I Miss Monk

This is not a proper lp but a recording of a show from NPR. It may not be of interest to everyone, but what the hell, it is cool and it's less than an hour long. You can listen to it while doing the dishes and folding the clothes. Also a nice accompaniment to cooking dinner or dusting the apartment. Kinda pointless while running the hoover though.

While probably offering no new insight to old fans, it is nice to hear some of his contemporaries speak of him. Hosted by Nancy Wilson, the was released as part of a Jazz Profiles series.

Monk passed away 30 years ago today. Which means I've been a fan for over 35 years. Damn time flies.While many many pianists have appeared on the scene since then, I cannot think of one who surpasses Monk's legacy.

I first posted this two years ago today.


Monk

Bebop

Ok - a generic enough title - but not mine. Sill an opportunity for a generic post. No images found for this record. Another New World compilation and I think we all know where this one is headed. Some nice rare versions of songs on this though... all again in glorious mono.

And here is a link to the liner notes in a pdf file. All 22 pages!!!

www.dramonline.org/content/notes/nwr/80271.pdf




NW 271

1. Congo Blues - Red Norvo and his Selected Sextet
2. You're Not The Kind - Sarah Vaughn w/ Tadd Dameron's Orchestra
3. Shaw Nuff - Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Quintet
4. Parker's Mood - Charlie Parker All-Stars
5. Things To Come - Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra
6. Relaxin' At Camarillo - Charlie Parker's New Stars
7. Embracable You - Charlie Parker Quintet
8. Ko-Ko - Charlie Parker's Reboppers
9. Lemon Drop - Woody Herman and his Orchestra
10. Un Poco loco - Bud Powell Trio
11. Jahbero - Tadd Dameron Septet
12. Misterioso - Thelonious Monk Quartet
13. What Is This Thing Called Love - Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet
14. Stop Time - Horace Silver Quintet

introspection - neglected jazz figures of the 1950's and early 1960's

Here's a compilation from New World Records. Did an inordinate amount of these make it to school libraries because that is where I seem to keep scoring my copies.

Here's a vinyl rip of one that I don't seem to have the material anywhere else. In glorious mono! NM 275 , link corrected.

Artists included are:

The Herbie Nichols Quartet

The Curtis Counce Quintet feat. Elmo Hope

Jaki Byard

Serge Chaloff Sextet

Steve Lacy Quintet

Booker Little Sextet

1. S' Wonderful

2. Into The Orbit

3. Race For Space

4. II, V, I

5. Diane's Melody

6. Body and Soul

7. Louise

8. Introspection

9. We Speak

10. Strength and Sanity

Really nice complete liner notes are here.