Monk's Dream

Artist: Thelonious Monk Quartet
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 074644078626
EAN: 0074644078626
ASIN: B0000026BE

Release Date: 1990-10-25

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Tracks:

Monk's Dream
Body And Soul
Bright Mississippi
Five Spot Blues
Bolivar Blues
Just A Gigolo
Bye-Ya
Sweet And Lovely

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Customer Reviews:

Wonderful Monk-THE place to start........2002-02-20

This disc is my favorite of Monk's. It's a blast to listen to and very easy to hum along to. Great tunes! This is also a great place for those unfamiliar with Monk to begin to explore his unique piano universe. A number of my friends who normally do not listen to jazz have found themselves really enjoying this album. Monk was uniquely able to craft instantly catchy tunes without sounding cliche or Kenny G. Check out "Bright Mississippi" for starters. The music *sounds* like sunlight glistening off of the waters' surface. The way this group swings has not been matched, except perhaps by a few Art Blakey recordings. Not one even average tune. An amazing album and a high point in Monk's career.

Essential.

THE BEST MONK RECORD.....PERIOD!.......2001-06-18

one day i got an offer in the mail from columbia house for a classic jazz series they were offering.3 discs a month for i think $30,supposedly of the best to offer.i had just started listening to jazz in general on the radio(wdcb and wbez),and thought it would be a good way to find out some good stuff."monks dream"was in that first shipment.i had no idea what it would actually sound like,only that his music was"quirky"and"weird"?this record started me on becoming a monk fanatic.i have heard it by now thousands of times since then,and never get tired of it.if it isnt the best one he ever made,it is his best columbia release.if i ever start to play piano again,it will be to learn how to play the music on this record.i never stop telling anyone who doesnt like "jazz",that this is not kenny g!

Most composers can only dream of such perfection.......2001-04-29

I just love to discover great new or old music and it's happened again with Thelonius Monk. I'd always heard *of* him but never got around to listening. Well, jazzed by the recent Ken Burns series (although I missed the Monk portion), I bought a Monk CD, and another, and now more. I'm knocked out by Monk's Dream and Straight, No Chaser in particular. He plays such pretty melodies on the piano but always with a touch of dissonance (although not too much). It's as if Monk is saying, ah, it's a beautiful world but some things aren't quite right so I'm gonna add a little edge to this chord--which he does. Monk is mercurial, with swing. And the band swings right along. The interplay between Monk and Charlie Rouse is especially satisfying. Agreed, this is a great CD for introducing someone to jazz.

Great Monk CD.......2000-08-11

This CD was my first Monk CD, and i'm glad i got it. It isn't an example of Monk's most searching and innovative work, (See, for example, Brilliant Corners) but it grooves well. Charlie Rouse's soloing fits well with what Monk was trying to say, although Rouse has a tendency to repeat himself, setting up solos on different tracks with the same licks, and following similar patterns in his solos. Still, his sound is great, and Monk is in top form all throughout the CD, with excellent solos and a great feel for melodies.

My second favorite Monk CD , all my friends favorite.......2000-07-07

I have lent out this Monk CD and its is everyones fovorite. I had a hard time getting it back and I have often given it as a gift. My friend Pete told me that when some childeren were at his house they dance with joy when they heard it. I really love this record.

Bright Mississippi is one of Monk's greatest songs, I realy love how the quartet plays around the melody and you hear it even when it isn't played. This is stride piano at its best. Almost every time I play this CD I play Bright Miss. two or three times.

Bollivar Blues is one of my favorite Monk songs. This song put monk beyond Be-Bop into a catagory of its own.

The best version of just a gigalo ever( THE ONLY ONE IN MY BOOK) is Monk's . What a way to end record.

Charlie Rouse plays sax. I still think that Monk and Rouse together were the best of Monk. THIS IS STRIDE PIANO!

Take a look at Criss-Cross by the same Quartet that is my all time favorite.

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