Thelonious Monk - Live In Rotterdam 1967

Thelonious Monk — Live In Rotterddam 1967

200-gram numbered 2LP Sapphire Edition clear vinyl limited to 4,000 numbered copies!

Meticulously restored from original analog tapes

Lacquers cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio

Pressed and manufactured in France

Box and tip-on gatefold jacket printed in Italy

When he took the stage at the Club Doelen in Rotterdam on October 28, 1967, Thelonious Monk had just turned 50. Fifteen years later he would disappear from the music scene, taking refuge for the last six years of his life in New York at Pannonica de Koenigswater, never to touch the piano again. Flanked by the two "classics" "Ruby, My Dear" and "Blue Monk," he leads the quartet of his three accomplices, Charlie Rouse, Larry Gales, Ben Riley and their guests, for more than an hour and 20 minutes.

Larry Gales' bass pops out of a box at the end of "Hackensack", the brass gets carried away in the middle of "We See"; they answer each other by swirling in the dizzying "Oska." And in the middle of the concert, a solo moment on 'Don't Blame Me," everything appears contrasting, twisted, oblique, each note seeming to be surprised by the previous one. Monk first goes around the melody from behind before bringing it back, pure, to the front. Finally they close: "Blue Monk," all classical restraint.

Lost Recordings' Sapphire Edition pushes the boundaries of audio media. It is the pinnacle of our latest innovations in restoration and manufacturing processes, without any constraints or compromises, thus delivering an unprecedented musical experience.

Recorded at De Doelen, Rotterdam, Oct. 28, 1967. 

Quartet:
Thelonius Monk, piano
Charlie Rouse, tenor sax
Larry Gales, bass
Ben Riley, drums

Guest musicians:
Clark Terry, Trumpet
Ray Copeland, Trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone
Phil Woods, Alto Sax
Johnny Griffin, Tenor Sax

LP 1

1. Ruby, My Dear

2. Hackensack

3. We See

4. Epistrophy

LP 2

1. Evidence/Epistrophy

2. Don't Blame Me

3. Oska T./Epistrophy

4. Blue Monk

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