Thelonious Monk – Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960
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Piano – Thelonious Monk [click here to see more vinyl featuring Thelonious Monk]
Double Bass – Sam Jones
Drums – Art Taylor [Click here to see more vinyl featuring Art Taylor]
Tenor Saxophone – Barney Wilen (A1, A2, B4) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Barney Wilen]
Tenor Saxophone - Charlie Rouse [click here to see more vinyl featuring Charlie Rouse]
1 LP, Glossy flipback cover with 4-page booklet with previously unseen black & white photos from the recording session
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : GZ using the stampers from Pallas in Germany.
Label : SAM Records
Original Label : SAM Records
Recorded at Nola Penthouse Sound Studio, 111 W. 57th., New York, N.Y., July 27, 1959.
Engineered by Tom Nola
Mastered by Benjamin Joubert at Biduloscope Mastering in Paris
Produced by François Lê Xuân, Fred Thomas, Zev Feldman
Originally released in 2017
Reissued in 2017
Tracks:
Side A :
- Rhythm-a-Ning
- Crepuscule With Nellie
- Six In One
- Well, You Needn't
Side B:
- Pannonica (solo)
- Pannonica (solo)
- Pannonica (quartet)
- Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are
- Light Blue
- By And By (We'll Understand It Better By And By)
Awards :
TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Informal
Audiophile Audition Best of the year disc for 2017 - Jazz selection
Reviews :
« Any occasion for unreleased Thelonious Monk recordings is one for celebration. The discovery of his excellent soundtrack sessions for Roger Vadim's film Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960, an adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 18th century novel, happened by accident. Producers Zev Feldman, François Le Xuan, and Frederic Thomas found these tapes while searching French saxophonist Barney Wilen's manager's archives in search of unreleased material. What they found were the original soundtrack and full sessions cut in New York during a single day in 1959 -- the same fertile year that yielded the Monk's At Town Hall; 5 by Monk by 5, and Thelonious Alone in San Francisco. Like these recordings, this soundtrack showcases Monk at the very top of his game. » AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 , Discogs : 4.77 / 5