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500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die!
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These late-'40s recordings are culled from Thelonious Monk's first recording sessions as a leader. The components of the pianist-composer's singular style were firmly in place: the cubist pianism, spiky melodicism, edgy wit, and profound sense of time, accent, and sonority. In the main, trio numbers like the haunting "Ruby My Dear" or the quirky recasting of Gershwin's "Nice Work If You Can Get It" come off best. The cuts with horns, on the other hand, seem artfully cluttered and unsettled in comparison to the cohesion and purposefulness of Monk's magnificent Riverside recordings from the '50s--all of t
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Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
Release date: 12 July 1989
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0077778151029 UPC: 077778151029
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Release date: 12 July 1989
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0077778151029 UPC: 077778151029
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500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die! (500 music items)"Monk’s maniacal poking and thumping never sounded more radical and exciting than this, back in the ’40s’ bebop days, when any form of modern jazz was still unimaginably controversial. Standout track: “’Round Midnight”"
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