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Artist:	MONK, THELONIOUS
Title:	The Nonet Live!
Label:	GET BACK (ITALY)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$27.00
Catalog #:	GET 2018

"Recorded live at the Salle Pleyel in Paris during the European 'Jazz Expo '67' tour, the line-up for the concert ranged from a basic quartet featuring Monk on piano, Charlie Rouse on tenor sax, Larry Gales on bass and Ben Riley on drums, to a nonet with added horn players on a few of the tracks. Monk rarely played with so large a group, making this concert a rare historical event, and this album an important historical document in understanding this side of Monk's sound. All of the music heard on this double LP is original Monk material (some of which were written in the early Forties) including: 'We See', 'Epistrophy', 'Oska-T', 'Evidence', 'Blue Monk', and 'Epistrophy' --as well as the classic Monk ballad 'Ruby My Dear'."

Artist:	MONK, THELONIOUS
Title:	The Prophet
Label:	GET BACK (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	GET 2025

"Skeptically criticized in his early years for his tremendously innovative style which was simply way ahead of its time, Thelonious Monk was undisputedly acclaimed in the Sixties, when his vision of jazz suited much better the stylish (r)evolution in art, music, literature and cinema of that period. The Prophet is an album that clearly marks Monk's ability to dissect, turn upside down, reinvent and serve on a silver platter practically every single jazz standard. This album, originally released in 1968, gives the above mentioned treatment to classics like 'Round Midnight,' and 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes' among others."

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