Monk

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Classic Concord albums now available on unresistable 180g vinvyl with MP3 download codes.

Thelonious Monks Prestige recordings (reissued on three LP-length CDs) have been somewhat neglected through the years but, with the exception of a date for Vogue, they are the only documentation that exists of the unique pianist-composers work as a leader during the latter half of 1952 through 1954. This set has four numbers (including Monks originals Wee See, Locomotive and the catchy Hackensack) featuring Monk with trumpeter Ray Copeland (an underrated player), tenor saxophonist Frank Foster, bassist Curly Russell and drummer Art Blakey. However it is Lets Call This and the two versions of Think of One that are best-known, for Monk teams up with the French horn wizard Julius Watkins, bassist Percy Heath, drummer Willie Jones and the great tenor Sonny Rollins. Every Thelonious Monk recording is well worth getting although this one is not quite essential. ~ Scott Yanow