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guru forgot Mozart But wtf do I know Maybe baroque and rokoko don't count because they're ornament (and that is crime, as we all know)

Very nice indeed!

Well, what's missing on the OJCCDs is little - the sextet title and the three quartet tracks from Town Hall. Plus probably some from the San Francisco and European concerts. But yes, the new complete set definitely should be the best if you want the full package - which of course every self-respecting jazz listener should

This thread is about as confusing as the "Discovery" CD, which surely wasn't "always clear" - there was a first print with the 1957 line-up and date, and then - purportedly, I never saw it - a "corrected" one. I've got the material in the four disc set Blue Note put out of their entire Monk output, the speed-fixed version of that tape. Obviously, though, I'd love to hear more of it as well!

here's a tracklisting of All Monk - The Riverside Albums, courtesy of jpc.de's: Disk 1 von 16 1 It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 2 Sophisticated Lady 3 I got it bad (and that ain't good) 4 Black And Tan Fantasy 5 Mood Indigo 6 I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart 7 Solitude 8 Caravan Disk 2 von 16 1 Liza (All The Clouds 'll Roll Away) 2 Memories Of You 3 Honeysuckle Rose 4 Darn That Dream 5 Tea For Two 6 You Are Too Beautiful 7 Just You, Just Me Disk 3 von 16 1 Brilliant Corners 2 Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are 3 Pannonica 4 I Surrender, Dear 5 Bemsha Swing Disk 4 von 16 1 April In Paris 2 I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You 3 Functional 4 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You 5 I Should Care 6 'Round Midnight 7 'Round Midnight 8 All Alone 9 Monk's Mood Disk 5 von 16 1 Abide With Me 2 Well, You Needn't 3 Ruby, My Dear 4 Off Minor 5 Off Minor 6 Epistrophy 7 Crepuscle With Nellie 8 Crepuscle With Nellie Disk 6 von 16 1 Ruby, My Dear 2 Trinkle tinkle 3 Off Minor 4 Nutty 5 Epistrophy 6 Functional Disk 7 von 16 1 'Round Midnight 2 Rhythm-A-Ning 3 Sweet And Lovely 4 Decidedly 5 Decidedly 6 Straight, No Chaser 7 Straight, No Chaser 8 I Mean You 9 I Mean You Disk 8 von 16 1 Light Blue 2 Coming On The Hudson 3 Rhythm-A-Ning 4 Epistrophy 5 Blue Monk 6 Evidence 7 Epistrophy 8 Unidentified Solo Piano 9 Blues Five Spot 10 In Walked Bud / Epistrophy Disk 9 von 16 1 Nutty 2 Blues Five Spot 3 Let's Cool One 4 In Walked Bud 5 Just A Gigolo 6 Misterioso 7 'Round Midnight 8 Evidence Disk 10 von 16 1 Thelonious 2 Friday The 13th 3 Monk's Mood 4 Little Rootie Tootie 5 Off Minor 6 Crepuscule With Nellie 7 Little Rootie Tootie Disk 11 von 16 1 Jackie-Ing 2 Straight, No Chaser 3 Played Twice 4 Played Twice 5 Played Twice 6 I Mean You 7 Ask Me Now Disk 12 von 16 1 Blue Monk 2 Ruby, My Dear 3 Round Lights 4 Everything Happens To Me 5 You Took The Words Right Out Of My Heart 6 Bluehawk 7 Pannonica 8 Remember 9 There's Danger In Your Eyes, Cherie 10 There's Danger In Your Eyes, Cherie 11 Reflections Disk 13 von 16 1 Let's Call This 2 Four in One 3 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You 4 Epistrophy 5 Evidence 6 San Francisco Holiday (Worry Later) 7 'Round Midnight 8 Epistrophy Disk 14 von 16 1 Well You Needn't 2 Off Minor 3 Just A Gigolo 4 I Mean You 5 Hackensack 6 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You 7 Body And Soul 8 Crepuscule With Nellie Disk 15 von 16 1 Jackie-Ing 2 Epistrophy 3 Body And Soul 4 Straight, No Chaser 5 Bemsha Swing 6 San Francisco Holiday 7 Crepuscule With Nellie 8 Rhythm-A-Ning Disk 16 von 16 1 In Walked Bud 2 Blue Monk 3 Rhythm-A-Ning 4 Bye-Ya / Epistrophy 5 San Francisco Holiday 6 Four in One 7 Epistrophy 8 Jackie-Ing 9 April In Paris 10 Epistrophy You don't get additional material from: "Brilliant Corners" (only "Pannonica (opening)", disc 3), "Thelonious Himself" (plenty of alt tks, disc 4), "Monk's Music" (disc 5, plenty of alt tks, also missing from the above box of course is the Monk-less "Blues for Tomorrow", which is prety nice), you don't get "Coming on the Hudson" by the sextet that did but that one tune on Feb 25, 1958 (Byrd, Griffin, Pepper Adams, Monk, Ware, Philly Joe). You then don't get the Clark Terry album with Monk, of course. However, you do get most of the additional takes for "Mulligan Meets Monk" (disc 7 - there's one more alt tk of "I Mean You" around, but frankly that date doesn't really come off, I think). Also, you do get the July 9, 1958 Five Spot material that was added on the OJCCD reissues of "Thelonious in Action" and "Misterioso" (and previously on "Blues Five Spot", Milestone 9124, which is the source of the sextet track as well - discs 8 and 9). You also seem to get (disc 16, #1-3) the Feb 28, 1959 studio date with Rouse, Sam Jones and A.T. (originally on "Evidence", Milestone 9115). You also get both takes of "Little Rootie Tootie" from Town Hall (disc 10). You also get the full versions of "5 by Monk by 5" (disc 11) and "Thelonious Alone in San Francisco" (disc 12). I'm not sure what's what on the last three discs though ... the complete Riverside box has 14 tracks from the sessions with Joe Gordon and Harold Land added to the quartet (which by then consisted of Rouse, John Ore and Billy Higgins) plus 20 tracks from the European concerts (LPs: Thelonious Monk in Europe", Vols 1-3, Riverside RLP 002, RLP 003, and RLP 004). "All Monk" has 26 tracks, minus the three from the above-mentioned Rouse date, makes 23, instead of 34 ...

Just received a reasonably priced Verve "I've Got the World on a String/Under the Stars" 2 cd set from ebay (12 GBP, open but as new). Stangely there is some sequential issue of the booklet pages. While there is not a missing page at all, the Disc Two contents are listed as first page after the outer sleeve with the original LP front and rear sleeve reproduction, while the Disc One contents are at the end of the booklet after the credits and before/opposite a Satchmo velvet photo and the rear sleeve of the "Under the stars" LP. Is it the same with any of yours? BTW, Satchmo shines. Fantastic, and thanks for bringing this release up. Alex Jim's thread caused me to order a used copy and it arrived without a booklet. I ordered another cheap one in hopes of at least getting a readable booklet. Ha ha, exactly the same here. Second copy came with booklet, but with the same wrong page sequence. Actually, I kept the discs of the first set, as the second ones were somewhat scratched (and the first had a somewhat beat up digipack). My second set was sans booklet as well. Will be satisfied with scans from a friend. Sigh. Can help if necessary, just drop me a line.

Jacques Coursil!

Jimmy Lyons, too ... but yes, Lacy, Braxton, McPhee, Mitchell, Bluiett - great stuff! Saw Lacy and Mitchell live, playing solo. Two of my fondest concert memories for sure!

Now THAT is cool! Missed picking up any of 'em when they popped up, but heard several radio broadcasts and alyways enjoyed that band!

seems the Evans Fantasy is making a return: http://www.amazon.it/Complete-Fantasy-Recor-Evans-Bill/dp/B00UOFXTTK/ as is the Monk Riverside: http://www.amazon.it/Complete-Riverside-Rec-Thelonious-Monk/dp/B00UW4GAWG/

Well, that was a couple of months ago ... which makes it even weirder. The LP doesn't exactly have lots of info either.

Just received a reasonably priced Verve "I've Got the World on a String/Under the Stars" 2 cd set from ebay (12 GBP, open but as new). Stangely there is some sequential issue of the booklet pages. While there is not a missing page at all, the Disc Two contents are listed as first page after the outer sleeve with the original LP front and rear sleeve reproduction, while the Disc One contents are at the end of the booklet after the credits and before/opposite a Satchmo velvet photo and the rear sleeve of the "Under the stars" LP. Is it the same with any of yours? BTW, Satchmo shines. Fantastic, and thanks for bringing this release up. Alex Jim's thread caused me to order a used copy and it arrived without a booklet. I ordered another cheap one in hopes of at least getting a readable booklet. Ha ha, exactly the same here. Second copy came with booklet, but with the same wrong page sequence. Actually, I kept the discs of the first set, as the second ones were somewhat scratched (and the first had a somewhat beat up digipack).

Well, who knows. I'd have liked to buy the CD, but the label had it as sold out ... see above. Something weird there. But fine album!

Oh, I see ... another one for the shopping list

That's the one we were talking about! Seems not to be the next volume really - or maybe it is, not sure ... but good, it is! http://www.strut-records.com/spiritofmalombo/

Huh? I've had "In the Beginning" for several weeks now! (Bought at jazzmessenger.com) Only gave it one spin so far and haven't read the booklet, but it's the usual quality job and of course it's pretty great to have more music by young Wes, albeit I'm not that big on the bros.

good luck, Allen! (will you cross dress for #4? )

Quite excellent indeed!

Really? Guess you get one of these for free with each order:

Aristide Massaccesi Will Keith Kellogg Little Richard

Agree, that's what "Reissues" is for. What he said. You can't post something like that without a link! German only - a fine place though, which I keep forgetting to visit more frequently: http://alte-musik-forum.de/

Lots of venom here ... okay, I sure don't enjoy the fact that the Bird and Billie boxes need so much shelf space. And the even does so without giving us a thick booklet. The Billie booklet however, is quite nice, I find ... and sonically, I guess I'm impaired or whatever, I find no issue with the box. As a short, belated aside to the above discussion of studio banter: did it ever occur that not all of us were there? And that some of us might indeed be thrilled (or just: interested) to get a glimpse of that studio atmosphere and the banter and all of that?

Nothing weird (or to be afraid of) about that ... just the regular cheaper second edition that has come to be the norm in so many cases. Good for those who want the music, but don't really need the (splendid!) presentation and memorabilia and stuff that was part of the large box. Tanglewood is fine, and the 1969 Bootleg volume is somewhat weird, provided the fall tour is largely absend AND represented by a set without fender rhodes, so that Copenhagen set IS a most welcome addition. But yeah, I'd love to know if and what with the Bootleg series continues - I'd hope for 1971 and 1973 European concerts (but for a set with material from the summer tour of 1964 would be cool, too - not sure if copyright issues rule that out though ... does the 50 year rule apply only up to 1963 recordings, or is that whole thing still not entirely through and 1964 is PD now?)

Lady Birthday - in chronological order as MP3 whilst at work ... don't like the way they grouped the music on the box, would have preferred the alternates at the end of each session, if not grouping it all in chronological order.

here's another version in one (but same duration, so slow as well, I guess): and a comment from the uploader: