Thelonious Monk

Jazz Album Review: “Thelonious Monk The Classic Quartet” — Remastered

July 1, 2023
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Thelonious Monk can sound like someone skipping (or even tripping) — and yet the swing is there.

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Jazz Albums Review: Craft Recordings Reissues — Coltrane, Monk, Davis, Previn, and Vinnegar

June 11, 2023
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As usual with Craft Recordings reissues, these lps are impeccably produced: the silence of the recording before the music starts is almost startling, but it’s the clear sound of what follows that is most impressive.

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Jazz Album Review: “Monk: Palo Alto” — An Unlikely but Welcome Discovery

September 25, 2020
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This 1969 concert by the Thelonious Monk Quartet was produced by a high school student and recorded by his school’s janitor. It presents this particular group at its optimistic best.

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Jazz Review: Thelonious Monk’s: “Les liaisons dangereuses 1960” – Times Retrieved

July 11, 2017
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But, good as the support is, it’s all about Thelonious Monk, who is in superlative form throughout.

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Jazz Feature: Pianist Jason Moran Repays It Forward

February 15, 2012
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From James P. Johnson to Thelonious Monk to Jason Moran, inspired mentors carry the past into the future.

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Jazz Preview / Commentary: Jason Moran’s Monk Project

January 19, 2012
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So Jason Moran has decided to re-create something that is already a pinnacle of a master’s work –- something that could hardly be improved on. You could be expected to ask Why? and How?

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The Annual Arts Fuse Holiday Gift Roundup — Tips From the Experts

December 5, 2011
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Wondering about what to give the arts and culture lover on your gift list? No problem — the sage writers for The Arts Fuse (with an assist from our readers) come to the rescue with thoughtful suggestions.

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Coming Attractions in Jazz: November 2009

November 2, 2009
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By J. R. Carroll After the New England Conservatory’s well-deserved turn in the limelight last month in celebration of the 40th anniversary of their jazz studies program, the Berklee College of Music comes to the fore in November with a strong series of performances on- and off-campus. Photo by Jesus Angel Hernandez de Rojas, available…

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Music Review: Becoming Coltrane: Part One

December 27, 2007
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By J. R. Carroll This review/commentary will focus on Coltrane’s recordings with the Miles Davis Quintet for Columbia (in October 1955 and June and September 1956) and Prestige (in November 1955 and May and October 1956), as well as a variety of sideman dates and nominally leaderless sessions, many of which have recently been reissued…

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Coltrane Redux

November 7, 2005
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It is remarkable that two prime discoveries in John Coltrane’s recording history should appear in the same year; one of them an improved elevation from the world of underground tapes, the other a total surprise.

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