Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream (1963) (Original 2-Eye Mono Pressing,24-bit 96kHZ Vinyl Rip)

Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream
Vinyl rip in 24-bit / 96kHZ [and redbook] FLAC + artwork
980 MB / 272 MB | magnet + mega | Jazz
Columbia CL-1965 Original 2-eye Mono Pressing

Monk's Dream is the first album jazz musician Thelonious Monk released on Columbia Records. It was issued in 1963.

Monk's Dream is the Columbia Records debut release featuring the Thelonious Monk Quartet: Monk (piano), Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), John Ore (bass), and Frankie Dunlop (drums). Jazz scholars and enthusiasts alike also heralded this combo as the best Monk had been involved with for several years. Although he would perform and record supported by various other musicians, the tight -- almost telepathic -- dimensions that these four shared has rarely been equalled in any genre. By the early '60s, bop had become considered passé by artists as well as fans looking for the next musical trend. This is coupled with the fact that discerning Monk fans would have undoubtedly recognized many of these titles from several live recordings issued at the end of his tenure on Riverside. Not to belabor the point, however, but precious few musicians understood the layer upon layer of complexities and challenges that Monk's music created. On tracks such as "Five Spot Blues" and "Bolivar Blues," Rouse and Dunlop demonstrate their uncanny abilities by squeezing in well-placed instrumental fills, while never getting hit by the unpredictable rhythmic frisbees being tossed about by Monk. Augmenting the six quartet recordings are two solo sides: "Just a Gigolo" and "Body and Soul." Most notable about Monk's solo work is how much he retained the same extreme level of intuition throughout the nearly two decades that separate these recordings from his initial renderings in the late '40s. Monk's Dream is recommended, with something for every degree of Monk enthusiast. - AMG

tracks:
A1 Monk's Dream 6:26
A2 Body And Soul 4:29
A3 Bright Mississippi 8:34
A4 Five Spot Blues 3:15
B1 Bolivar Blues 7:30
B2 Just A Gigolo 2:29
B3 Bye-Ya 6:01
B4 Sweet And Lovely 7:48

credits:
Piano – Thelonious Monk
Tenor Saxophone – Charles Rouse
Bass – John Ore
Drums – Frank Dunlop
Producer – Teo Marcero



transfer: February 28, 2013
Record Doctor RCM
Audio-Technica AT33EV
Sota Sapphire w/ Eminent Technology Tonearm 2 (ET-2)
Tube Box SE II w/NOS Telefunken ECC83
E-MU 0404
Sound Studio [capture 24-bit/96kHZ]
Amadeus Pro [Analyze, split tracks, verify waveform, no clipping]
Izotope RX2 [manual de-clicking]
xACT [flac conversion, tagging, ffp]



Matrix / Runout (Side 1 (stamped): 58380 1B
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 (stamped): 58381 1B

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