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Thelonious Sphere Monk - Monk's Blues (1968) {Columbia CK53581 rel 1994}

Posted By: ruskaval

Date: 15 Nov 2020 17:54:12

Thelonious Sphere Monk - Monk's Blues (1968) {Columbia CK53581 rel 1994}
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© 1968, 1994 Columbia / Legacy / Sony Music | CK 53581
Jazz / Bop / Post Bebop / Modal Jazz / Piano

Thelonious Monk meets the mighty Oliver Nelson – the hip bigger band arranger who was helping so many other artists find their groove back in the 60s! The result is less Nelson-led than some of Oliver's other albums of the time – and instead, the arranger is nicely respectful of Monk's core sound – and still manages to led Thelonious keep the frontline strong on piano, and work with familiar players are the core who include Charlie Rouse on tenor, Larry Gales on bass, and Ben Riley on drums. Nelson's touch seeks mostly to augment the Monkish lines with some larger horn shadings – sometimes a bit upbeat, but never more swinging than Monk might want. There's enough of a blue tone here to keep this one nicely in line with the rest of the 60s Columbia catalog for Thelonious – and titles include "Monk's Point", "Consecutive Seconds", "Let's Cool One", and "Rootie Tootie". CD features 2 bonus tracks – "Blue Monk" and "Round Midnight".

This album was recorded in 1968 - produced by Columbia, somebody thought it'd be a good idea to have Monk play arrangements with some musicians in the film industry. I approached this album with trepidation because critics consider it to be his 'worst'.

With some relief and surprise, I can report that this album is not only good, it's actually a lot of fun. It's a little like seeing your favorite serious actor in a really bad movie. The arrangements have these big, sweeping flourishes like you'd expect to hear in a film score, and there's Monk, sitting in the calm eye of the schlock storm, playing along in his brilliant, weird way. It's at times strange, funny, and kind of wonderful.

This isn't 'difficult listening hour'; there's nothing groundbreaking here. It's not going to engage the thinking part of your brain (or ears) at all. But it's fun - I challenge anyone to sit through the first five tracks without breaking into a smile. Things get really unhinged in the middle - the arrangement of 'Consecutive Seconds' being something like if Monk had lived long enough to have been a guest star on The Love Boat, and 'Monk's Point' sounding like something from an Austin Powers-esque film of the era. On 'Trinkle Tinkle', there's an echo effect on the sax that made me groan, thinking 'who invited the special effects man"?

The best tracks, arrangement wise, are 'Straight No Chaser' and 'Blue Monk' - Monk plays superbly on these but he's really great throughout. There's also a solo version of 'Round Midnight' at the end that he spot-on nails on the first take, and probably is worth the price of the album just to hear.

Musicians:

The Quartet
Thelonious Sphere Monk - piano
Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone
Larry Gales - bass
Ben Riley - drums

Additional musicians
Oliver Nelson – conductor
Buddy Collette, Tom Scott, Gene Cipriano & Ernie Small - saxophone
Bobby Bryant, Conte Candoli & Freddie Hill - trumpet
Lou Blackburn, Bob Bralinger, Billy Byers & Mike Wimberly - trombone
Howard Roberts - guitar
John Guerin - drums

Recorded: November 19 & 20, 1968 in Hollywood.

Tracklist:
01 - Let's Cool One
02 - Reflections
03 - Rootie Tootie
04 - Just a Glance at Love
05 - Brilliant Corners
06 - Consecutive Seconds
07 - Monk's Point
08 - Trinkle Tinkle
09 - Straight, No Chaser
10 - Blue Monk [Bonus Track]
11 - 'Round Midnight [Bonus Track]

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Thelonious Sphere Monk / Monk's Blues [1994 Columbia-Legacy Remaster]

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