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ジャズ 音楽

「クレームの多いピアニストは誰だ」

　と、くだらないこと思いついたが、あまりのくだらなさに二の句がつげない。

　先日のソニー・スティットに続いてこちらも購入してしまいました。CD4枚でアルバム8枚分687円だよ。

　音質もそれほど悪くはない。もともとあまりそのへんは気にしないタイプである。どうせiTunesに取り込んで、iPodをオーディオに繋げて聴くだけなんで。

　モンクは苦手というかあまりきちんと聴いてこなかったよう思う。持っているのもせ「ブリリアント・コーナーズ」とかブルーノートの「GENUIUS OF MODERN MUSIC VOL1.2」とかのくらいか。

　あの不協和音じゃなく、変則コードみたいなのも今一つのらない。もっともモンクなくしてセシル・テーラーなんか出てこなかったんだろうなとか思ったりもしないでもない。今回流して聴くと、やっぱりモダン・ジャズの巨匠の一人だなと、当たり前のことを思ったりもした。アート・ブレイキーとやっているのもいいし、特にソニー・ロリンズとのやつとかも。

　まあ一日延々モンクを流すというのもなかなかオツだと思ったりもする。なかなか一日中、音楽聴いているというのは出来ないのだけど。

8 CLASSIC ALBUMS

8 CLASSIC ALBUMS

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Monk 

  1. "We See" - 5:16
  2. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern ) - 4:34
  3. "Locomotive" - 6:23
  4. "Hackensack" - 5:13
  5. "Let's Call This" - 5:08
  6. "Think of One" [Take 2] - 5:47
  7. "Think of One" [Take 1] - 5:37

Thelonious Monk - piano
Ray Copeland - trumpet (tracks 1-4)
Frank Foster - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-4)
Curly Russell - bass (tracks 1-4)
Art Blakey - drums (tracks 1-4)
Julius Watkins - French horn (tracks 5-7)
Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone (tracks 5-7)
Percy Heath - bass (tracks 5-7)
Willie Jones - drums (tracks 5-7)

 

MONK'S MUSIC

  1. "Abide With Me" – 0:54
  2. "Well, You Needn't" – 11:24
  3. "Ruby, My Dear" – 5:26
  4. "Off Minor (Take 5)" – 5:07
  5. "Epistrophy" – 10:46
  6. "Crepuscule with Nellie (Take 6)" – 4:38

Thelonious Monk – piano on tracks 2-6
Ray Copeland – trumpet on tracks 1, 2, 4-6
Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone and arrangements on tracks 1, 2, 4-6
Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
John Coltrane – tenor saxophone on tracks 1, 2, 4-6
Wilbur Ware – double bass on tracks 2-6
Art Blakey – drums on tracks 2-6
Orrin Keepnews – production
Jack Higgins – recording engineering
Kirk Felton – digital remastering
Paul Weller – cover photography
Paul Bacon – cover design
References

 

Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington

  1. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - 4:38
  2. Sophisticated Lady - 4:27
  3. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good - 5:52
  4. Black and Tan Fantasy (Miley, Ellington) - 3:24
  5. Mood Indigo (Ellington, Bigard) - 3:13
  6. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart - 5:40
  7. Solitude - 3:42
  8. Caravan (Tizol, Ellington) - 5:55

Personnel
Thelonious Monk – piano
Oscar Pettiford – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums

 

The Unique Thelonious Monk

  1.  "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (George & Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) – 3:11
  2. "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) – 4:15
  3. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Fats Waller, Andy Razaf) – 5:32
  4. "Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, James Van Heusen) – 6:30
  5. "Tea for Two" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) – 5:52
  6. "You Are Too Beautiful" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:53
  7. "Just You, Just Me" (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages) – 7:59

 Personnel
Thelonious Monk – piano
Art Blakey – drums (except for track 2)
Oscar Pettiford – bass (except for track 2)

 

Mulligan Meets Monk

  1.  "'Round Midnight" (Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 8:29
  2. "Rhythm-a-Ning" (Monk) – 5:19
  3. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) – 7:17
  4. "Decidedly" (Gerry Mulligan) – 5:54
  5. "Straight, No Chaser" (Monk) – 7:00
  6. "I Mean You" (Monk, Coleman Hawkins) – 6:53

 Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone
Thelonious Monk – piano
Wilbur Ware – double bass
Shadow Wilson – drums

 

Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins

  1.  "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 5:13
  2. "I Want to Be Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) – 7:43
  3. "Work" – 5:18
  4. "Nutty" – 5:16
  5. "Friday the 13th" – 10:32

Thelonious Monk – piano
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone on "The Way You Look Tonight", "I Want to Be Happy" and "Friday the 13th"
Julius Watkins – french horn on "Friday the 13th"
Percy Heath – bass on "Work," "Nutty" and "Friday the 13th"
Tommy Potter – bass on "The Way You Look Tonight" and "I Want to Be Happy"
Art Taylor – drums on "The Way You Look Tonight" and "I Want to Be Happy"
Art Blakey – drums on "Work" and "Nutty"
Willie Jones – drums on "Friday the 13th" 

 

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk

  1.  "Evidence"    Thelonious Monk    6:46
  2.  "In Walked Bud"    Thelonious Monk    6:39
  3.  "Blue Monk"    Thelonious Monk    7:54
  4.  "I Mean You"    Thelonious Monk, Coleman Hawkins    8:02
  5.  "Rhythm-A-Ning"    Thelonious Monk    7:20
  6.  "Purple Shades"    Johnny Griffin    7:48

Art Blakey – drums
Bill Hardman – trumpet
Johnny Griffin – tenor saxophone
Thelonious Monk – piano
Spanky DeBrest – bass

 

Thelonious Monk Trio

  1.  "Blue Monk" - 7:39
  2. "Just a Gigolo" (Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci) - 3:00
  3. "Bemsha Swing" (Thelonious Monk, Denzil Best) - 3:10
  4. "Reflections" - 2:48
  5. "Little Rootie Tootie" - 3:06
  6. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) - 3:33
  7. "Bye-Ya" - 2:46
  8. "Monk's Dream" - 3:07
  9. "Trinkle, Tinkle" - 2:49
  10. "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) - 2:46

Thelonious Monk - piano
Gary Mapp - bass (tracks 1-6, 9-10)
Art Blakey - drums (tracks 1-4, 7)
Max Roach - drums (tracks 5-6, 9 & 10)
Percy Heath - bass (track 7)
Track 8 is a solo piano performance by Monk.
an uncredited person plays a shaker (in son clave rhythm) on "Bye-Ya"