Thelonious Monk Late Black Lion Recordings, Post-Columbia

[l p]

another good thing about the 71 london sessions is that there are no horns.

[Teasing the Korean]

I'm surprised you have 90 % of Monk's commercially released stuff and have never heard these. F

My listening is based on what I encounter. This is where I am today.

Surely you 'encountered' reports of these recordings, they aren't exactly obscure.

I have not, so I though it would be appropriate to inquire about them on a jazz-focused message board of which I am a member. I have a room full of LPs and CDs, and I can't know everything. Thanks for understanding.

Carry on encountering...

I shall, and likewise!

[mjzee]

Finally got to listen to disc 1 of this:

It's the recent Japanese release of the Black Lion material, on Muzak records (I kid you not), licensed by Black Lion.  The complete session on two discs: one solo, one with the McKibbon/Blakey trio.  Sound quality is gorgeous.  I've owned this material in the past (on crackly US Black Lion vinyl), and it was such a delight to hear it again.  Monk sounds spry and relaxed.  I've never heard the outtakes before, and the last track on disc one struck me as something in another category.  Titled "Chordially (Improvisation),"  I'm not sure there's anything like it in the Monk canon.  It reminded me of Debussy.  Can't wait to hear disc two.

[JSngry]

On 5/10/2014 at 3:45 PM, Stefan Wood said:

Monk + Blakey = freaking great music.

Pix or it didn't happen?

It happened.

[Mark Stryker]

16 hours ago, JSngry said:

Pix or it didn't happen?

It happened.

 

Monk: "When you're swinging, swing some more!"

[Gheorghe]

On ‎27‎.‎10‎.‎2018 at 6:19 PM, Mark Stryker said:

 

Monk: "When you're swinging, swing some more!"

I love that DVD. Tour de Force is also on the legendary double album from the Giants of Jazz. Monk seemed to be inspired by this nice Dizzy Gillespie Composition with the descending chords. All solos are beautiful on this tune and I love Blakey´s drumwork. The most fascinating thing about Blakey is that you can hear how he plays in different manner for each soloist, he plays another way for a trombone solo than for a saxophone solo and so on. Even after his hearing got very bad he still had that fantastic way to adapt his playing to the instrument that´s soloing.

[Mark Stryker]

15 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

I love that DVD. Tour de Force is also on the legendary double album from the Giants of Jazz. Monk seemed to be inspired by this nice Dizzy Gillespie Composition with the descending chords. All solos are beautiful on this tune and I love Blakey´s drumwork. The most fascinating thing about Blakey is that you can hear how he plays in different manner for each soloist, he plays another way for a trombone solo than for a saxophone solo and so on. Even after his hearing got very bad he still had that fantastic way to adapt his playing to the instrument that´s soloing.

BTW, the source material for "Tour de Force" is "Jeepers Creepers" -- same chord changes.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

are all Black Lion recordings of superior sound q?

[Gheorghe]

6 hours ago, Mark Stryker said:

BTW, the source material for "Tour de Force" is "Jeepers Creepers" -- same chord changes.

Oh thanks, didn´t know that. In general I hear from what source the changes are coming, but it seems in this case I havent´ heard the source, or didn´t remember it. But Monk knew all the swing tunes. I think I have Jeepers Creepers on an old Tommy Dorsey record, should listen to it again to compare it with "Tour de Force". At least: If someone might "call" Jeepers Creepers" at least I would know the changes from "Tour de Force".....

[JSngry]

 

[Gheorghe]

11 minutes ago, JSngry said:

 

Great !  And sure.....that´s the changes Diz used for "Tour de Force". Enjoyed it !

[Mark Stryker]

7 hours ago, JSngry said:

 

That Hi-Lo's track was new to me. Thanks.

FWIW, I like this version of "Tour de Force.". Everyone sounds great, including a young Chick Corea. 

 

Edited October 31, 2018 by Mark Stryker

[JSngry]

fwiw, that Hi-Lo's cut was from their Starlite period, which for me greatly excelled what they did on Columbia. Not that the Columbia stuff was bad or anything, just that the Starlite stuff was at time nothing short of audacious. There were four albums and to get them on CD might require some hunting. Here's some of it:

https://www.amazon.com/Musical-Thrill-Hi-Los/dp/B000FVQPVC/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1541006613&sr=1-1&keywords=hi-lo%27s