The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall
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| Label (s) | Riverside Records | |||
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LP, CD |
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6/7 |
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New York City |
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The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall is an album by Thelonious Monk . The recordings, which were made at a concert in New York's Town Hall on February 28, 1959, were released in 1959 as a long-playing record by Riverside Records and in 1989 as a compact disc by Original Jazz Classics, expanded by a title . The recordings came from the first concert that Monk presented with a large formation.
background
With the announcement Evening with Thelonious Monk , the pianist was presented in a concert organized by Jules Colomby in New York's Town Hall. The pianist was surrounded by a larger cast; In addition to his regular quartet (from Charlie Rouse , Sam Jones and Art Taylor ), these included Donald Byrd , Jay McAllister , Phil Woods , Pepper Adams and Eddie Bert . Hall Overton was the arranger of Monk's melodies (including a remarkable transcription of Monk's original piano solo in "Little Rootie Tootie") .
Track list
- The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (Riverside Records - RLP 12-300)
A1 Thelonious 0:56
A2 Friday the 13th 9:22
A3 Monk's Mood 10:15
B1 Little Rootie Tootie 8:45
B2 Off Minor 7:47
B3 Crepuscule with Nellie 4:42
- All compositions are by Thelonious Monk.
- The CD editions of the album were supplemented by the encore Little Rootie Tootie (Encore) (8:28).
reception
Scott Yanow gave the album the top five-star rating in Allmusic and said Monk's appearance with a tentet at the Town Hall concert in 1959 was a great success. "There would be only one other recorded occasion - Monk's 1963 Philharmonic Hall concert - that the unique pianist performed equally successfully with a larger ensemble."
According to Thomas Fitterling, arranger Hall Overton respected the brittle Monk sound and orchestrated the small big band based on the composer's pianistic approach ; What was only implied in the combo recordings is heard in the orchestra in a fully interpreted variety of voices. Nevertheless, the author expressed the reservation that the respective first combo recordings sounded more compelling with the exception of “Little Rootie Tootie”. This may also be due to the fact that the orchestra is a bit bumpy and unbalanced.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Thomas Fitterling: Thelonious Monk. His life, his music, his records. Oreos, Waakirchen 1987, ISBN 3-923657-14-5 .
- ↑ a b Review of the album at Allmusic (English). Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- ↑ The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall at Discogs
- ↑ The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (CD) at Discogs