Earlier this year, there came a surprise release of newly uncovered and prepared and packaged recordings by Thelonious Monk.
You can hear the tunes over at bandcamp. Where it states:
Hot on the heels of Impulse’s recently unearthed Coltrane number one hit album comes another beauty from Jazz’s ‘Holy Trinity’. This is a previously unreleased, precious lost treasure from Monk’s most critically acclaimed line-up; Charlie Rouse on saxophone, John Ore on double bass, and Frankie Dunlop on drums. The music was recorded live in Copenhagen in 1963 at the peak of Monk’s career. A year later he was to feature on the cover of TIME magazine, one of only for 4 Jazz artists ever to do so.
The performance, a mixture of Monk originals and interpretations of standards, showcases Monk at his prime: full of avant-garde flair and wit, but always with a swinging feel that explains his title as the ‘High Priest of Bebop’.
The original tapes, saved from a skip and blessed with the approval of the Monk estate, have been faithfully restored, mastered and cut using Gearbox’s legendary all-analogue process.
Line-up
Thelonious Monk – piano
Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
John Ore – double bass
Frankie Dunlop – drumsReleased September 28, 2018
Here are two Radio Free Amsterdam shows from the archive which feature the music of Thelonious Monk: Brilliant Corners by David Kunian, and Thelonious by John Sinclair. Enjoy.
–Steve Fly
JAZZ LUNATIQUE 159: BRILLIANT CORNERS
David Kunian is playing another hour’s worth of Thelonious Monk compositions as played by other artists including the Jason Moran Trio, Dizzy Gillespie, Fred Hersch & His Trio, Wadada Leo Smith, Larry Young & Elvin Jones, Chris Spedding, Mark Bingham, Cecil Taylor, Jonathan Batiste, and the Miles Davis Sextet.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
BRILLIANT CORNERS
JAZZ LUNATIQUE 159
David Kunian, WWOZ-FM, New Orleans, November 14, 2017 [18028]
Egg Yolk Jubilee: A Call For All Demons
Jason Moran Trio: Crepescule With Nellie
Dizzy Gillespie: Dizzy Atmosphere
Fred Hersch & His Trio: Booboo’s Borthday
Wadada Leo Smith: Solo Reflections & Meditations on Monk
Larry Young & Elvin Jones: Monk’s Dream
Chris Spedding: Work
Mark Bingham: Brilliant Corners
Cecil Taylor: Bemsha Swing
Jonathan Batiste: Straight No Chaser
Miles Davis Sextet: Straight No Chaser
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by David Kunian for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & recorded by David Kunian at WWOZ-FM, New Orleans
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 2018 David Kunian. Used with permission.
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 778: THELONIOUS
Episode 778 is coming from the Detroit studios of Radio Free Amsterdam in the Cass Corridor in celebration of the 101st birthday of Thelonious Monk with some early recordings by Monk, a poem of mine, cuts from Dave McMurray’s new Blue Note Records album, and three by Yusef Lateef as performed by McMurray at the Wright Museum of African American History earlier this month.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
THELONIOUS
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 778
Advantage Living Center, Warren MI, October 24, 2018 [18561]
Yusef Lateef: Happyology
John Sinclair: fly right
Thelonious Monk: Thelonious
Thelonious Monk: Well You Needn’t
Thelonious Monk: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Thelonious Monk: Bye-Ya
Thelonious Monk: Epistrophy
Dave McMurray: Detroit Theme/Detroit 3
Dave McMurray: Naked Walk
Dave McMurray: Bop City D
Dave McMurray: Music Is Life (Live It)
Yusef Lateef: Yusef’s Mood
Yusef Lateef: Belle Isle
Yusef Lateef: Eastern Market
Charlie Parker: They Can’t Take That Away From Me
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced, recorded & assembled by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
Special thanks to Michael Simmons & Charles Ezra Farrell
© 2018 The John Sinclair Foundation