ジャズ界の伝説、セロニアス・モンクは1947年にブルーノートでリーダーとしての最初の録音を行い、その後5年間にわたりアルフレッド・ライオンは様々な編成でこのピアニストを録音し、彼の全く独自の音楽を記録したが、本作は1956年発売の12インチ・コンピレーション盤『ジーニアス・オブ・モダン・ミュージック Vol.2』。
「ストレート・ノー・チェイサー」「フォア・イン・ワン」「モンクズ・ムード」など、モンクの代表作が収録されている。
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〈パーソネル〉 Thelonious Monk (p) Idrees Sulieman, George Taitt, Kenny Dorham (tp) Danny Quebec West, Lou Donaldson; Sahib Shihab (as) Billy Smith, Lucky Thompson (ts) Milt Jackson (vibes) Gene Ramey, Bob Paige, John Simmons, Al McKibbon, Nelson Boyd (b) Art Blakey, Max Roach (ds)
発売・販売元 提供資料(2025/12/23)
The second volume in this two-disc series displays Thelonious Monk coming into his own fully as a leader. The program consists almost entirely of original compositions, and in fact it opens with two of his most difficult: "Four in One" (with its conventional bop intro that leads into a bizarre, repeated five-against-two quintuplet sequence) and the forbiddingly abstract "Criss Cross." Get through those and you'll eventually be rewarded with the relatively straightforward, blues-based "Straight No Chaser" and the sweet ballad "Ask Me Now," among other treats. Sidemen include the young trumpeter Kenny Dorham and bassist Al McKibbon, as well as a more clued-in Art Blakey and (replacing Blakey on half of the program) Max Roach. Sahib Shihab's sax tone is more appropriate this time out, and the production quality is somewhat better. This disc, along with Volume 1, belongs in every jazz collection. ~ Rick Anderson
Rovi