EKE BBB Posted March 8, 2023 Report Share Posted March 8, 2023 (edited) I have just double-checked my Thelonious Monk collection against Lord, and become aware that I own all the commercially issued studio sessions where Monk was present. However, although I have a fairly large amount of live recordings, there is still a pile of discs to include in my wish-list. Seeking for prioritization in the following list, any help/comments is/are much appreciated: -February 16, 1948 - Monk quartet with Sulieman, Festival of American Music. Issued Chazzer 2002 and on RLR Records (Sp)RLR88623 [CD] titled "Thelonious Monk in Philadelphia 1960 With Steve Lacy"; it includes several sessions to March 6, 1960, amongst them the Steve Allen Show, New York, October 6, 1955. with Art Farmer and Hank Mobley - Piano Solo : The Centennial Edition - Paris 1954 - trio recordings with Ingrand and Pochonet, issued by Sony. - Solar (Sp)4569953 [CD] titled "Thelonious Monk Quartet - The Complete 1966 Geneva Concert"; a 2 CD set, including a live date at the "Blue Note", Philadelphia, PA, November 17, 1956, with Ernie Henry - Gambit (And)69299 [CD] titled "Unissued Live at Newport 1958-59", trio and quartet concerts. - Live In New York Vol. 1 & 2: live at the Five Spot, fall 1958, quartet with Charlie Rouse, Abdul-Malik and Roy Haynes / Live, "Birdland," April 28-May 8, 1963 - Thelonious Records TR-1012 [CD] - Thelonious TMF9323 [CD & DVD] - Monk Around The World & Bebop Legends - Monterey, CA, Paris, France, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and unknown European locations between 1961-1964 / Broadcast BBC-TV "Jazz 625", London, England, March 14, 1965 - The Complete 1961 Thelonious Monk Quartet Amsterdam Concert - Solar (Sp)4569944 [CD] titled April 15, 1961 - Live in Amsterdam, May 1961 - Bussum, April 1961 - Netherlands Jazz Archive (Du)NJA1401 [CD] - Pianology -Moon (It)MCD055-2 [CD]: Pianology, live Monk & Bud Powell dates, 1961 to 1966 - Quartet 1961 European Tour, Vol. 1 : Thelonious Monk Quartet - Jazz Up (It)JU326 [CD]. Live at the Casino, Bern - Monk In Copenhagen : The Thelonious Monk Quartet - Live "Odd Fellow Palaet", Copenhagen, Denmark, May 17, 1961 - Storyville (Dan)STCD8283 [CD] - Thelonious Monk Quartet/Martial Solal Trio : Live "Deutsche Jazz Salon", Berlin, Germany, May 22, 1961 - WDR/Jazzline (G)N77009 [CD] - Spastic & Personal: Thelonious Monk Quartet - Live "Birdland", New York, February 9, 1963 - Frequenz (It)044-015 [CD]. - M.O.N.K. : Thelonious Monk Quartet - Live "Odd Fellow Palaeet", Copenhagen, Denmark, March 5, 1963 - Gearbox (E) GB1541CD [CD] - Palais Des Beaux-Arts 1963 : Brussels, Belgium, March 10, 1963 - Tidal Wave Music (Can)TWM55 - 1963 In Japan : Thelonious Monk Quartet - TBS, TV Broadcast, Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 1963 - Eastwind (E)EWCD702 [CD] - Live At Monterey Jazz Festival, 1963, Volume 1&2 : Thelonious Monk Quartet - Storyville (Dan)STCD8255/56 [CD] - Live At The Village Gate - TM Quartet - New York, November 12, 1963 - Xanadu (Jap) BRJ-4536 [CD] - Live In Paris, 1964 - Alhambra Vol. 1 - France's Concert (F) FCD135 [CD] - Live at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival : Charlie Rouse (as) Thelonious Monk (p) Steve Swallow (b) Ben Riley (d) + The Monterey Jazz Festival Workshop (1) : Bobby Bryant, Melvin Moore (tp) Lou Blackburn (tb) Jack Nimitz (bar) Buddy Collette (dir,sax,fl) - Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA, September 20, 1964 - Monterey Jazz Festival MJFR-30312 [CD] - En Concert Avec Europe 1 : Thelonious Monk And His Quartet - Concert "Olympia", Paris, France, March 6&7, 1965 - Trema (F)710377/378 [CD] - The Be Bop Legends : Thelonious Monk Quartet - Broadcast BBC-TV "Jazz 625", London, England, March 14, 1965 - Moon (It)MCD072-2 [CD] (see J.J. Johnson for rest of CD) - The Great Canadian Concert Of The Thelonious Monk Quartet - Live "Place des Arts, Grande Salle", Montreal, Canada, August 21, 1965 - CBC (Can)RM141 - Live In Paris : Thelonious Monk Quartet - Concert, "Palais de la Mutualite", Paris, France (#), March 18, 1966 & concert, "Maison de l'ORTF", Paris, France (%), March 20, 1966 - ByG - Live In Switzerland : Thelonious Monk Quartet - "Victoria Hall", Geneva, Switzerland, March 27, 1966 - Jazz Helvet (Swi)JH06 [CD] - Live "Free Trade Hall", Manchester, England, April 29, 1966 - Tempo Di Jazz (It)CDTJ706 [CD] - I Giganti Del Jazz : Thelonious Monk Quartet - Live "Newport Jazz Festival", Newport, RI, July 2, 1966 - Thelonious Monk Quartet And Dave Brubeck - Live "Auditoria de la Reforma", Puebla, Mexico, May 12, 1967 - Columbia - Thelonious Monk Nonet (Paris '67) - Concert "Salle Pleyel", Paris, France, November 3, 1967 - France's Concert (F)FCD113 [CD] - Thelonious Monk (p) - TV-cast "Piano for Duke", Berlin, Germany, November 6, 1969 - American Jazz Classics (Sp)90269 [CD] titled "Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington". - Live in Koln 1969 : Thelonious Monk Quartet - Concert "Sartory Festsale", Cologne, Germany, December 2, 1969 - Nice Life Music (Sp)22013 [CD] - Paris 1969 : Thelonious Monk Quartet- Concert, "Salle Pleyel", Paris, France, December 15, 1969 - Blue Note B001882000 [CD] - In Tokyo : Thelonious Monk Quartet : Paul Jeffrey (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Larry Ridley (b) Lennie McBrowne (d) + Toshiyuki Miyama (ldr) and The New Herd on (1) Live "Koseinenkin Hall", Tokyo, Japan, October 4, 1970 - Express (Jap)EP-8010, Far East (Jap)ETJ60006 - Giants of Jazz: Bop Fathers, Vol. 1 & 2 : Dizzy Gillespie (tp,p-1) Kai Winding (tb) Sonny Stitt (as,ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Al McKibbon (b) Art Blakey (d) - Concert "Sala Grande del Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi", Milan, Italy, October 20, 1971 - Gambit (And)69301 [CD] titled "Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk with The Giants of Jazz, Unissued in Europe 1971"; see October 29 & November 7, 1971 for rest of CD. - Live : The Giants Of Jazz : Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Kai Winding (tb) Sonny Stitt (as) Thelonious Monk (p) Al McKibbon (b) Art Blakey (d) - Live, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, November 2, 1971 - Jazz Door (G)JD1277 [CD] - Giants Of Jazz : Dizzy Gillespie (tp,p-1) Kai Winding (tb) Sonny Stitt (as,ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Al McKibbon (b) Art Blakey (d) - Concert "Victoria Theatre", 1st Concert, London, England, November 14, 1971 - Collectables COL-CD-7730 [CD] titled "Giants of Jazz"; a 2 CD set. - Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1972 : Art Blakey and the Giants of Jazz : Monterey Jazz Festival MJFR-30882 [CD] - Giants Of Jazz - Switzerland, November 12, 1972 - Concord Jazz CCD43004 [CD]. 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jazzbo Posted March 8, 2023 Report Share Posted March 8, 2023 (edited) You know. . . you can't go wrong except sonically with any of them. But the one that sounds the very best and may be the best one to buy is the Vogue (plus) material reissued on Piano Solo : The Centennial Edition - Paris 1954. Great music, great sound--and an official release. Edited March 8, 2023 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted March 8, 2023 Report Share Posted March 8, 2023 Very interesting list. I don't have any of these either so am interested in any insight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted March 8, 2023 Report Share Posted March 8, 2023 (edited) Live In New York Vol. 1 I am pretty sure I have as one of the Monk Family cds, and it's a great set performance. . .sound is okay. Thelonious TMF9323 is another Monk Family release and the sound and picture are very good. Live in Amsterdam, May 1961 purports to be a legal release and has excellent sound, great performance. Edited March 8, 2023 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted March 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2023 1 hour ago, jazzbo said: Live In New York Vol. 1 I am pretty sure I have as one of the Monk Family cds, and it's a great set performance. . .sound is okay. Thelonious TMF9323 is another Monk Family release and the sound and picture are very good. Live in Amsterdam, May 1961 purports to be a legal release and has excellent sound, great performance. Thanks for the tips, Lon. List of missing-in-my-collection live Monk CDs updated on first post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted March 8, 2023 Report Share Posted March 8, 2023 Another vote for the 1954 set, as prime as can be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted March 8, 2023 Report Share Posted March 8, 2023 The two Monterey Jazz Festival discs (Monk, Giants of Jazz) are official releases and in excellent sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted March 8, 2023 Report Share Posted March 8, 2023 I have nothing to contribute, but I've got to say that this thread is exactly why I LOVE this place. To say that there's a lot of expertise-that-extends-to-the-level-of-obsessive-and-delightful-nerdiness on this forum would be an understatement. You are my people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted March 8, 2023 Report Share Posted March 8, 2023 (edited) I would highly suggest getting the Monk in Philadelphia compilation. There are quite a number of great rare and unusual tracks on that one from various periods in Monk's career. I don't see Stockholm 1961 on your list. Maybe you already have it. That is a favorite of mine, released in good sound by Dragon. I really like the Palais Des Beaux-Arts & Copenhagen (M.O.N.K.) recordings from the 1963 Europe tour. They are in great (professional) sound and Monk is in very good form (IMO). If you only get one of them, I would recommend Palais Des Beaux-Arts. I am less thrilled by the Paris concert on this tour. The Village Gate 1963 is in somewhat muffled sound. But I have always really liked what Monk plays on this date. Paris Olympia 1965 is also not to be missed. But beware of the so-called "volume 4" which is actually tracks from some of the Riverside Europe 1961 records. I really like a lot of music that Monk played on the 1966 Europe tour. His approach to many of the songs was notably different to the previous tours. I have a difficult time recalling which of the many concerts from that tour are the best. But I would suggest getting a representative sample. John Edited March 8, 2023 by John L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffpeterson Posted March 9, 2023 Report Share Posted March 9, 2023 you would find this out quickly enough: The "1963 In Japan : Thelonious Monk Quartet - TBS, TV Broadcast, Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 1963 - Eastwind (E)EWCD702 [CD]" is available as a cd on that Fourstar budget label The Great Canadian Concert Of The Thelonious Monk Quartet - Live "Place des Arts, Grande Salle", Montreal, Canada, August 21, 1965 - CBC (Can)RM141 is readily available on -Hi- Hat, that highly "legitimate" label, and is known as something like "the Montreal Concert". The American Jazz Classics cd "Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington" includes not only the Berlin concert but also the Riverside album of the same name and a tune or two with the Duke Ellington orchestra without Monk (?) from a date that I cannot remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted March 9, 2023 Report Share Posted March 9, 2023 (edited) Wolfgang's Vault has the 1975 Newport Avery Fischer Hall performance. I think it is the last recorded Monk. (He did appear the next year but I've never seen a recording of it.). Despite Monk's condition at the time, I think this is a pretty good concert. Certainly of historical interest. https://www.wolfgangs.com/music/thelonious-monk-quartet/audio/20020457-51182.html?tid=4855879 Edited March 9, 2023 by medjuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romualdo Posted March 9, 2023 Report Share Posted March 9, 2023 (edited) wow!! what a list - just checked my database & I've got 29 of those releases/sessions/concerts I wasn't aware of the Belgrade GOJ Jazz Door disc (Nov 2, 1971) - it's not listed in Lord either AFAIK, unless it's not under Giants of Jazz - just checked & it's under Dizzy Gillespie's name The Jazz Icons final DVD box set has one disc of Monk in Paris (69) with amazing colour footage 4 hours ago, cliffpeterson said: The Great Canadian Concert Of The Thelonious Monk Quartet - Live "Place des Arts, Grande Salle", Montreal, Canada, August 21, 1965 - CBC (Can)RM141 is readily available on -Hi- Hat, that highly "legitimate" label, and is known as something like "the Montreal Concert". just found that HiHat cd online & ordered it - bummer it's so "legit" while we're on the subject of live Monk, I'm peripherally involved in the production/official release of a Monk live in Australia 1965 CD. It's from my home town, Brisbane - more details to come but in early stages at present Edited March 9, 2023 by romualdo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted March 9, 2023 Report Share Posted March 9, 2023 5 hours ago, romualdo said: wow!! what a list - just checked my database & I've got 29 of those releases/sessions/concerts I wasn't aware of the Belgrade GOJ Jazz Door disc (Nov 2, 1971) - it's not listed in Lord either AFAIK, unless it's not under Giants of Jazz - just checked & it's under Dizzy Gillespie's name The Jazz Icons final DVD box set has one disc of Monk in Paris (69) with amazing colour footage just found that HiHat cd online & ordered it - bummer it's so "legit" while we're on the subject of live Monk, I'm peripherally involved in the production/official release of a Monk live in Australia 1965 CD. It's from my home town, Brisbane - more details to come but in early stages at present Nice! Is it a solo set or with a band? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romualdo Posted March 9, 2023 Report Share Posted March 9, 2023 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Dub Modal said: Nice! Is it a solo set or with a band? solo - includes lots of close-up work including his chunky rings - some of the best solo footage I've ever seen here's a promo for the DVD from YouTube check the comments below (in YouTube), especially Ran Blake's Edited March 9, 2023 by romualdo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted March 15, 2023 Report Share Posted March 15, 2023 So much Monk ! I never was a completist, but on Monk live albums I sure have the Five Spot on River Side, and something, a double album on CBS, and there is a bootleg maybe from Italy earlier than the CBS, which has the best versions of "Off Minor" and "Evidence" I ever heard. Also a fine version of "Jacky-ing". The 1969 Monk in Paris I have on DVD, they have quite unknown bassist and drummer, but Philly Joe Jones sits in. And there is some bonus of Monk solo playing Ellington. I never saw the Swiss Concorde album and might have to look for it on discogs.... I further have a double CD "Last Monk" or something like that, with a fine quartet with Monk´s son and with Dave Holland on bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted March 16, 2023 Report Share Posted March 16, 2023 How is the high school gig? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted March 16, 2023 Report Share Posted March 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said: How is the high school gig? oh yes, I have it. I think it starts unusally with a slower tune, I think "Ruby My Dear". It´s not a very long concert since they had to leave to play in town. But it´s nice, yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted March 16, 2023 Report Share Posted March 16, 2023 6 minutes ago, Gheorghe said: oh yes, I have it. I think it starts unusally with a slower tune, I think "Ruby My Dear". It´s not a very long concert since they had to leave to play in town. But it´s nice, yeah. What is the title? I can't remember any other details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted March 16, 2023 Report Share Posted March 16, 2023 This one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted March 17, 2023 Report Share Posted March 17, 2023 21 hours ago, jazzbo said: This one? Yes, that´s it. Quite short, but nice and especially so nice that Monk agreed to perform at that school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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