Thelonious in action
| Thelonious in action | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live album by Thelonious Monk | ||||
|
Publication |
||||
| Label (s) | Riverside Records | |||
|
Format (s) |
LP, CD |
|||
|
Title (number) |
7th |
|||
|
running time |
38:15 (LP), 62:19 (CD) |
|||
| occupation |
|
|||
|
Studio (s) |
Five Spot , New York City |
|||
|
||||
Thelonious in Action: Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe is an album by Thelonious Monk . The recordings, which were made in the New York Club Five Spot on August 7, 1958, appeared in 1958 as a long-playing record on Riverside Records . Expanded by three tracks with a length of over 20 minutes, which came from a Five Spot appearance on July 9, 1958, the album was released in 1988 as a compact disc by Original Jazz Classics .
background
In 1958, Johnny Griffin (tenor saxophone), Ahmed Abdul-Malik (bass) and Roy Haynes played drums with Monk on the stage of the legendary Five Spot Club . Art Blakey played the drums on the last of the three bonus tracks of the new edition. The recording contains the first recordings of Monk's compositions "Light Blue" and "Coming on the Hudson". Together with Misterioso , which was also recorded at the Five Spot concerts in 1958, Thelonious introduced the quartet formula in Action , which would become a characteristic feature of Monk's subsequent albums, wrote Jack Goldstein.
Track list
Original LP
- Thelonious Monk Quartet with Johnny Griffin - Thelonious in Action (Riverside Records - RLP 12-262)
A1 Light Blue 5:04
A2 Coming on the Hudson 5:15
A3 Rhythm-A-Ning 9:20
A4 Epistrophy (Theme) 1:00
B1 Blue Monk 8:02
B2 Evidence 8:31
B3 Epistrophy (Theme) 1:03
CD edition
- Thelonious Monk Quartet with Johnny Griffin - Thelonious in Action (Original Jazz Classics - OJCCD-103-2, Riverside Records - RLP-1190)
- Light Blue 5:15
- Coming on the Hudson 5:25
- Rhythm-A-Ning 9:26
- Epistrophy (Theme) 1:04
- Blue Monk 8:32
- Evidence 8:50
- Epistrophy (Theme) 1:05
- Unidentified Solo Piano 1:53
- Blues Five Spot 9:54
- In Walked Bud / Epistrophy (Theme) 10:55
- All compositions are by Thelonious Monk.
reception
Lindsay Planer said in Allmusic , "although Monk is in extraordinary shape, he is far from throwing the only or even brightest light during these unforgettable pages." It is regrettable that this group did not stay together for a long time. Johnny Griffin's aggressive style of performance contains a lyrical and melodic undertone that perfectly complements Monk's sporadic inflections.
According to Jack Goldstein, while Johnny Griffin may not be the saxophonist most commonly associated with Monk's Quartet, it is often praised for his speed, and here he shows what he can do in a long solo, often in an or two familiar quotes.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ The three titles first appeared on the compilation Blues Five Spot (Milestone, 1984)
- ↑ Milestone Records released further recordings from the Five Soot in 1984 on the album Blues Five Spot .
- ↑ a b Jack Goldstein: Review of the album. Blog Critics, May 5, 2012, accessed February 12, 2020 .
- ^ Thelonious in Action: Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe at Discogs
- ↑ Thelonious Monk Quartet with Johnny Griffin - Thelonious in Action (CD) at Discogs
- ^ Review of the album at Allmusic (English). Accessed February 1, 2020.