Dan Gould Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 On 9/24/2020 at 4:17 AM, Clunky said: You need to check out Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor. I recall that it had a scratch and sniff sticker that had very distinctive aroma of the non legal variety... I recall a copy of Hustler that had a scratch 'n sniff of the adult variety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianB Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 Verve has launched a Monk podcast. Haven’t listened yet but will this weekend https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/verve-presents/id1531237594 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 Kinda surprised that Verve / Impulse / Universal can still do these podcasts even though they don't own the digital product anymore, just the physical... but I guess they must have looked into this before going ahead... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianB Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 49 minutes ago, Niko said: but I guess they must have looked into this before going ahead... 😂😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 My copy arrived , though it was just left on the front lawn, not on my stoop . What an odyssey! Curious to find out more about the upcoming releases on Impulse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 (edited) 23 minutes ago, ejp626 said: My copy arrived , though it was just left on the front lawn, not on my stoop . What an odyssey! A special service laid on by Impulse for this release - trash/lose/obliterate/nuke/coat in stinky wallpaper paste prior to delivery, in the unlikely event that it gets past the release stage. 3 hours ago, Dan Gould said: I recall a copy of Hustler that had a scratch 'n sniff of the adult variety. Jeez - I’m trying to eat my lunch.. Edited September 25, 2020 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted September 29, 2020 Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) On 9/25/2020 at 6:23 AM, BrianB said: Verve has launched a Monk podcast. Haven’t listened yet but will this weekend https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/verve-presents/id1531237594 New Podcast Tells Story of Thelonious Monk’s 1968 Visit to Palo Alto featuring, T.S. Monk, Danny Scher, and Grandmixer DXT. Verve Presents: Monk Goes To School Verve/Impulse! Records and podcast creative studio PopCult are pleased to announce Verve Presents: Monk Goes To School, an innovative podcast that tells the story of Thelonious Monk’s storied visit, concert, and subsequent recording at Palo Alto High School in 1968. The Podcast is available on all major platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, Pandora, and more. Listen to the podcast HERE. The album Palo Alto was released on September 18 and is available here: https://theloniousmonk.lnk.to/paloaltoPR In the fall of 1968, a sixteen-year old high school student named Danny Scher had a dream to invite legendary jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk and his all-star quartet to perform a concert at his local high school in Palo Alto, CA. In a series of twists and turns, against a backdrop of racial tension and political volatility, that concert was recorded by the school’s janitor and finally released in 2020. Verve Presents: Monk Goes To School tells this story in innovative detail, interweaving the voices of Danny Scher, Thelonius Monk’s son T.S. Monk, monk biographer Robin D.G. Kelley and engineer/mixer Grandmixer DXT with narrator Anthony Valadez from KCRW. The podcast is unique in that there is no hosted interview segment – it takes the listener on an immersive journey featuring the voices of the cast, sound design and music clips from the record throughout. PopCult Founder/Creative Director Dennis Scheyer says, “Once we heard the story of how the record came to be we felt that it deserved more than the usual ‘interview-based’ portrayal. It’s the kind of show we created our company to produce, and Verve fully supported us.” Recorded entirely “at home” with high-quality microphones across the United States, this podcast deftly weaves through multiple voices, telling this story of Thelonious Monk, the unexpected concert, and of course, uses the music to illustrate this important part of musical history. EVP of Verve/Impulse! Jamie Krents says, “We’re thrilled to collaborate with PopCult on Monk Goes to School. This podcast brilliantly captures the real story of the Palo Alto recording, and puts it in historical context with brilliant narration from all the key players. Impulse! and Verve Records have such a rich history of music that we’re very excited to continue to illustrate in partnership with PopCult.” PopCult Partner, Strategy and Marketing Lars Murray says, “We were excited to help Verve establish a leadership position among labels by creating a high-quality narrative podcast that integrates their music seamlessly and tells a great story about a landmark release. Verve demonstrated that a label's access to licensed music is a huge advantage in podcasting.” Palo Alto – Thelonious Monk Ruby, My Dear Well, You Needn’t Don’t Blame Me Blue Monk Epistrophy I Love You Sweetheart of All My Dreams About Impulse! Records: For nearly sixty years, Impulse! Records has stood as a label of musical integrity and lasting cultural significance. Known as the “house that Trane built” in honor of its best-selling artist John Coltrane, the label produced music exciting in its experimental charge, and spiritual in its priority. Sonny Rollins, Quincy Jones, Max Roach, Ray Charles, Alice Coltrane, Keith Jarrett, Charles Mingus, Sun Ra, and Pharoah Sanders were but a few of the legendary musicians who helped define the label's sound and message. To this day, Impulse! continues to proudly wear its distinctive orange-and-black color scheme, and be home to the new vanguard of creative musicians including Shabaka Hutchings and his groups Sons of Kemet, Shabaka & the Ancestors, and the psychedelic jazz trio The Comet Is Coming. Artist Title Time Thelonious Monk Verve Presents: Monk Goes To School 24:11 Edited September 29, 2020 by GA Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted September 29, 2020 Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 "PopCult Partner, Strategy and Marketing Lars Murray says, “We were excited to help Verve establish a leadership position among labels by creating a high-quality narrative podcast that integrates their music seamlessly and tells a great story about a landmark release. Verve demonstrated that a label's access to licensed music is a huge advantage in podcasting.” too bad Norman Granz isn't around to read this anymore... or hear the podcast which might well be Monk's Verve debut, so quickly after his Impulse debut... I also like the neutral formulation "access to licensed music" in the last sentence - nothing said about who owns those licenses... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted October 1, 2020 Report Share Posted October 1, 2020 Just got the CD of Palo Alto. Good performance but jeez, my system is very light on the bass and this thing BOOMS -- almost too much, I'd say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted October 1, 2020 Report Share Posted October 1, 2020 Indeed. TOO much. The source recording is that way I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted October 1, 2020 Report Share Posted October 1, 2020 too bad they couldn't have lightened it up somewhat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 1, 2020 Report Share Posted October 1, 2020 I hear more and more of this as they get deeper and deeper into what are surely older magnetic tapes that have hiss and high-end loss from both age and repeated playings, and, maybe, slower tape speeds to begin with, sounds like it's all getting compressed or some other wankydoodlery to make you think it's not as gone as it is, more "alive" by being louder. I'm not complaining. I'd be shocked if anything of this vintage and origin wasn't aged beyond repair and therefore in need of disguise. That band is ON, that's all I care about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted October 2, 2020 Report Share Posted October 2, 2020 The bass is loud but it sounds natural; it doesn't bother me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Happy October 10 Birthday Thelonious Monk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 9/11/2020 at 10:35 AM, Niko said: Led Zeppelin at the Fillmore East is helpful because that also points firmly to 31 January or 1 February of 1969 http://www.ledzeppelin-database.com/geekbaseweb/Datelistpage.aspx?Venueid=35&sort=0 unlike Monk and Led Zeppelin, Elvin Jones hasn't been that thoroughly researched I think... so while Joe Farrell is very plausible, I can't find any evidence quickly... Niko, it has occurred to me that semester exams were in January that year. So maybe my trip to New York was during the break between first and second semesters, and you are right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted April 8, 2021 Report Share Posted April 8, 2021 definitely envy you for those memories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted April 8, 2021 Report Share Posted April 8, 2021 I think Monk, who was quite a strange and difficult personality, could be very very nice to youngsters. I think he was impressed that a 16 year old Danny Scher organized all that. And I remember I read somewhere, that in 1969, when he had that very young drummer, the son of bassist Herman Wright, the drummer still had to finish school work during the tour, and Monk somehow even supervised Wright´s school work. On a film you see him, how he talks to two very young girls and writes on a paper "Forever: Thelonious Monk" for them, and I think it was on an airport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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