The Complete London Collection

The Complete London Collection Artist: Thelonious Monk
Label: Navarre Corporation/
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Box set
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 3


UPC: 031397760123
EAN: 0031397760123
ASIN: B0000015OA


Release Date: 1996-02-20

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  1. my favorite jazz box sets

Tracks:

  1. Trinkle, Tinkle [Take 3]
  2. Crepuscule With Nellie [Take 2]
  3. Darn That Dream
  4. Little Rootie Tootie
  5. Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland [#]
  6. Nice Work If You Can Get It
  7. My Melancholy Baby
  8. Jackie-Ing
  9. Lover Man [#]
  10. Blue Sphere

Tracks:

  1. Evidence [Take 2]
  2. Misterioso
  3. Crepuscule With Nellie [Take 4]
  4. I Mean You
  5. Criss-Cross
  6. Ruby, My Dear
  7. Nutty [Take 2]
  8. Hackensack

Tracks:

  1. Trinkle, Tinkle [Take 2]
  2. Man I Love
  3. Something in Blue
  4. Introspection [Take 1]
  5. Trinkle, Tinkle [Take 1]
  6. Crepuscule With Nellie [Take 3]
  7. Nutty [Take 1]
  8. Introspection [Take 3]
  9. Hackensack [Take 1]
  10. Evidence [Take 1]
  11. Chordially (Improvisation)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I AGREE WITH MELODIOUS.......2005-03-06

This is some of Monk's best work. But then he has aways been at his "best". These CDs near the end of his life, are so thoughtful, so melodius (there's that word again). His music "sings" and Monk sings along with it. Fingernails? I never would have thought "fingernails".

5 out of 5 stars indispensable Monk.......2002-01-17

Even though these cd's are not amongst Monk's best known, they are simply indispensable. I would even state that they are Monk's best work, together with his first recordings, on Blue Note.

These three cd's were recorded in London during a 1971 European tour and consist of solos and trio work with Al McKibbon and Art Blakey, both of whom had recorded with Monk on Blue Note. As far as I am aware of, they are Monk's last studio recordings.

Folkloric tales about these recordings abound. On some takes, for instance, you can hear a strange ticking sound; after Monk's wife cut his fingernails, the noise disappeared. But that is hardly essential. The important thing is the playing, which is simply unbelievable. It's difficult to single out any piece, but try "Chordially", which is just the name the producers gave to a recording of Monk warming up. Many pianists would gladly play the way Monk warms up...

In my opinion, this is not only some of Monk's best work, it is also a perfect introduction to his music. So if you don't know this gem, you know what you have to do...

Music CD:

  1. Open for Business ~ The John Fick Southern California Jazz Company
  2. Spirit Walk ~ Steve Reid
  3. Spodie's Back ~ Derrick Shezbie
  4. Ward Street ~ Eddie M
  5. How High the Moon ~ Sonny Stitt
  6. Echoes from Africa ~ Abdullah Dollar Brand Ibrahim with Johnny Dyani
  7. The Blues and Other Colors ~ James Moody
  8. The Moontrane ~ Woody Shaw
  9. George Van Eps/Eddie Miller/Stanley Wrightsman Trio ~ George Van Eps
  10. Paul Gonsalves Meets Earl Hines ~ Paul Gonsalves & Earl Hines

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Unsolved Mysterme ~ Mysterme & DJ 20 , and 20

Naturally ~ J.J. Cale

Collection ~ Style Council

Runnin' in the River ~ Calobo

Shagadelic 60s Classics ~ Various Artists

Inside Out ~ Edgar Broughton Band

Le Domaine

Recipe ~ Mack 10

The Movement ~ Harlem World

Pole ~ Pole