Thelonious Monk at Town Hall - Part 1
Backhttp://www.concordmusicgroup presents Chapter 7 of Orrin Keepnews, Producer featuring Thelonious Monk's immortal 1959 Town Hall Concert, available on the recording Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall, part of the Keepnews Collection. One of the most respected of all jazz producers, Orrin Keepnews's long and productive career has included working with such artists as Sonny Rollins, Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery, Cannonball Adderley and Thelonious Monk, as well as founding influential jazz labels Riverside and Milestone. The Keepnews Collection, from The Concord Music Group is a reissue series of albums produced by this jazz legend. It features time-honored titles recorded by the true titans of jazz, originally released on Riverside and Milestone Records. All reissues, with 24-bit remastering from the master tapes, include original liner notes and Keepnews' voluminous new commentaries; when available, the original tracks are supplemented by bonus cuts from the sessions. Concept and Production: Bret Primack www.planetbret.com
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Uploaded: February 25, 2008 at 11:22 am
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dotdadee (Wednesday 15th of October 2008 02:10:15 PM)
The is no productive end result in comparing ANY art in terms of what or who is better or the best. There is always bias and in many cases there is no accounting for taste. Apples and oranges. Sure, you can rate ones technical ability against another. But then the other person may have better MUSICAL chops. One thing you CAN do is say if you PREFER one thing over another, but then one's preferences may change over the years. EX: I hated Miles Bitches Brew when released. I now LOVE it.
xpressivist (Sunday 5th of October 2008 07:54:58 PM)
i'd go for oscar peterson. he's my guy on the piano. i'm pretty sure he's better than enriquez and monk. oscar peterson playing and lady day singing is an excellent combination.
ipings (Tuesday 30th of September 2008 10:46:22 AM)
You have to be a moron to say Bobby Enriquez plays better than Monk. Or that American Jazz artists are over rated. That's ridiculous. American's invented Jazz.
mecorn56 (Monday 22nd of September 2008 09:26:02 PM)
This xpressivist guy is something else. I'm pretty sure the artist of the time new about him if it's so. chill out dog on the definitive comments.
xpressivist (Sunday 31st of August 2008 06:32:43 PM)
enriquez didn't write many musical works. its in the way they play on the piano. i think its very obvious that enriquez is more confident and relaxed on the piano than monk. therefore, enriquez plays better than monk. its a claim about the ability to entertain and impress an audience. jazz is a form of entertainment. its not a science. i cannot be right or wrong about that claim. its a minimal claim. that is only what i claim. nothing more or less.
JazzVideoGuy (Sunday 31st of August 2008 10:27:47 PM)
It's not a contest about who's better. Each man has a unique musical voice.
Simonomon2 (Monday 27th of October 2008 11:44:48 PM)
Regardless, mine sucks. Despite my ability to hit any pitch at any time.
xpressivist (Sunday 31st of August 2008 06:28:17 PM)
i have been listening to jazz since i was a kid. i love jazz and some other american cultural influences then and now. my country, the philippines, has a century of illicit love affair with american culture since we were bought from spain by america for 20 million dollars at the treaty of paris in 1898. hence, filipinos can appreciate jazz more than other asians, and probably more than any other europeans.
taxiology (Sunday 5th of October 2008 07:41:07 PM)
right, so you were born in 1898. Got it.
greatersiren (Saturday 30th of August 2008 07:20:49 PM)
What do you mean?