Monday, July 19, 2010

Looking for early Monk



I'm reading Robin D.G.Kelley's bio on Monk right now and came upon a few early recordings which i never heard before. Does anyone here around happen to have them? Please contact me or leave a message, thanks a lot in advance :

Thelonious Monk Quartet
Idrees Sulieman (tp) Thelonious Monk (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)
WNYC radio broadcast, "Festival Of American Music", February 16, 1948
    All The Things You Are    Chazzer 2002
    Just You, Just Me    -
    Suburban Eyes    -
* The Vibes Are On Art Tatum/Thelonious Monk (Chazzer 2002)

Thelonious Monk Quintet
Idrees Sulieman or Kenny Dorham (tp) Charlie Rouse (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) unknown (b) unknown (d) Frankie Passions (vo)
NYC, 1951
    Especially For You    Spotlite (E) SPJ 135
    Nobody Knows    -
* Various Artists - Cool Whalin' - Bebop Vocals (Spotlite (E) SPJ 135)

2 comments:

  1. hi, lexman: here you can find the broadcast from 1948:

    http://www.archive.org/serve/TheloniousMonkQuarte1948-02-16nyc/TheloniousMonkQuarte1948-02-16nyc.wma

    keep boppin´
    marcel

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  2. Wow, I just heard of this recording a few minutes ago and now it is already found! Thanks to you, Marcel !!!

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