Thelonious Monk's final studio recordings took place in London in 1971, including solos and a trio with bassist Al McKibbon and his long-time associate drummer Art Blakey. The solo tracks include the still joyously skewed stride of "Trinkle Tinkle," while Monk is both authoritative and witty in the trio renditions of "Hackensack" and "Evidence." The most remarkable track is "Chordially," a nearly 10-minute tape of Monk warming up at the piano, testing chord changes and voicings and revealing, at the end of his career, his creative processes in embryo. --Stuart Broomer
The London Collection: Volume Three,Thelonius Monk,Blue Flame,Jazz,Jazz Music,Pop
Jazz Music:
- The Remaining Willis Jackson 1951-1959 [Import]
- Tiger Rage & All That Jazz
- Transcription & Town Hall Concert [Live]
- Tribute to Count Basie [Import]
- Tropic Affair
- Turn Around and Look
- Ubuntu
- Up Jump Spring [Import]
- Viva Brasil
- West Coast Time
Jazz Music
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 3; Marches S426
Music: Salonen - LA Variations · Five Images After Sappho ·
Bloodstains Across Your Face in Decline
Living in the Gleam of an Unsheathed Sword [Live]
Mozart: Flute Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 3
Mozart: Piano Concerto Nos. 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26 [Import]
Mad, Mad World of Soundtracks, Vol. 2 [Soundtrack]