Thelonious Monk's 'Live at the It Club'

Thelonious Monk‘s ‘Live at the It Club’ is a live album recorded on October 31 and November 1, 1964 and released the same year by Columbia.

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1 . ’round Midnight

2 . Rhythm N Ning (1961)

3 . Evidence (Japan, 1963)

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Track Listing : 1.Blue Monk (Thelonious Monk) – 11:20 . 2.Well, You Needn’T (Thelonious Monk) – 09:17 . 3.’Round Midnight (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 06:32 . 4.Rhythm-A-Ning (Thelonious Monk) – 10:09 . 5.Blues Five Spot (Thelonious Monk) – 10:12 . 6.Bemsha Swing (Denzil Best, Thelonious Monk) – 08:33 . 7.Evidence (Thelonious Monk) – 08:37 . 8.Nutty (Thelonious Monk) – 10:47 . 9.Epistrophy (Kenny Clarke, Thelonious Monk) – 00:59 . 10.Straight, No Chaser (Thelonious Monk) – 07:15 . 11.Teo (Thelonious Monk) – 10:53 . 12.I’M Getting Sentimental Over You (George Bassman, Ned Washington) – 12:27 . 13.Misterioso (Thelonious Monk) – 08:22 . 14.Gallop’S Gallop (Thelonious Monk) – 05:16 . 15.Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (Thelonious Monk) – 09:00 . 16.Bright Mississippi (Thelonious Monk) – 09:46 . 17.Just You, Just Me (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages) – 06:13 . 18.All The Things You Are (Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Jerome Kern) – 06:40 . 19.Epistrophy (Kenny Clarke, Thelonious Monk) – 01:09

William P. Gottlieb

Musicians : Thelonious Monk – Piano . Ben Riley – Drums . Charlie Rouse – Tenor Sax . Larry Gales – Bass

Chuck Stewart

Production : Produced By Teo Macero

Package : Ken Robbins – Artwork . Teresa Alfieri – Artwork . John Berg – Design . Peter A. Alfieri – Design . Ira Gitler – Liner Notes . Don Hunstein – Photograph . William P. Gottlieb – Photography . Chuck Stewart – Photography

Recorded On October 31 And November 1, 1964 At The It Club.

Released In 1964 By Columbia.

(Source Thelonious Monk – Live at the It Club | Official Website)

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allmusic
This brilliant set gives the listener a ringside table to Thelonious Monk at the top of his game — too bad there isn’t video footage to go along with it! […]

100 Greatest Jazz Albums
Charlie Rouse is an important part of that transition. His tenor saxophone playing may have been many leagues less inspirational than that of John Coltrane (who had been part of Monk’s set up for a few months in the late fifties) but Rouse showed an understanding of what Monk was getting at in a way that few more apparently gifted players ever did. […]

the chronicles of ridicule
…these cats were playing their hearts out while throwing it on the It Club’s stage and it’s also evident that they were having a ball….just like the patrons who walked through the doors on the nights that this album got recorded…it feels like you’re right there… […]

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