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Thelonious Monk, Brilliant Corners
Audio CD
Disk ID: 221054
Disk length: 43m 6s (5 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1956
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Brilliant Corners | 7:46 |
| 2. Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are | 13:11 |
| 3. Pannonica | 8:52 |
| 4. I Surrender, Dear | 5:28 |
| 5. Bemsha Swing | 7:44 |
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Review
Few composers or improvisers can match the originality of pianist Thelonious Monk. Quirky yet rigorously logical, Monk's playful but always purposeful choice of skewed melodies and interrupted rhythm patterns gave the bebop movement, and jazz in total, a new sound that was totally modern. Although he created a surprisingly limited body of compositions, his impact on the vocabulary and canon of jazz is second to none, including such prolific giants as Duke Ellington. Brilliant Corners is a triumph of both performance and conception: the two small-group sessions, anchored by Monk, drummer Max Roach, and the bass work of either Oscar Pettiford or Paul Chambers, feature superb front-line performances by saxophonists Sonny Rollins and the tragically under-recorded Ernie Henry, as well as trumpeter Clark Terry. The title track, which centers the collection, is one of Monk's most unconventional pieces, skirting whole-tone, chromatic and Lydian scales; a version of "Pannonica" finds Monk doubling on celeste, while the band stretches out on "Bemsha Swing" and the blues "Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are." --Fred GoodmanDigitally remastered using K2 bit technology, this is a Japanese reissue of the great pianist's 1956 album for the Prestige label in a miniaturized LP sleeve limited to the initial pressing only. Five tracks. The All-Music Guide gave the album four & a haJapanese Version featuring 20bit K2 Mastering and Limited Edition LP Style Slipcase for Initial Pressing Only.
Other Versions
Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.
Tracks: 5, Disk length: 43m 6s
Tracks: 5, Disk length: 42m 59s (-1m 53s)
Tracks: 5, Disk length: 42m 52s (-1m 46s)
Tracks: 5, Disk length: 42m 52s (-1m 46s)
Tracks: 5, Disk length: 42m 52s (-1m 46s)
Tracks: 5, Disk length: 42m 51s (-1m 45s)
Tracks: 5, Disk length: 42m 49s (-1m 43s)
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