8435723700524

Monk's Dream

Thelonious Monk Quartet

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Format: LP

Cat No: 4613LP

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Release Date:  10 November 2023

Label:  Jazz Wax

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8435723700524

Genres:  Jazz  

  • Description

    Limited edition 180g audiophile pressing, high-definition premium vinyl for super fidelity - the complete LP + 2 bonus tracks. 'Monk's Dream' was the first album Thelonious Monk released on Columbia Records after his less than amicable departure from Riverside Records. Even though Monk had already recorded all the tracks on the album before (apart from Bright Mississippi), in a variety of settings, the powerful cohesion of the quartet this Columbia session produced a first-rate work worthy of the praises it received when released, and which it still receives today. It was Monk's best-selling album ever.

    "This important album, Monk's first after a long absence from the recording studio, is a stunning reaffirmation of his power as a performer and composer. It is a brilliant and absorbing program of five Monk originals and three standards (and they might just as well be originals, so startling is their transformation at his hands). This is a beautiful album in every respect, completely stimulating in each second of its more than 47 minutes" - ***** Pete Welding, DownBeat

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Monk's Dream
      • 2. Body And Soul
      • 3. Bright Mississippi
      • 4. Five Spot Blues
      • 5. Monk's Dream [original Trio Version]

      Side 2

      • 1. Blue Bolivar Blues
      • 2. Just A Gigolo
      • 3. Bye-Ya
      • 4. Sweet And Lovely
      • 5. Just A Gigolo [1954 Version]