Feel the Blues with all that Jazz
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!


English (United Kingdom)Polish (Poland)
Home Jazz Thelonious Monk Thelonious Monk - Underground (1968)

Thelonious Monk - Underground (1968)

User Rating: / 0
PoorBest 

Thelonious Monk - Underground (1968)


01 – Thelonious (Take 1)
02 - Ugly Beauty
03 - Raise Four
04 - Boo Boo's Birthday
05 - Easy Street
06 - Green Chimneys
07 - In Walked Bud
08 - Ugly Beauty (Take 4)
09 - Boo Boo's Birthday (Take 2)
10 - Thelonious (Take 3)

Musicians
    Thelonious Monk - piano, composer.
    Larry Gales - bass.
    Charlie Rouse - tenor sax.
    Ben Riley - drums.
    Jon Hendricks - vocals/lyrics on "In Walked Bud"

 

This release has long been considered Thelonious Monk's acknowledgement to the flourishing youth-oriented subculture from whence the collection takes its name. Certainly the Grammy-winning cover art -- which depicts Monk as a World War II French revolutionary toting an automatic weapon -- gave the establishment more than the brilliant swinging sounds in the grooves to consider. Underground became Monk's penultimate studio album, as well as the final release to feature the '60s quartet: Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), Ben Riley (drums), and Larry Gales (bass) behind Monk (piano). One of the motifs running throughout Monk's recording career is the revisitation of titles from his voluminous back catalog. The tradition continues with the autobiographical leadoff track, "Thelonious." The instantly recognizable stride piano lines are delivered with the same urgency and precision that they possessed over two decades earlier when he first recorded the track for Blue Note. The presence of Charlie Rouse throughout the album is certainly worth noting. "Ugly Beauty" best captures the sacred space and musical rapport that he and Monk shared. Each musician functions as an extension of the other, creating solos that weave synchronically as if performed by the same pair of hands. Newer material, such as the playful "Green Chimneys" -- named after the school Monk's daughter attended -- as well as the unbalanced hypnotism of "Raise Four," asserts the timelessness and relevance of Monk's brand of bop. The disc ends as it begins with a new twist on an old favorite. Jon Hendricks -- who provides lyrics and vocals on "In Walked Bud" -- recalls the hustle and bustle of the real and spontaneous underground Harlem jam sessions of the late '40s. It is likewise an apt bookend to this chapter in the professional life of Thelonious Monk. ---Lindsay Planer, Rovi

download:

uploaded yandex 4shared mega ziddu mediafire solidfiles zalivalka cloudmailru oboom

 

back

Last Updated (Wednesday, 27 May 2015 22:54)

 

Before downloading any file you are required to read and accept the
Terms and Conditions.

If you are an artist or agent, and would like your music removed from this site,
please e-mail us on
abuse@theblues-thatjazz.com
and we will remove them as soon as possible.


Polls
What music genre would you like to find here the most?
 
Now onsite:
  • 616 guests
Content View Hits : 255209414

'The Blues That Jazz' uses cookies on this website to keep alive sessions for logged-in users, improve the browsing experience, adjust the website's content and make statistics for published advertisements. The user can disable cookies or configure their preferences in the internet browser's settings. By using this website the user agrees to these cookies being set and used.