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My addition to the old albums reissued on unnecessary colored vinyl posts: Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream
(lemmy.world)
Especially egregious since it doesn't even have the song Blue Monk on this album.
Aside from that, the album is absolutely divine. Thelonious and Charlie Rouse are on another level entirely on this session.
You can’t really go wrong imo. There’s one of him w Coltrane recorded (I think) after Miles fired Coltrane for being unreliable but before Miles rehired him and made Kind of Blue. Monk and Coltrane became good friends in this period, Monk had something like a 6 month run at this club in NY with Coltrane in the group and that’s about when Coltrane really started stretching out into outer space.
Thelonius Himself was also during this period, solo piano except for the last number with Coltrane.
Monk plays Duke Ellington is good. Whichever one you see in the shop, just get that one.
Wow. Thanks fr the great info! I’ll see what I can find tomorrow. Thanks again.