Thelonious Monk

Artist:  Thelonious Monk
Birth Name:  Thelonious Sphere Monk
Born:  October 10, 1917.  Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA
Died:  February 17, 1982 (Aged 64).  Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Cool Jazz, Bebop, Harp Bop, Post Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Modern Big Band
Occupation:  Musician, composer
Instruments:  Piano

Thelonious Monk was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer.  He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the Standard Jazz repertoire, including "Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Ruby, My Dear" and more!. 

Title:  Les Liaisons Dangereuses  (2017)
Genre:  Jazz, Cool Jazz, Bebop, Harp Bop, Post Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Modern Big Band
Label:  Sam Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  Rhythm-A-Ning  (5:47)
 2.  Crepuscule With Nellie  (5:15)
 3.  Six In One  (4:28)
 4.  Well, You Needn't  (4:57)
 5.  Pannonica (Solo)  (2:27)
 6.  Pannonica (Solo)  (2:55)
 7.  Pannonica (Quartet)  (6:20)
 8.  Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are  (6:57)
 9.  Light Blue  (2:47)
10. By And By (We'll Understand It Better By And By) (1:47)

Disc 2:

 1.  Rhythm-A-Ning (Alternate)  (5:36)
 2.  Crepuscule With Nellie (Take 1)  (2:29)
 3.  Pannonica (45 Master)  (6:53)
 4.  Light Blue  (45 Master)  (4:09)
 5.  Well, You Needn't (Unedited)  (6:47)
 6.  Light Blue (Making Of)  (14:13)

Personnel:

Thelonious Monk Quintet:

Thelonious Monk:  Piano
Charlie Rouse:  Tenor Saxophone
Barney Wilen:  Tenor Saxophone
Sam Jones:  Double Bass
Art Taylor:  Drums

Les Liaisons Dangereuses is the only soundtrack recorded by Thelonious Monk in 1959 to be released for the first time as a 2 CD Set! contains performances of classic Monk tunes heard in Roger Vadim's 1960 French film Les Liaisons Dangereuses, featuring Charlie Rouse, Sam Jones, Art Taylor, and plus special guest Barney Wilen, with contain a 50 pages booklet.