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This is a vinyl LP pressing of Palais Des Beaux-Arts 1963 by Thelonious Monk. Thelonious Monk (1917 - 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer who needs little introduction. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire... Monk is the second-most-recorded jazz composer (after Duke Ellington) and received prestigious awards for his career achievements (including a Grammy, a Pulitzer Prize and an induction into the Music Hall of Fame). Thelonious Monk started touring in Europe to promote his freshly recorded material... and he brought his critically acclaimed line-up with him on tour: Charlie Rouse on saxophone, John Ore on double bass, and Frankie Dunlop on drums. On the album, you'll find unearthed Belgian concert recordings (Palais Des Beaux-Arts 1963) from that era. The show consisted of 2 parts... both were recorded by the national Belgian broadcast company BRT/RTB who had the best recording equipment on the market at the time. The set we unearthed here (the BRT recordings part) consists of tracks from said Columbia albums which have now become omnipresent Jazz standards. The quartet delivers their set with true tight mastership (mixed with Monk's trademark improvisational avant-garde flair) and leaving room for a jaw-dropping minute-long drum solo mid-set. All this... and as an encore, the famous Monk solo rendition of the classic song Just a Gigolo... make this a must-have for any self-respecting Jazz aficionado.
Thelonious Monk is one of five jazz musicians to have been featured on the cover of Time magazine. Monk was highly regarded by his peers and by critics, but often his music was regarded as too 'difficult' for more mainstream acceptance. Thelonious Monk's compositions/improvisations feature dissonances with complicated melodic twists and are consistent with his unorthodox approach to the piano (which combined a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of switched key releases, silences, and hesitations).
