| Label: POLL WINNERS Catalog: PWR27223 Format: CD JOHN COLTRANE, tenor sax
THELONIOUS MONK, piano
On all tracks plus:
1-6: Monk’s Music:
Ray Copeland (tp), Gigi Gryce (as), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Wilbur
Ware (b), Art Blakey (d). New York, June 26, 1957. Coltrane, Copeland
& Gryce out on 3.
Bonus Tracks (7-11)::
7-8 & 11: Wilbur Ware (b), Shadow Wilson (d). New York, July, 1957.
9: Wilbur Ware (b). New York, April 16, 1957.
10: Same place and date as 1-6. Thelonious Monk out.01 ABIDE WITH ME 0:54
02 WELL YOU NEEDN’T 11:25
03 RUBY MY DEAR [featuring Coleman Hawkins] 5:26
04 OFF MINOR 5:08
05 EPISTROPHY 10:45
06 CREPUSCULE WITH NELLIE 4:40
07 NUTTY 6:39*
08 TRINKLE TINKLE 6:40*
09 MONK’S MOOD 7:55*
10 BLUES FOR TOMORROW 13:35*
11 RUBY MY DEAR [featuring John Coltrane] 6:20*
Total Time: 79:33 DOWN BEAT original review: Monk’s Music:
“The album is to date the best cross section of what Monk is doing today
with a group. Throughout, Monk is the dominant force. The music, whether
blown by the horns or rapped out by his hands, is as much a part of him
as his thoughts. It is a tribute to Monk that within this intensely personal
music, a soloist like Coltrane can develop a singularly personal style of his
own, while fitting into the frame of Monk’s reference. This is one to play
again and again with no diminution of pleasure, or of discovery.”
(Dom Cerulli) |