{"title":"THELONIOUS MONK","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-thelonious-monk-quartet-monks-dream-limited-edition-splatter-vinyl","title":"The Thelonious Monk Quartet – Monk’s Dream (Limited Edition 12-Inch Album on 180g Clear\/White Splatter Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis hand-numbered release is limited to 500 copies.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eReleased in January 1963, \u003cem\u003eMonk’s Dream\u003c\/em\u003e is the Columbia Records debut release featuring the Thelonious Monk Quartet: Monk (piano), Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), John Ore (bass) and Frankie Dunlop (drums).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eJazz scholars and enthusiasts alike heralded this combo as the best Monk had been involved with for several years. The tight – almost telepathic – dimensions that these four shared has rarely been equalled in any genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOn tracks such as \u003cem\u003eFive Spot Blues\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBolivar Blues\u003c\/em\u003e, Rouse and Dunlop demonstrate their uncanny abilities by squeezing in well-placed instrumental fills, while never getting hit by the unpredictable rhythmic frisbees being tossed about by Monk. Augmenting the six quartet recordings are two solo sides: \u003cem\u003eJust a Gigolo\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBody and Soul\u003c\/em\u003e. Most notable about Monk’s solo work is how much he retained the same extreme level of intuition throughout the nearly two decades that separate these recordings from his initial renderings in the late ‘40s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMonk’s Dream\u003c\/em\u003e is essential listening, with something for every degree of Monk enthusiast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack Listing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide One\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eMonk’s Dream (6:28)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eBody and Soul (4:30)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eBright Mississippi (8:38)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eFive Spot Blues (3:16)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide Two\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eBolivar Blues (7:32)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eJust a Gigolo (2:30)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eBye-Ya (6:03)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eSweet and Lovely (7:52)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl \/ 12” Album (Coloured Vinyl)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Second Records\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue No:\u003c\/strong\u003e SRPD0016SP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9003829979763\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 28 Apr 2023\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Second Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57035961827715,"sku":"SRPD0016SP","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/5521\/4663\/files\/TheloniousMonkMonk_sDreamSplatterVinylMockupforShopify.png?v=1765790434"},{"product_id":"thelonious-monk-brilliant-corners-limited-edition-grey-marble-vinyl","title":"Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners (Limited Edition 12-Inch Album on 180g Grey Marble Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis hand-numbered release is limited to just 250 copies.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eReleased on 4 April 1957, \u003cem\u003eBrilliant Corners\u003c\/em\u003e was Thelonious Monk’s third album for Riverside Records, and the first, for this label, to include his own compositions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThere is an inescapable freshness and vitality saturated into every measure of every song. The passage of time makes it all the more difficult to imagine any other musicians bearing the capacity to support Monk with such ironic precision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe assembled quartet for the lion’s share of the sessions included Max Roach (percussion), Sonny Rollins (tenor sax), Oscar Pettiford (bass) and Ernie Henry (alto sax). Roach’s timpani interjections supply an off-balanced sonic surrealism while progressing the rhythm in and out of the holes provided by Monk’s jackrabbit leads. It’s easy to write Monk’s ferocity and Forrest Gump-esque ingenuity off as gimmick or quirkiness. What cannot be dismissed is Monk’s ability to translate emotions into the language of music, as in the freedom and abandon he allows through Rollins’ and Roach’s mesmerizing solos in \u003cem\u003eBrilliant Corners\u003c\/em\u003e. The childlike innocence evoked by Monk’s incorporation of the celeste during the achingly beautiful ode \u003cem\u003ePannonica\u003c\/em\u003e raises the emotional bar several degrees. Perhaps more pointed, however, is the impassioned \u003cem\u003eI Surrender, Dear\u003c\/em\u003e –\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ethe only solo performance on the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrilliant Corners\u003c\/em\u003e may well be considered the alpha and omega of post-World War II American jazz. 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