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Four Classic Albums: Thelonious Monk Plays The Music Of Duke Ellington / Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins / Brilliant Corners / Thelonious Monk

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by: Thelonious Monk

Release Date November 03, 2008

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Brilliant Corners/ Thelonius Himself/ Monks Music

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by: Thelonius Monk

Release Date January 05, 2009

CD-Charts Position 3

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Green Chimneys: the Music of Thelonious Monk/Remastered & Expanded

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by: Andy Summers

Release Date October 08, 2007

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Reflections of Monk - Final Frontier [Japanese Import]

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by: Gary Bartz

Release Date December 19, 2007

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Standard Time, Vol. 4: Marsalis Plays Monk

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by: Wynton Marsalis

Release Date March 01, 2008
I'm not really sure how to react when I listen to this CD; somehow it falls between the Marsalis' concept of jazz (quite acceptable to me) and Monk's quirky wit (even more acceptable to me)...

It would be silly to demand a Monk album from these interpretations, but Marsalis and company, although swinging nicely, haven't really delivered everything the modern jazz giant Wynton Marsalis is capable of...

At least in my humble opinion...

CD-Charts Position 6
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Brilliant Corners

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by: Thelonious Monk

Release Date March 18, 2008
This is a very mysterious CD. Thelonious Monk is a revered jazz musician and composer, he is an influence of gigantic proportions, The Rough Guide to Jazz recommends this album but for all that, somehow, I cannot bring myself to like it. Perhaps it is too intellectual for me, I like my music to swing and this does not and yet most of the personnel can and do swing on other recordings.

The strangest thing of all is I have to keep listening to it and perhaps in an odd way I am coming to appreciate it. Is it possible to appreciate music without enjoying it? Could it be that appreciation, understanding and enjoyment follow one another? I hope so because these are top jazz musicians playing music I don't really understand but I feel in ... Read More:

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Monk's Blues

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by: Thelonious Monk

Release Date March 01, 2008
Indeed. A better arranger (Monk himself, for instance) would be better for this job than Oliver Nelson. However, this is not so bad - Monk's solo spots seem even more ironical in this context and there's also a solo number which is brilliant in itself, although it breaks down the concept of the album and underlines the shortcommings of other tracks...

Since Nelson's arrangements are a mixed blessing, this album is a mixed bag...

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Brilliant Corners

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by: Thelonious Monk

Release Date September 22, 2005
Indeed. A better arranger (Monk himself, for instance) would be better for this job than Oliver Nelson. However, this is not so bad - Monk's solo spots seem even more ironical in this context and there's also a solo number which is brilliant in itself, although it breaks down the concept of the album and underlines the shortcommings of other tracks...

Since Nelson's arrangements are a mixed blessing, this album is a mixed bag...

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Patience [Us Import]

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by: Dancing Dogs

Release Date June 14, 2005
Indeed. A better arranger (Monk himself, for instance) would be better for this job than Oliver Nelson. However, this is not so bad - Monk's solo spots seem even more ironical in this context and there's also a solo number which is brilliant in itself, although it breaks down the concept of the album and underlines the shortcommings of other tracks...

Since Nelson's arrangements are a mixed blessing, this album is a mixed bag...