Thelonious Monk Solo Monk LP 180 Gram Vinyl Bernie Grundman Mastering ORG Music Pallas 2013 USA
Title: Solo Monk
Catalog Number: ORGM-1087
Label: Columbia
Reissued by: ORG Music
Barcode: 887654137913
Original release year: 1965
Reissue year: 2013
Number of discs: 1
Revolutions per minute: 33⅓ rpm
Disc size: 12"
Vinyl Weight Grade: 180gr
Limited Edition: Yes
Total Item Weight: 281gr
Pressing country: Germany
For Market Release in: USA
Added to catalog on: September 15, 2019
Note: Never eligible for any further discounts
Vinyl Gourmet Club: Yes
Monk's 1965 solo affair ranks among the pioneering pianist's most introspective, cerebral, and emotional outings. His trademark angularity informs a majority of the pieces, yet so does grand classicism and melodic rapture. Monk's readings of the originals and standards practically stand the tunes on their collective ears.
- Limited Edition
- 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl
- Pressed at Pallas in Germany
- Cut by Bernie Grundman for ORG Music
Ace 1964 Album True to Its Title: Nothing But Monk, His Fingers, and the Piano. Masterful Interpretations of Pop Standards and Divine Performances of Original Material. Grand Classicism and Melodic Rapture Inform the Arrangements, While Emotion Guides the Playing. Mastered from the Original Master Tapes: Canorous, Room-Filling Sound!
Command. Dexterity. Fervor. Vision. Thelonious Monk's 1946 solo affair ranks among the pioneering pianist's most introspective, cerebral, and emotional outings. His trademark angularity informs a majority of the pieces, yet so does grand classicism and melodic rapture.
Monk's readings of the originals and standards practically stand the tunes on their collective ears. With nothing in the way of his hands on the piano keys, he delivers pieces such as "Ruby, My Dear" with unfettered intensity and marvelous sophistication, and by equal measures, turns solemn and introspective on compositions like "Everything Happens to Me."
Even if you've heard Monk perform some of these songs in a band setting, you ain't heard nothing yet. Solo Monk is simply amazing. And now, mastered from the original master tapes, ORG Music's 180g LP brings all the music closer, and into more transparent form, than ever before. This record is an analog treasure and will become a reference in your collection.
"Perhaps THE solo piano record to have by Monk." -Thom Jurek, Allmusic
Track Listing:
01. Dinah
02. I Surrender, Dear
03. Sweet And Lovely
04. North Of The Sunset
05. Ruby, My Dear
06. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
07. I Hadn't Anyone Till You
08. Everything Happens To Me
09. Monk's Point
10. I Should Care
11. Ask Me Now
12. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
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