Thelonious Monk Nonet Live In Paris 1967 is a live jazz album by Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser"...

 on France's Concert Records

France's Concert Records

France's Concert Records was a 1980s independent French jazz and blues record label that is now defunct, that was set up by Esoldun to exploit the Institut National de l'Audiovisuel 's recording archives...

 LP FC-113, released in 1988.

Recorded at "Salle Pleyel

Salle Pleyel

The Salle Pleyel is a concert hall in Paris, France. The resident ensembles are the Orchestre de Paris and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.-History and Design:...

", Paris, France, November 3, 1967, Thelonious Monk Nonet

Nonet

A nonet refers to a group of nine.*In music, a nonet is a composition which requires nine musicians for a performance. Spohr and Martinu composed nonets....

 Live in Paris is a concert recording of a rare large group that Monk assembled for the European tour, which featured the addition of some of the top horn players in jazz.

Criticism

Jazz critic

Critic

A critic is anyone who expresses a value judgement. Informally, criticism is a common aspect of all human expression and need not necessarily imply skilled or accurate expressions of judgement. Critical judgements, good or bad, may be positive , negative , or balanced...

 Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow is an American jazz commentator, known for many contributions to the Allmusic website, for writing ten books on jazz and for reviewing jazz recordings for over 30 years.-Biography:...

 wrote of the album: “a rare recording (of a large group) making it a historical curiosity; more importantly the music (featuring six originals) is excellent."

Background

Monk organized this concert in an unusual way. The musicians joined the original quartet by coming on one by one to join in.

Track listing

1. "Epistrophy
   Epistrophy
   "Epistrophy" is a jazz standard composed by Thelonious Monk and Kenny Clarke in 1942. It has been called "the first classic, modern jazz composition."Its 'A' section is based on a pattern of alternating chords a semitone apart....
   
   " (Monk) – 9:45
2. "Oska — T" (Monk)– 15:19
3. "Evidence" (Monk) – 14:24
4. "Blue Monk
   Blue Monk
   "Blue Monk" is a jazz standard written by Thelonious Monk that has become one of his most enduring tunes. It is a B flat blues, based on the jazz tune "Pastel Blue".-Performances:*1960: The Great Kai & J.J. by J. J...
   
   " (Monk) – 5:10
5. "Epistropy (reprise)" (Monk) – 1:20

CD Reissue

The CD reissue of this LP is also a French release, on the label “Le Jazz”, item number — CD 7. The release date was Nov 10, 1993 and it contains two additional tracks: “Ruby My Dear” and “We See”. It has a running length of 67:37

Personnel

• Thelonious Monk
  Thelonious Monk
  Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser"...
  
   - piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  
• Charlie Rouse
  Charlie Rouse
  Charlie Rouse was an American hard bop tenor saxophonist and flautist. His career is marked by the collaboration for more than ten years with Thelonious Monk.- Biography :...
  
   – tenor sax
• Larry Gales
  Larry Gales
  Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Gales was an American jazz double-bassist.Gales began playing bass at age 11, and attended the Manhattan School of Music in the late 1950s. In that decade and the beginning of the next he worked with J.C. Heard, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin, Herbie Mann, Junior...
  
   – bass
• Ben Riley
  Ben Riley
  Ben Riley is an American hard bop drummer known for his work with Thelonious Monk, as well as Alice Coltrane, Stan Getz, Woody Herman, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Ahmad Jamal, Kenny Barron, and as member of the group Sphere...
  
   – drums
• Ray Copeland
  Ray Copeland
  Ray Copeland was a jazz trumpet player and teacher. Throughout his career he participated on many swing and hard bop dates, appearing on the well known Monk's Music by Thelonious Monk in 1956...
  
   - trumpet
  Trumpet
  The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
  
  
• Johnny Griffin
  Johnny Griffin
  John Arnold Griffin III was an American bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist.- Early life and career :Griffin studied music at DuSable High School in Chicago under Walter Dyett, starting out on clarinet before moving on to oboe and then alto sax...
  
   – tenor sax
• Jimmy Cleveland
  Jimmy Cleveland
  Jimmy Cleveland was an American jazz trombone born in Wartrace, Tennessee.Cleveland worked with many well-known jazz musicians, including Lionel Hampton, Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Quincy Jones, Lucky Thompson, Gigi Gryce, Oscar Peterson, Oscar Pettiford and James Brown...
  
   – trombone
  Trombone
  The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
  
  
• Phil Woods
  Phil Woods
  Philip Wells Woods is an American jazz bebop alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer.-Biography:...
  
   – alto sax
• Clark Terry
  Clark Terry
  Clark Terry is an American swing and bop trumpeter, a pioneer of the fluegelhorn in jazz, educator, NEA Jazz Masters inductee, and recipient of the 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award...
  
   – trumpet
  Trumpet
  The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
  
  

Production

• Alexandre Noble, Joël Arlot, Etienne Lacoste: Coordination
• Michel Noble: Cover – interpretation of “Les petits chevaux jaunes” by Franz Marc
  Franz Marc
  Franz Marc was a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of the German Expressionist movement...
  
  
• Jacques Chesnel: Artistic collaboration
• Francis Paudras: Photography
• Frank Dufour, Gilbert Taïeb: Montage
• Francis Paudras: Cover concept
• Yves Builly, Monique Vaysse: Research
• Acknowledgements/Appreciation to André Francis