Thelonious Monk - Plays Duke Ellington
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Artist: Thelonious MonkEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2007-03-27
Music Label: Riverside
Music reviews of Plays Duke Ellington
Music Review: A Landmark Testimony Of Jazz.
Rating: 5 Stars
(Adapted from an older article, copyright 1984, 2007 Michael F. Hopkins)
Listen. This album is a masterpiece of charm and daring, ringing
tonal joy and hard-dancing rhythmic flight. It has withstood the test
of time for over 50 years, and continues to call fresh audiences to
witness. It was the debut of one of the most versatile record labels
in all of Jazz, Riverside Records' resounding gauntlet to the world
on the power, precision, and passion of this African American-rooted
world forum. Most of all, it stands as a showcase of aesthetic nobility,
the compositional finese of Duke Ellington paid conceptual homage by
one of the few pianists who understood the impact of the Duke's many
efforts, matching it with a fierce originality all his own.
THELONIOUS MONK PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON is a delightful portrait
of swing and intrigue, Monk crossing the tonal and atonal to deftly
weave chromatic splendor which tickles and tugs on the ear and the
mind, fingers pouring an uncanny balladry to win the soul. An
impeccable trio recording displaying the kindred wares of bassist
Oscar Pettiford and drummer Kenny Clarke, Monk spins enchanting
harmonic tapestries which beckon each listener's attention.
You will never hear "It Don't Mean A Swing (If It Ain't
Got That Swing)" played with such an ironically delicious sense of
freedom and groove as the High Priest delivers in the sure-rolling
scenic cruise holding court here. "Solitude", in a captivating solo
performance, conveys the significance of both loneliness and fortitude
from one who defines the meaning of marching to the beat of a different
drum.In each of the album's eight performances, we are treated to
sterlingeloquence,earthy testimony, and a winning humility which caps
theregal heart of this epic portrait.
Given a long-overdue 24-bit remastering by Joe Tartantino, THELONIOUS
MONK PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON has never sounded clearer,
or more intimate, than it does in this current release. The classic
1955 session kicks off the Orrin Keepenews collection; an ongoing
monument to the producer who has contributed so much to this Music.
No better place to begin than with the Beginning, where a fledging
entrepreneur stretched a hand to aid one of the most misunderstood
geniuses in the annals of Music.
With this recording, the overdue appreciation -and lasting
triumph- of Thelonious Monk began.
A half-century later, there's no end in sight.
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