Track Listing

1. Blue Monk (Live)
2. Light Blue (Live)
3. Evidence (Live)
4. To Lady (Live)
5. Stop Motion (Live)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #539248 in Music
• Released on: 2009-04-08
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Album Description
European Tour by Thelonious Monk, Max Roach

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Customer Reviews

Good Music, Deceptive Package, Sound Quality isn't the best
Most LRC disks are inaccurately/misleadingly labeled, and this CD is no exception.

The first three tracks are from Thelonious Monk, and are attributed to a 1957 group featuring Thad Jones. In actuality, "Blue Monk" dates from a 1967 Paris ORTF concert featuring a nonet with Clark Terry soloing (and is elsewhere available on CD's from Charly and FCD). "Light Blue" and "Evidence" are from a 1966 appearance at Newport, the quartet with Charlie Rouse, Larry Gales, and Ben Riley (and are available on Laserlight, Denon, etc.).

The last two tracks are usually attributed to a 1960 Paris concert by Max Roach's quintet with the Turrentine brothers and Julian Priester, and (like the Monk tracks) are widely available elsewhere. I can attest that the Fuel 2000 CD "Kardouba" has better sound quality. (The track called "To Lady" here is called "Kardouba" on that CD. "To Lady" is a different composition, featured on Roach's "Quiet As It's Kept" album on Mercury.)

These are all good performances, so the CD is worth hearing. But if you're hoping for a concert recording of Monk and Roach performing together, beware. And if you're a collector, you may very well have this material on other CD's.