THELONIOUS MONK - THELONIOUS MONK WITH JOHN COLTRANE
Ruby My Dear
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Trinkle Tinkle
[6:40]9.5 Mb
Off Minor
[5:16]7.5 Mb
Nutty
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Epistrophy
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Functional
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Thelonious Monk "Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane" Album Review
Astounding. Period
This recording is Astounding. I have listened over and over (now on my 5th or 6th listen), and my awe grows each time. This is an instant classic, and belongs in every serious music collection.
This rates in the top 5 greatest jazz recordings of all time, right up there at the top with "Kind of Blue." It is genius.
I'm still shaking my head that it went undiscovered and unheard for almost 50 years. What a sonic treasure! Astounding.
Video ass kickers of jazz
first of a weekly segment this week: jazz favorite thelonious monk albums: genius of modern music vol. one genius of modern music vol. two thelonious monk with john coltrane monk's dream monk and coltrane at carnegie hall favorite john coltrane albums: blue train giant steps live at birdland live at the half note first meditations favorite charles mingus albums: mingus ah um mingus plays piano charles mingus presents charles mingus favorite mmw albums: notes from the underground combustication friday afternoon in the universe tonic* end of the world party favorite john zorn albums: the circle maker naked city john zorn plays ennio morricone taboo and exile cobra favorite max roach albums: drums unlimited *acoustic live album next week's segment: ass kickers of folk
GARY BURTON - GENERATIONS
First Impression
[6:34]9.9 Mb
Early
[5:38]7.6 Mb
Gorgeous
[7:40]9.8 Mb
Wheatland
[5:34]8.1 Mb
Take Another Look
[6:41]9.7 Mb
Syndrome
[5:20]8.5 Mb
Test of Time
[5:23]7.6 Mb
The Title Will Follow
[7:51]10.4 Mb
Ladies in Mercedes
[6:24]9.4 Mb
Heroes Sin Nombre
[8:15]10.5 Mb
Gary Burton "Generations" Album Review
Feelgood story but little to listen to.
I'm a huge GB fan and he can do virtually no wrong by me. Anyone who is familiar with his career knows of his longstanding place in higher music education and his keen sense for discovering new talent. So I won't expound on that.
But to be perfectly honest, if you were to do a blind "taste test" of this album - not knowing that it was Burton playing vibes, Ozone playing keys, and a teenager not old enough to drive playing guitar - you would probably come away with little reason to listen again. There are a few notable compositions by the likes of Metheny, Mitch Foreman, and Oscar Peterson, but the arrangements are somewhat uninspired, at least by the GB standards I'm used to. Lage, the young guitar prodigy, contributes three originals and although any composition by someone so young worthy of being recited by GB is remarkable, they leave me wondering how young Pat Metheny was when he wrote Unity Village or Bright Size Life.
I know it's not fair to compare young Lage to an iconic Metheny, but for me music is all about enjoying what I'm listening to, not feelgood sub-plots or story lines. I must admit that it is somewhat fascinating to listen to a young teenager play an otherwise excellent jazz guitar along side GB, but take away that knowledge and the music left to stand by itself becomes somewhat underwhelming.
This CD is worth owning purely for the posterity value of what one day may become the next Jim Hall, but if you just want to hear great jazz music by GB, the honest truth is you'd be more satisfied with something like Face To Face or Like Minds, etc.
This CD still gets a positive rating of 3 stars because GB can do no wrong. I just won't be listening to it as much as I will his other releases.
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