THELONIOUS MONK 5 By Monk By 5 RIVERSIDE FROM59-LOOSE AND DIFFICULT ARRANGEMENTS
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Mar 22, 2014
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Mar 15, 2014
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THELONIOUS MONK 5 By Monk By 5 RIVERSIDE FROM59-LOOSE AND DIFFICULT ARRANGEMENTS
A MINT MINUS/VG++ LP ON RIVERSIDE RLP 12-305
FROM 1959 A MONO DEEP GROOVE PRESSING IN SPECTROSONIC FORMAT WITH REEL TO REEL TAPE DECK AND MICROPHONE IN SILVER ON LABEL
REEVES SOUND STUDIOS IN NEW YORK CITY WAS NOTED FOR UTILIZING THE RIVERSIDE-REEVES SPECTROSONIC HIGH FIDELITY ENGINEERING SYSTEM WITH AUDIO COMPENSATION WITH AN RIAA CURVE WHICH PRODUCED VIBRANT, CLEAR AND PRESENT SOUND REPRODUCTION WITH EXQUISITE IMAGING IN THE MONO FORMAT.
PRODUCED BY BILL GRAUER AND RECORDED AT REEVES SOUND STUDIOS BY JACK HIGGINS
RECORDED ON JUNE 1 AND 2, 1959
WITH THAD JONES ON CORNET, CHARLIE ROUSE ON TENOR, SAM JONES ON BASS, ART TAYLOR ON DRUMS
TRACKS AS SHOWN ON THE LABEL PHOTOS
BACKGROUND INFO FROM ALLMUSIC.COM WEBSITE:
As the '50s drew to a close, so did Thelonious Monk's illustrious tenure on Riverside Records. In fact, the three dates needed for this title would be his penultimate for the label. The concept of the album consists of five Monk originals performed in a quintet setting. Ironically, this was the first time that Monk had recorded with a lineup that so prominently featured the "standard" bop rhythm section incorporating both a trumpet (or, in this case, cornet) and sax player. The quintet featured on 5 by Monk by 5 includes Monk (piano), Thad Jones (cornet), Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), Sam Jones (bass), and Art Taylor (drums). Rouse would become Monk's permanent tenor saxophonist for the majority of the 1960s. In what had become somewhat of a tradition, the disc's program consists of several of Monk's more established works as well as a few new compositions. One of the new works, "Jackie-ing" (incidentally, named after one of Monk's nieces), leads off the disc. It exemplifies the loose, disjointed, and exceedingly difficult arrangements that would define Monk as a premier composer/arranger/bandleader. This is in contrast to Monk the keyboard player and band member, which he skilfully demonstrates throughout the track as well as the rest of the album. The song's opening jam features a tasty tug of war between Rouse's animated lead and Monk's interjections and piano antics. Jones' cornet is incorporated tastefully throughout Monk's tricky arrangements. The stark contrast in performance timbre between the comparatively subdued Rouse or Monk and the frenetic bleating of Jones is notably disconcerting….
COVER STOCK WITH LIGHT RUB AND RING WEAR AND AGE DISCOLORATION. CORNERS WITH SMALL ROUGH SPOTS AND OUTER LAYER LOSSES ON POINT. A FEW SMALL NICK OUTER LAYER LOSSES TO EDGES. NOTWITHSTANDING, A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, SO PLEASE DO LOOK AT THE COVER PHOTOS TO ASCERTAIN COVER CONDITION.
SPINDLE HOLE WITH A LIGHT RUB MARK. THE HIGH LUSTER VINYL BLANK AT FIRST GLANCE OUT OF THE SLEEVE APPEARS UNUSUALLY PRISTINE AND TO HAVE NOT BEEN PLAYED, MUCH LESS TOUCHED, BEFORE NOW. UNDER BRIGHT ANGLED LIGHT AND ASSIDUOUS EXAMINATION A FEW LIGHT SURFACE RUB MARKS AND PAPER SLEEVE STORAGE IMPRESSIONS.
FROM A NOTED JAZZ REVIEWER'S PRIVATE COLLECTION
RARELY SEEN LP WHICH NOW FETCHES 100 PLUS WHEN SEEING THE LIGHT OF DAY
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