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Thelonious Monk - Plays the Music of Duke Ellington '1955 [2008]

Plays the Music of Duke Ellington
ArtistThelonious Monk Related artists
Album name Plays the Music of Duke Ellington
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Date 1955 [2008]
GenreJazz
Play time 00:37:12
Format / Bitrate Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz
MP3 320 Kbps
Media CD
Size 191 mb (+5\%rec.)
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With this recording, Monk began his tenure at Riverside Records, which was very
fruitful and lasted till around the early sixties when Columbia stole him away.
The idea was that Monk was gaining popularity, but he was still a tough act to
get used to for a lot of people because of the idiosyncratic compositions and
piano style. So they suggested an album of someone elses material, to let those
less familiar with Monk get used to his playing before confronting the genius of
his writing. And who better than Duke to supply the material--Duke, whose
playing, along with James P. Johnson and some of the other stride players,
influenced Monk a great deal. The result is--surprise, surprise--an absolutely
brilliant record. Ellington is reinvented, as is anyone lucky enough to be
filtered through Monks genius. The most wonderful thing is that there is no
conflict of musical personalities, no struggle between the old and the new.
There is more than enough room for both, and these recordings turn out to be at
once purely Ellington and purely Monk. And Thelonious is helped in no small part
by drummer Kenny Clarke and bassist Oscar Pettiford, two of the best players of
their time. The highlights are every song. ~ Amazon

Tracks:

1. It Dont Mean A Thing (If It Aint Got That Swing) 
2. Sophisticated Lady
3. I Got It Bad (And That Aint Good)
4. Black And Tan Fantasy
5. Mood Indigo
6. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
7. Solitude
8. Caravan

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