed as unaccompanied piano solos: Body and Soul (Green-Heyman-Sour-Eyton) [CD 2, #6], April in Paris (Duke-Harburg) [CD 1, #7], Just a Gigolo (Casucci-Caesar) [CD 1, #4], and the quartet number, Im Getting Sentimental Over You (Washington-Bassman) [CD 2, #1].

Personnel in all tracks:

Thelonious Monk Quartet
Charlie Rouse (tenor sax); Thelonious Monk (piano); John Ore (bass);
Frankie Dunlop (drums).
Recorded at L'Olympia, Paris, France, April 18, 1961 (CD 1 #1-10 & CD 2 #1 & 2) and Teatro Lirico, Milan, Italy, April 21, 1961 (CD 2 #3-10)

This CD release produced by Jordi Pujol
© 2012 by Fresh Sound Records

Stereo · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered
Blue Moon Producciones Discograficas, S.L.
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Note: All tracks except #9 & 10 on CD-1were issued on the 2-LP album Two Hours with Thelonious European Concerts by Thelonious Monk, Riverside R9460/9461 (Stereo). Parts of this compilation were also released by Riverside as Monk in France (RS9491) and Monk in Italy (RS9443).

Press reviews

"Frequently imitated, never replicated and always inspiring, pianist Thelonious Monk is featured here on this fun and energetic pair of discs from a pair of concerts that were previously issued as Monk in France and Monk in Italy. His quartet includes the rough and ready toned Charlie Rouse/ts along with John Ore/b and Frankie Dunlop/dr and Monk mixes standards like a solo take of April In Paris and Body and Soul with joyful and bouncy originals such as Well, You Neednt and Rhythm-a-ning. Monk is insouciant and the rhythm team is effervescent on Off Minor while Rouses smoky horn is elastic as well as angular. Its amazing that the world still hasnt caught up to the vision and creativity of this protobopper. Fun and fantastic."

George W. Harris (April 22, 2013)
https://www.Jazzweekly.com

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