Live! At the Village Gate
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| Live album by Thelonious Monk | ||||
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| Label (s) | Xanadu Records | |||
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LP, CD |
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Title (number) |
6th |
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50:38 |
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Don Schlitten , Richard Alderson |
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New York City |
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Live! At the Village Gate is a posthumously released album by Thelonious Monk . The recordings, which took place at the New York jazz club The Village Gate , were made on November 12, 1963, according to producer Don Schlitten , but were probably recorded on an earlier date in 1962. The recordings were released in 1985 as a long-playing record by Xanadu Records and in 1997 as a compact disc on the Japanese label Break Time.
background
In May 1963 Monk was on tour with his quartet in Japan ( Monk in Toyko ), in June he was a guest at the Newport Jazz Festival (documented on At Newport 1963 & 1965 ) in September at the Monterey Jazz Festival . Seven weeks later, Thelonious Monk and his quartet, consisting of Charlie Rouse , John Ore and Frankie Dunlop, performed at The Village Gate jazz club.
In his biography Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original , Robin D. G. Kelley doubted the recording date given by producer Don Schlitten in the liner notes ; According to available sources in the New York Times, Larry Adler , Paul Draper and Nina Simone played in the Village Gate on these days . At the specified time (November 11th) Monk himself played with other band staff in New York's Five Spot . The date given by the author Chris Sheridan ( Brilliant Corners , 2001) (November 12, 1962) is also unlikely, since Monk's involvement in the Village Gate ended after the first week of September 1962.
Track list
- Thelonious Monk - Live at the Village Gate (Xanadu Records - 202, Break Time - BRJ-4536, SCD-1535)
- Rhythm-A-Ning (Monk) 12:40
- Body and Soul (Heyman, Green, Sour) 2:50
- Evidence (Monk) 9:43
- I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Bassman, Washington) 10:51 am
- Body and Soul (Heyman, Green, Sour) 3:33
- Jackie-Ing (Monk) 10:55
reception
Scott Yanow gave the album four stars in Allmusic and said that the quality of this recording was "above average"; the quality of the recording is decent, and although the repertoire is the same as that of the Monk groups - four original compositions and two short solo versions of "Body and Soul" - both Monk and tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse played inventive solos throughout, while Ore and Dunlop provided good support . A long version of "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" is most memorable.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed March 1, 2020)
- ^ Robin DG Kelley: Thelonious Monk. The Life and Times of an American Original. Free Press New York / London / Toronto et al. 2009, ISBN 978-0-684-83190-9 , p. 538
- ↑ Thelonious Monk - Live at the Village Gate at Discogs
- ^ Review of the album at Allmusic (English). Retrieved February 29, 2020.