Robin Kelley's Monk Sessionography site appears to have no online presence?

[romualdo]

Just tried to access Robin's Monk sessionography & book site - getting file not found (404 error)

monkbook.com/sessionography/

[Fer Urbina]

Last capture by Archive.org was in May 2024: https://web.archive.org/web/20240520064203/http://monkbook.com/sessionography/

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[romualdo]

5 hours ago, Fer Urbina said:

Last capture by Archive.org was in May 2024: https://web.archive.org/web/20240520064203/http://monkbook.com/sessionography/

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cheers

[Fer Urbina]

FWIW, after a quick glance, the unissued "Stompin' at the Savoy" from May 8, 1941, was released in Volume 9 of the Masters of Jazz series of Charlie Christian's recordings, and there are three private recordings by Timme Rosenkrantz from 1944, including Monk's earliest recording of "Round Midnight", available here.

I'd guess there'll be more corrections and additions.

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Edited August 31 by Fer Urbina
Typo

[Big Beat Steve]

39 minutes ago, Fer Urbina said:

FWIW, after a quick glance, the unissued "Stompin' at the Savoy" from May 8, 1941, was released in Volume 9 of the Masters of Jazz series of Charlie Christian's recordings, 

 

And (FWIW) on the Charlie Christian 2-CD set Masters of Jazz/Media 7 R2CD 8004.

[Fer Urbina]

On 8/31/2026 at 4:44 PM, Big Beat Steve said:

And (FWIW) on the Charlie Christian 2-CD set Masters of Jazz/Media 7 R2CD 8004.

The "Stompin' at the Savoy" on that 2-CD set is the one available since the Minton's recordings were first published.

For clarity,

• this is the one from May 8, 1941, released for the first time on Volume 9 (over 10' long; group includes a sax; there's a drop in volume at 3:04).
• this is the one available since the Minton's recordings were first published (under 10'; no sax).

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[Big Beat Steve]

Ouch .... may have been my fault of wishful thinking ... 

Serves me right for not having listened to that Esoteric LP for so long. 

Edited September 7 by Big Beat Steve

[Fer Urbina]

Always a good time to go back to those recordings. 

Best source I know for all things CC is Leo Valdes's site: www.soloflight.cc

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Edited September 7 by Fer Urbina
Link amended

[mikeweil]

Re: Monk there still is this reliable source: https://jazzdiscography.com/Artists/thelonious-monk/index.php

[Big Beat Steve]

1 hour ago, Fer Urbina said:

Always a good time to go back to those recordings. 

Best source I know for all things CC is Leo Valdes's site: www.soloflight.cc

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Well, first thing I did was to download the Youtube clip of that "new as of Vol. 9" version with sax.  To be "archived for posterity". 

As for the Leo Valdes site, I understand the discographical part of this to be an updated and expanded version of Jan Evensmo's booklet (Jazz Solography series vol. 4), of which I have a copy. 
I've looked at the Valdes site (though I admit I don't like its "not safe" status as a http - not https - site in today's internet surfing world ). But both the discography of this and of the Evensmo book are a daunting task to remember and keep track of all those recordings with the Goodman band, for example, and of which umpteenth version of which tune is correctly identified (or not) on which record that one might come across ... 

Edited September 7 by Big Beat Steve

[John L]

5 hours ago, Fer Urbina said:

The "Stompin' at the Savoy" on that 2-CD set is the one available since the Minton's recordings were first published.

For clarity,

• this is the one from May 8, 1941, released for the first time on Volume 9 (over 10' long; group includes a sax; there's a drop in volume at 3:04).
• this is the one available since the Minton's recordings were first published (under 10'; no sax).

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I don't hear any Thelonious Monk on either of those tracks.  In general, I have yet to hear a Minton's recording of Charlie Christian that has any clear Monk piano in it.  This is in contrast to many other Minton's recordings from 1941 where Monk's distinctive piano is clearly audible. 

[Fer Urbina]

On 9/7/2026 at 3:33 PM, John L said:

I don't hear any Thelonious Monk on either of those tracks.  In general, I have yet to hear a Minton's recording of Charlie Christian that has any clear Monk piano in it.  This is in contrast to many other Minton's recordings from 1941 where Monk's distinctive piano is clearly audible. 

Yes, the other candidate is Kenny Kersey. I remember French critic Jacques Réda proposing Kersey (I don't know if it was his idea or who else suggested this) and some other English-speaking critic (I'm not sure at all, so I won't mention names) defending Monk. I'm fairly sure that Monk appears as the pianist on the label of the acetate (it was owned by Peter Broadbent, there's a photo of it in the 2nd edition of his biography of Charlie Christian).

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