New Thelonious Monk album

[Hardbopjazz]

A must have. 

[Clunky]

There should be an unreleased early sixties Monk live quartet date coming out hopefully later this year. Apparently in very good sound courtesy of Yurpean radio engineers. 

[soulpope]

59 minutes ago, Clunky said:

There should be an unreleased early sixties Monk live quartet date coming out hopefully later this year. Apparently in very good sound courtesy of Yurpean radio engineers. 

Released on which label ?

[7/4]

looks good, need this asap!




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[Teasing the Korean]

How is the sound on this?  Stereo or mono?  Well-balanced?

Does any of the cover art or inserts feature stills from the film, or is it all pictures of Monk?  Does the book talk about the film?

[jazzbo]

Sound is stereo, and well-balanced. To be honest I think this is the best recording I've ever heard from the Nola space. 

There is some discussion of the film and a few photos. There is an overview of Monk's visits to France in the 'fifties. There are more pages of photos (full pages too) than text, but it's a very nice booklet.

[Clunky]

6 hours ago, soulpope said:

Released on which label ?

Gearbox,

Edited May 19, 2017 by Clunky

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, Clunky said:

Gearbox,

Thnx for your feedback ....

Edit : Found this info :

http://blog.superflyrecords.com/storyboard/darrel-sheinman-gearbox-from-british-jazz-rooted-soul-to-new-poetry/

What are your other next releases?
Our major release for the first quarter is a double album from Binker and Moses entitled “Journey to the Mountain of Forever”. The first disc features the duo, the second disc features friends Evan Parker, Byron Wallen, Tori Handsley, Sarathy Korwar and Yussef Dayes. The sessions took place over two days resulting in 10 reels of tape filled with over five hours of music. It’s a major step forward from “Dem Ones” and a labour of love for Gearbox. We will have a previously unreleased Sun Ra solo piano 7” for Record Store Day, another 7” single from Cooper-Moore and Mad King Edmund, a live album recently recorded at Ronnie Scott’s from Nitin Sawhney and a fabulous unreleased Thelonious Monk concert from 1963.

Edited May 19, 2017 by soulpope

[Clunky]

It's from Denmark as I recall

[Teasing the Korean]

10 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Sound is stereo, and well-balanced. To be honest I think this is the best recording I've ever heard from the Nola space. 

There is some discussion of the film and a few photos. There is an overview of Monk's visits to France in the 'fifties. There are more pages of photos (full pages too) than text, but it's a very nice booklet.

Thanks.  I'm waiting for the CD.  I'm used to 1990s LP prices.  

[jazzbo]

Cool. No telling how much of the text and photos will make it to the cd edition. 

I don't generally buy new vinyl either, but this was a special occasion for me, and when I saw the opportunity to get it for the original uninflected price with no shipping I took it. Glad to have it.

[erwbol]

Inevitably a scan of the text and photos accompanying the vinyl will make its way onto the internet. I'm glad to hear this is an excellent recording and performance. I'll get the CD asap.

[clifford_thornton]

On 5/19/2017 at 7:50 AM, jazzbo said:

Sound is stereo, and well-balanced. To be honest I think this is the best recording I've ever heard from the Nola space. 

Agreed. You feel like you're actually in the room. It's wild.

[Dmitry]

Sonics are that good, eh? You've convinced me to pull the purse strings. Anyone compare the cd to the lp? I'm probably going for the cd version.

Edited May 22, 2017 by Dmitry

[jazzbo]

CD is not released yet, three weeks away.

[clifford_thornton]

Yeah, I only have the LP version. I was listening on headphones through a preamp but damn, sounded extraordinary.

[Ken Dryden]

I received the 2 CD version today. It is officially released on June 16.

[jazzbo]

Interesting article:

http://www.newsweek.com/thelonious-monk-jazz-les-liaisons-dangereuses-barney-wilen-589837

[gmonahan]

5 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Interesting article:

http://www.newsweek.com/thelonious-monk-jazz-les-liaisons-dangereuses-barney-wilen-589837

Nice article--thanks for posting it Lon. It struck me again how well Monk has been served by his talented son.

 

 

gregmo

[Ken Dryden]

I just received my copy. They did a nice job with this release and Barney Wilen plays well with Monk.

 

[jazzbo]

Indeed. I just wish there was more Wilen recorded here!

PS: how's the booklet? Lots and lots of photos?

Edited May 25, 2017 by jazzbo

[Ken Dryden]

Very detailed liner notes and lots of photos. Great work!

[jazzbo]

Thanks. Probably most of the material in the LP box set.

[brownie]

Enjoying the CD version of this.

Disc 1 runs 43m40s' disc 2 runs 40m07s.

[gmonahan]

How do you guys get early copies of these things?! I'm still waiting for my "officially" issued copy to arrive!

 

 

gregmo