mikeweil Posted October 12, 2003 Report Posted October 12, 2003 (edited) Here's what I found on the AMG website on the new Columbia CD reissue of Solo Monk: Thelonious Monk made a total of six solo piano recordings in his lifetime. The first three were between 1954-1959 for the Riverside label and its affiliates, two were for Alfred Lion's Black Lion label very late in his career, and Solo Monk was in 1964 and 1965 recorded mainly out West while on tour. Thom Jurek 1. "Alfred Lion's Black Lion label" ????? 2. "The first three were between 1954-1959 for the Riverside label and its affiliates" Now Vogue was or is an affiliate of Riverside???? This shouldn't happen on an information website. Do they expect customers to pay for such crap in the future? Any other badly researched AMG reviews? - I'm afraid this will become a GIGANTIC thread ..... Edited October 12, 2003 by mikeweil Quote
mikeweil Posted October 12, 2003 Author Report Posted October 12, 2003 (edited) If he'd only read liner notes more carefully or do some research: here's his take on the new Criss Cross: Criss-Cross was Thelonious Monk's first recording for Columbia. ..... It is his first record for the label, ..... In sum, Criss-Cross is one of Monk's finest; it may not have had the crash-and-burn fast-forward aesthetic of Underground his last album for the label, .... Thom Jurek Now this was Monk's second album for Columbia! and Underground was not the last, but Monk's Blues! Edited October 12, 2003 by mikeweil Quote
shawn·m Posted October 12, 2003 Report Posted October 12, 2003 On Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Bob Simpson and Bob Sompson are listed as engineer. Charlie Mariano and Charlie Manano both played alto. The Mariano/Manano example makes me wonder if AMG is using some form of OCR software, since “ri” is sometimes read as “n” Quote
Brandon Burke Posted October 12, 2003 Report Posted October 12, 2003 On Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Bob Simpson and Bob Sompson are listed as engineer. Charlie Mariano and Charlie Manano both played alto. The Mariano/Manano example makes me wonder if AMG is using some form of OCR software, since “ri” is sometimes read as “n” Nope. Submissions are recieved by email. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted October 12, 2003 Report Posted October 12, 2003 ...and Underground was not the last, but Monk's Blues! Well, in all honesty, this may be intended as a kindness on their part. After listening to Monk's Blues it's hard for me not to think that Underground should have been the last... Quote
mikeweil Posted October 12, 2003 Author Report Posted October 12, 2003 Considering they asked him for an album of Beatles tunes, Monk's Blues doesn't seem that bad ... Quote
Jazzmoose Posted October 12, 2003 Report Posted October 12, 2003 Considering they asked him for an album of Beatles tunes... I think I'm going to be sick now... Quote
jazzbo Posted October 12, 2003 Report Posted October 12, 2003 But man. . . there's a part of me that wonders what that would have sounded like ever since I read about it. . . that might be a Beatles album I could really dig~! Quote
mikeweil Posted October 12, 2003 Author Report Posted October 12, 2003 I think I'm going to be sick now... Well, it may have made Monk sick, in the long run. Quote
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