Art Blakey - Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk [Red Vinyl]

20TH CENTURY MASTERWORKS

£16.18

Cat. no: 350272
Format: LP Red Vinyl
Barcode: 8436563185519
Release Date: 20 Sep 2024
Genre: Jazz

180g COLORED RED VINYL - THE COMPLETE LP + 2 BONUS TRACKS

This album marks Thelonious Monk's only recording as a member of Art Blakey's celebrated Jazz Messengers.

" the music retains an uncanny freshness after ffty years." - **** The Penguin Guide to Jazz

The pianist and drummer were remarkably close friends who understood each other well on both a personal and musical level. In fact, Blakey was present on both Monk's frst and last studio sessions, spanning a period of 24 years from the 1947 quintet and trio recordings to the last sets taped in London in 1971, when Blakey and Monk were touring with the group called the "Giants of Jazz".

Except for Johnny Grifn's Purple Shades, all the compositions on this album are classic Thelonious Monk tunes.

"Both use simple materials, yet the inner complexities are astonishing, and the music retains an uncanny freshness after ffty years." - **** The Penguin Guide to Jazz

Tracks: Evidence / In Walked Bud / Blue Monk / In Walked Bud [First Version] / I Mean You / Rhythm-A-Ning / Purple Shades / Evidence [Solo Piano Version]