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Thelonious in Action is a 1958 live album by American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, recorded at the Five Spot Café in the Bowery neighborhood of Manhattan on August 7, 1958, at the same show that produced Misterioso.
At the Five Spot by Thelonious Monk released in 1958. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Mar 19, 2023 · Thelonious Monk: Complete Live At The Five Spot 1958. Reissue of a milestone in Monk's discography prompts the suggestion that his tunes make up the greatest body of composition outside Ellington. By. Steve Voce. - 19 March 2023. 1974. 1957-58 were most productive years for Monk.
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- Hard Bop, Post Bop
All of his many blues compositions, including "Blue Monk", "Misterioso", "Blues Five Spot", and "Functional", were composed in B flat; in addition, his signature theme, "Thelonious", largely consists of an incessantly repeated B-flat tone.
Live at the Five Spot, New York, August 7 & July 9, 1958. (*) BONUS TRACK: Thelonious Monk (p), Johnny Griffin (ts), Donald Byrd (tp), Pepper Adams (bar), Wilbur Ware (b), Philly Joe Jones (d). New York, February 25, 1958. TRACKS: CD ONE (74:51): 01 LIGHT BLUE; 02 COMING ON THE HUDSON; 03 RHYTHM-A-NING; 04 JUST A GIGOLO; 05 BLUE MONK; 06 EVIDENCE
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The impetus for the album was the discovery of three usable studio tracks recorded by the Monk Quartet with Coltrane in July 1957 at the beginning of the band's six-month residency at New York's legendary Five Spot club near Cooper Square. [7]
