THELONIOUS MONK PALAIS DES BEAUX ARTS 1963 FULL
It was the first time Thelonious Monk played the prestigious Palais des Beaux-Arts venue in Brussels to an enthusiastic crowd of Belgian Jazz fans, in fact, a full house! 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. Monk took the stage in his unique style with a grey wool Papakha as his hat choice. The set unearthed here (the BRT recordings) consists of tracks from the Columbia albums which have now become omnipresent Jazz standards.
The show consisted of 2 parts, both recorded by the national Belgian broadcast company BRT/RTB who at the time had the best recording-equipment on the market. Also included is an exact reproduction of the original concert poster from 1963. The album is released as a deluxe 180g vinyl edition (strictly limited to 2000 copies worldwide) with obi strip. The 1963 concert presented on this album consists of unearthed Belgian concert recordings from that tour. Soon after Monk toured Europe to promote his freshly recorded material and he brought his critically acclaimed line-up with him: Charlie Rouse on saxophone, John Ore on double bass, and Frankie Dunlop on drums. With his steady quartet of veteran collaborators, he had landed himself a new contract with Columbia and recorded 2 milestone albums for them (Monk’s Dream and Criss-Cross). The full details on both of these releases are available on the Jazz In Europe website. So for this edition of the Vinyl Corner, I will give you a taste of what you can expect from these two unique releases and a hint at the back story. This album will be available on July 31st this year, however, pre-orders are now available. The second release will appear on Impulse Records and presents a live concert recorded at a High School in Palo Alto (California). The first of these two releases is already available and released on Tidal Waves Music in association with the VRT (Flemish Radio and Television organization) and Bozar (Centre for Fine Arts Brussels). Well, 2020 seems like a good year for Thelonious Monk fans with two rediscovered masters being released on vinyl for the first time.īoth of these masters stem from live concert recordings and both have interesting backstories. Of course, we’ve had Coltrane’s “Both Directions At Once” on Impulse Records and many others. Resonance Records have brought several amazing recordings to the market from artists such as Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery and the recent set of Nat King Cole recordings.
Over the last few years, we have seen several new releases from iconic artists of rediscovered or lost recordings.
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