Two Hours With Thelonious - European Concerts By Thelonious Monk Quartet (2 Lps On 2 Cds) - Thelonious Monk Quartet

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Thelonious Monk Quartet

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

REFERENCE: FSRCD 745_2
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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 Monk’s quartet during the spring of 1961. It is an absorbing program of Monk’s originals except for the four standards—three 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 Rouse’s very personal manner became leaner in his years with Monk, as he assimilated perfectly the leader’s style, so much so that he seems the pianist’s 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.

Tracklisting:

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

All selections composed by Thelonious Monk, except for the three standards performed as unaccompanied piano solos: “Body and Soul” (Green-Heyman-Sour-Eyton), “April in Paris” (Duke-Harburg), “Just a Gigolo” (Casucci-Caesar), and the quartet number, “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You” (Washington-Bassman).

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)

The two concert sessions were not produced by Riverside, but were acquired as a way of closing out their association with Thelonious Monk.

This CD release produced by Jordi Pujol

Stereo · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered

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Note: All tracks—except #9 & 10 on CD-1—were 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).

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Review:

"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 Needn’t” and “Rhythm-a-ning.” Monk is insouciant and the rhythm team is effervescent on “Off Minor” while Rouse’s smoky horn is elastic as well as angular. It’s amazing that the world still hasn’t caught up to the vision and creativity of this protobopper. Fun and fantastic."

George W. Harris -April 22, 2013
Jazzweekly.com

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