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35 minutes ago, JSngry said:

He did two big band records for Columbia, though. One great, one regrettable. 

The "regrettable" one is my favorite.  It is like a space-age bachelor pad Monk album.  I delete the two Teo Macero tunes and add "Blue Monk."  

3 minutes ago, Simon8 said:

Would have loved to hear Monk again in a quartet with vibes in the 60's (as he did with Milt J. in his first recordings).

Yes, I love this stuff.  These tracks are like Monk's equivalent of the Raymond Scott Quintette 1930s recordings.  They suggest a bright, shiny, mechanized future.

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8 hours ago, AllenLowe said:

I should mention that I never liked the Hall Overton arrangements; Overton was a great man, but those ensembles are just too dull and conventional sounding to my ears.

I must admit I didn´t even hear "arranged" Monk. For me, Monk always was quartet with Trane, Rollins, Griffin, Rouse. I think I heard that  the last CBS album of Monk also was some big band stuff that sounded quite commercial......

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