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Complete Prestige Recordings (CD)

By: Thelonious Monk (Artist)

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Thelonious Monk Artist Snapshot:

Thelonious Monk, underappreciated at the beginning of his career in the 1940s, was eventually recognized as one of the most brilliant figures in modern jazz, with a piano and compositional style that began in a classic stride and then veered off, gloriously, into the stratosphere. In contrast to the more athletic exploits of many beboppers, Monk's idiosyncratic playing was filled with stark contrasts of rhythm, space, and harmony, as if he were carefully unveiling some ancient wisdom. His death in 1982 left a void in jazz that could never be filled. However, Monk's songs live on in his remarkable recordings, and his influence is continually present in the work of hundreds of contemporary musicians.

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DISC 1 for Complete Prestige Recordings (CD) Album By Thelonious Monk (Artist)
1   Flyin' Hawk
2   Recollections
3   Drifting On A Reed
4   On The Bean
5   Bye-Ya
6   Monk's Dream
7   Sweet And Lovely
8   Little Rootie Tootie
9   Bemsha Swing
10   Reflections
11   These Foolish Things
12   Trinkle Tinkle
13   Think Of One - (take 1)
14   Let's Call This
15   Think Of One - (take 2)
16   Friday The 13th
 
DISC 2 for Complete Prestige Recordings (CD) Album By Thelonious Monk (Artist)
1   We See
2   Locomotive
3   Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
4   Hackensack
5   Nutty
6   Just A Gigolo
7   Work
8   Blue Monk
9   I Want To Be Happy
10   Way You Look Tonight, The
11   More Than You Know
 
DISC 3 for Complete Prestige Recordings (CD) Album By Thelonious Monk (Artist)
1   Bag's Groove - (take 1)
2   Bemsha Swing
3   Man I Love, The - (take 1)
4   Swing Spring
5   Bag's Groove - (take 2)
6   Man I Love, The - (take 2)
 

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Review

JazzTimes (11/00, p.76) - "...Monk was incapable of making inferior records, which leaves the listener to choose between good, great, and overwhelming....Let's call this set about 15% good, 60% great and 25% overwhelming."

Title Note

THE COMPLETE PRESTIGE RECORDINGS features sessions headed by Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Monk & Rollins and Miles Davis.

Personnel includes: Thelonious Monk (piano); Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Rollins, Frank Foster (tenor saxophone); Miles Davis, Ray Copeland (trumpet);Julius Watkins (French horn); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Gary Mapp, Tommy Potter, Edward "Bass" Robinson, Curly Russell (bass); Arthur Taylor, Denzil Best, Kenny Clarke, Willie Jones, Max Roach (drums).

Producers: Bob Weinstock, Walter "Foots" Thomas, Teacho Wiltshire, Ira Gitler.

Compilation producer: Eric Miller.

Recorded between 1952 and 1954. Includes liner notes by Peter Keepnews.

Digitally remastered using 20-bit K2 Super Coding technology.

There isn't much from Thelonious Monk's pre-1960s catalogue that isn't worth listening to, and though the pianist/composer's tenure at Prestige was fairly short-lived (1952-1954), and the output is less essential than either his Blue Note recordings or his definitive work for Riverside, this music is still outstanding. Disc One's first four tracks actually date back to 1944, when Monk made his first Prestige appearance as a sideman for Coleman Hawkins. From here the timeline jumps to sessions from '52-'53 that feature Monk in various ensemble configurations including quartets, quintets, and trios.

Top-drawer players--including bassist Percy Heath, tenor man Sonny Rollins, and drummers Max Roach and Art Blakey--appear on these dates, with the bold push-and-pull between Monk and Rollins making the biggest impression. Disc Three focuses on the one session that ever found Monk and trumpet legend Miles Davis sharing a studio (due to personal and aesthetic differences the two subsequently steered clear of each other), with excellent and sensitive playing all around. At three discs, THE COMPLETE PRESTIGE RECORDINGS might seem skimpy compared to other "complete" sets, but the size makes the listening quite manageable, and the caliber of the playing is consistently high throughout.

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