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Miles Davis - Bags' Groove (1957) Analogue Productions’ Prestige Mono Series, Remastered 2014

Posted By: Designol
Miles Davis - Bags' Groove (1957) Analogue Productions’ Prestige Mono Series, Remastered 2014

Miles Davis - Bags' Groove (1957)
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, 2014
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 250 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 139 Mb | Scans included
Label: Analogue Productions, Prestige | # CPRJ 7109 SA | Time: 00:46:21
Bop, Hard Bop, Trumpet Jazz

Hybrid Mono SACD for sale individually and as part of Analogue Productions’ Prestige Mono Series, Mini "old style" gatefold jacket packaging. There are a multitude of reasons why Bags' Groove remains a cornerstone of the post-bop genre. Of course there will always be the lure of the urban myth surrounding the Christmas Eve 1954 session – featuring Thelonious Monk – which is documented on the two takes of the title track. There are obviously more tangible elements, such as Davis' practically telepathic runs with Sonny Rollins (tenor sax). Or Horace Silver's (piano) uncanny ability to provide a stream of chord progressions that supply a second inconspicuous lead without ever overpowering. Indeed, Davis' choice of former Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra and concurrent Modern Jazz Quartet members Milt Jackson (vibes), Kenny Clarke (drums), and Percy Heath (bass) is obviously well-informed.

Thelonious Monk - The Classic Quartet (Remastered) (1963/2022)

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Thelonious Monk - The Classic Quartet (Remastered) (1963/2022)

Thelonious Monk - The Classic Quartet (Remastered) (1963/2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 147 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 87 Mb | 00:38:06
Jazz, Bop | Label: Candid Records

At the time of this recording, Thelonious Monk was at both a creative and critical peak. He had recently signed with Columbia Records, notably one of the biggest jazz labels in the world at the time, and the following year became the third jazz musician in history to appear on the cover of Time Magazine. The Classic Quartet is comprised of Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, Butch Warren on bass, and Frankie Dunlop on drums. The recording captures what is undoubtedly one of the very best sets of the era. The songs, classic Monk repertoire, will be familiar to any Monk fan. That includes what is by all accounts an exceptional version of one of Monk’s favorite standards, “Just A Gigolo”.

VA - Then... Chill Jazz (2010) 4CD Box Set

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VA - Then... Chill Jazz (2010) 4CD Box Set

VA - Then… Chill Jazz (2010) 4CD Box Set
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 761 Mb | Scans ~ 36 Mb
Label: AP Music Ltd. | # AUPCD 125 | Time: 04:04:20
Cool, Bop, Vocal Jazz, Mainstream Jazz

4CD Box Set. 72 tracks featuring Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Chet Baker, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Claude Thornhill, Nat King Cole, Charles Mingus, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Lester Young, Louis Armstrong, Eartha Kitt, Julie London, Art Pepper and many, many more…

Gregory Lewis - Organ Monk Going Home (2023)

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Gregory Lewis - Organ Monk Going Home (2023)

Gregory Lewis - Organ Monk Going Home (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 304 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 113 Mb | Covers included | 00:49:10
Soul Jazz, Post-Bop | Label: Sunnyside Records

Everybody has literal and figurative homes. There are the physical places where heads are laid at night and then there are the feelings, people, activities, or spaces that provide a feeling of the comfort of home. Gregory Lewis has found a musical home delving into the Hammond organ and the music of the great composer/pianist Thelonious Monk, a practice that has allowed him opportunities to play with extraordinary musicians and visit amazing places, and his new recording Organ Monk Going Home brings all of these aspects to bear.

Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners (1957) [Reissue 1987]

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Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners (1957) [Reissue 1987]

Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners (1957) [Reissue 1987]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 227 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 101 MB | Covers - 5 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Hard Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: OJC/Riverside Records (OJCCD-026-2 (RLP-226))

Although Brilliant Corners is Thelonious Monk's third disc for Riverside, it's the first on the label to weigh in with such heavy original material. Enthusiasts who become jaded to the idiosyncratic nature of Monk's playing or his practically arithmetical chord progressions should occasionally revisit Brilliant Corners. There is an inescapable freshness and vitality saturated into every measure of every song. The passage of time makes it all the more difficult to imagine any other musicians bearing the capacity to support Monk with such ironic precision. The assembled quartet for the lion's share of the sessions included Max Roach (percussion), Sonny Rollins (tenor sax), Oscar Pettiford (bass), and Ernie Henry (alto sax)…

Thelonious Monk - Paris 1969 (2013)

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Thelonious Monk - Paris 1969 (2013)

Thelonious Monk - Paris 1969 (2013)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 296 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 145 MB | Covers - 20 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note (B001882000)

Thelonious Monk was having a rough time of it during the latter 1960s. Experiencing health and some economic problems, he was also in dispute with Columbia Records, whose marketing department was trying to re-create him in the image of a rock star (see the cover of Underground). On top of this, he had lost his core rhythm section, bassist Larry Gales and drummer Ben Riley. For his eighth European tour, the pianist hired young, unknown players as accompanists for himself and saxophonist Charlie Rouse: Berklee music school student Nate "Lloyd" Hygelund on bass and 17-year-old drummer Paris Wright - son of bassist Herman Wright. This date was recorded on the last night of the tour at the 3,800 seat Salle Pleyel (the same theater in which a far lesser-known Monk, playing with a local rhythm section, had bombed badly in 1954), and was filmed for French television broadcast…

Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - Complete Live at the Five Spot 1958 (2006)

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Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - Complete Live at the Five Spot 1958 (2006)

Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - Complete Live at the Five Spot 1958 (2006)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 242 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 130 MB | Covers - 42 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Hard Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Gambit Records (69241)

Even before the first note is played, the apocrypha proclaiming this to be a non-professional recording - which finds Naima Coltrane (John Coltrane's wife) as "audio engineer" - is fortunately true. The raw nature of the contents accurately reveal the reality of experiencing a Five Spot gig during the venerable venue's halcyon days. What can also be found beyond the sporadic chatter and general hubbub of a New York City Harlem nightclub is arguably the strongest aural evidence of the unique working rapport these jazz icons shared. While the relationship between Monk and Coltrane is the crux of these performances, Ahmed Abdul-Malik (bass) and the irrepressible Roy Haynes (drums) also contribute mightily by allowing enough context to support the soloist while pulling out occasional solos of their own. Haynes' interjections to "In Walked Bud" and "I Mean You" go beyond the simple progression of rhythm…

Thelonious Monk - Live at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival (2007)

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Thelonious Monk - Live at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival (2007)

Thelonious Monk - Live at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival (2007)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 244 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 139 MB | Covers - 8 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Monterey Jazz Festival Records (MJFR-30312)

Thelonious Monk played at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1963 and created a buzz so strong he was invited back the following year. His one-hour set from 1964 is available here, featuring his quartet through the first forty minutes. Tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse and drummer Ben Riley are joined by Steve Swallow on upright acoustic bass loaned from the Art Farmer group, whom he performed with at the event. Having studied Monk's music and played it with Steve Lacy, Swallow was ready to jump into the fray for his first-ever performance with Monk, having not even spoken with the pianist up to show time. He sounds very comfortable, swinging effortlessly, playing mostly quarter notes throughout the concert, but rarely straying off the path…

The Thelonious Monk Quartet - Monk's Dream (1963) [Reissue 2014]

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The Thelonious Monk Quartet - Monk's Dream (1963) [Reissue 2014]

The Thelonious Monk Quartet - Monk's Dream (1963) [Reissue 2014]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 272 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 103 MB | Covers - 14 MB
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Original Recordings Group (ORG 193-3)

Monk's Dream is the Columbia Records debut release featuring the Thelonious Monk Quartet: Monk (piano), Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), John Ore (bass), and Frankie Dunlop (drums). Jazz scholars and enthusiasts alike also heralded this combo as the best Monk had been involved with for several years. Although he would perform and record supported by various other musicians, the tight - almost telepathic - dimensions that these four shared has rarely been equalled in any genre. By the early '60s, bop had become considered passé by artists as well as fans looking for the next musical trend. This is coupled with the fact that discerning Monk fans would have undoubtedly recognized many of these titles from several live recordings issued at the end of his tenure on Riverside…

Thelonious Monk - Palo Alto (2020)

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Thelonious Monk - Palo Alto (2020)

Thelonious Monk - Palo Alto (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 280 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 114 Mb | 00:47:22
Jazz, Hard Bop | Label: Impulse! Records

An unheard recording of a 1968 high school performance by jazz great Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto, is set for release by Impulse! Records on 31 July. It will mark his posthumous debut on the revered label. The surprise performance came about after 16-year-old high school student Danny Scher had a dream to invite the storied pianist and composer and his all-star quartet to perform a concert at his local high school in Palo Alto, California. Against a backdrop of racial tension and political volatility, the concert took place on 27 October 1968, and was recorded by the school’s janitor.

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk (1958) Japanese Remastered Reissue 2006

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Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk (1958) Japanese Remastered Reissue 2006

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk (1958) Japanese Remastered 2006
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 393 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 178 Mb | Scans included
Bop, Hard Bop | Label: Atlantic/Warner Music Japan | # WPCR-25112 | Time: 01:04:37

Most of the titles on this album are derived from Thelonious Monk's vast catalog of bop standards. Both co-leaders are at the peak of their respective prowess with insightful interpretations of nearly half a dozen inspired performances from this incarnation of the Blakey-led Jazz Messengers. This combo features Art Blakey (drums), Johnny Griffin (tenor sax), Bill Hardman (trumpet), and Spanky Debrest (bass).

John Beasley - MONK’estra Plays John Beasley (2020)

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John Beasley - MONK’estra Plays John Beasley (2020)

John Beasley- MONK’estra Plays John Beasley (2020)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 416 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 157 Mb | 01:08:24
Jazz, Bop, Big Band | Label: Mack Avenue Records

Over the course of two albums, bandleader/composer/arranger John Beasley has reimagined Thelonious Monk’s iconic compositions through his inventive, versatile MONK’estra­ – a big band able to deftly navigate the legend’s eccentricities from a variety of perspectives, from boisterous swing to raucous funk to Afro-Cuban explosiveness. MONK’estra, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 each garnered a pair of GRAMMY® Award nominations, alongside widespread critical acclaim. Beasley veers off in new directions on his stunning third album in the series, MONK’estra Plays John Beasley. As the title implies, this time out the band shifts focus to its fearless leader’s own estimable compositions and piano playing, alongside a quartet of Monk classics and a tune apiece by Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker.

Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane - Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane (1961/2023)

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Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane - Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane (1961/2023)

Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane - Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane (1961/2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 154 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 89 MB
37:55 | Jazz, Hard Bop | Label: Craft Recordings

Regarded as one of the greatest jazz collaborations of all time, this new edition of 'Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane' is release as part of the newly relaunched Original Jazz Classics Series. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI with all-analog mastering from the original tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio it is presented in a Tip-On Jacket with obi. In addition to Monk and Coltrane the album also features the talents of Art Blakey (drums), Wilbur Ware (bass), Gigi Gryce (alto sax) and more.

Thelonious Monk - Greatest Hits (1969) [Reissue 1991]

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Thelonious Monk - Greatest Hits (1969) [Reissue 1991]

Thelonious Monk - Greatest Hits (1969) [Reissue 1991]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 277 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 108 MB | Covers - 20 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Post-Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Columbia (469389 2)

Although Greatest Hits samplers of jazz artists, particularly hard bop musicians, usually don't work particularly well, Columbia's attempt at compiling a Thelonious Monk Greatest Hits album actually succeeds in offering a good sampling of his some of his most familiar material. The collection contains many of his best-known songs, including "Well You Needn't," "Misterioso," "Round Midnight," "Ruby, My Dear," "Blue Monk," and "Straight, No Chaser." While this doesn't find Monk at his most adventurous, it does include some of his most accessible performances, and that makes it a good entry point for the curious.

Thelonious Monk - Monk In France (1965) [Reissue 1991]

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Thelonious Monk - Monk In France (1965) [Reissue 1991]

Thelonious Monk - Monk In France (1965) [Reissue 1991]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 324 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 140 MB | Covers - 4 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Post-Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: OJC/Riverside Records (00025218667029)

In 1961, Thelonious Monk and his quartet toured Europe, producing a series of live albums for various labels. The First European Concert, as well as recordings of Monk in Paris, Italy, Bern, Copenhagen, and Stockholm all date from that year. The performances drew almost exclusively from a body of the pianist's best-loved original material, and Monk in France is no exception. While his playing here is less energized than it can be, Monk's singular philosophy is well intact. The pianist's lines are sparse and fluid. Characteristically, he maps out only the necessary notes in his off-kilter melodies, building solos from perfectly balanced melodic/rhythmic motifs. The European touring lineup is completed by drummer Frankie Dunlop, bassist John Ore, and tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse…