{"product_id":"thelonious-monk-monk-vinyl-lp","title":"Thelonious Monk: Monk Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=John+Coltrane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Coltrane\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e’s \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?\u0026amp;q=John%20Coltrane%20Both%20Directions%20At%20Once\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22John%20Coltrane%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eBoth Directions At Once\u003c\/a\u003e surfaced earlier this year,\u003c\/i\u003e lost albums by the upper echelon of deceased jazz artists seem to just be coming out of the woodwork. Here’s a (for reasons unknown) never before released 41 minute session recorded live in Copenhagen in 1963 by the High Priest of Bebop, the great \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Thelonious+Monk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThelonious Monk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, with what is generally considered to be his most beloved quartet: \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Ore\u003c\/strong\u003e on bass, \u003cstrong\u003eFrankie Dunlop\u003c\/strong\u003e on drums and \u003cstrong\u003eCharlie Rouse\u003c\/strong\u003e on tenor. There’s something about a live jazz recording, with just the right amount of applause and crowd ambiance, it reminds you that this was a singular event unfolding in real time with no producer and no overdubs; it lends a certain atmosphere and urgency that you just don’t get from a studio album. Four musicians at the top of their game playing a considered mix of standards (“Body And Soul,” “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You”) and \u003cstrong\u003eMonk\u003c\/strong\u003e favorites (“Monk’s Dream,” “Nutty,” “Bye-Ya”), forces us to ponder the question offered up by the label: “Without a widely agreed must-have Monk release, could this fill the void as the Monk everyone should own?” Listen for yourself, but the simplest answer tends to be the right one. Black vinyl mono pressing restored from the original lost tapes, mastered and cut using Gearbox’s entirely analogue process and blessed by the Monk estate. Recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elost album from Thelonious Monk available for the first time ever\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eblack vinyl pressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eincludes printed insert with liner notes by Stephen Graham, Ethan Iverson + Darrel Sheinman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: Gearbox 2018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by nick nightingale 10\/2018\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Thelonious Monk","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":13819207090288,"sku":"fr-3966","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/products\/theloniousmonk-monk.jpg?v=1762275752","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/products\/thelonious-monk-monk-vinyl-lp","provider":"turntablelab.mom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}