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Post by minorkey on Jul 15, 2016 12:39:16 GMT -5
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Post by tomd on Jul 15, 2016 15:02:38 GMT -5
All five constituent albums (from the Columbia days) are really good IMO. I love "Underground" (with one of my favorite obscure Monk tunes "Ugly Beauty"), "Monk's Dream" and "Criss Cross", but the other two deserve attention. Buying the music in this format is another issue; I'm a stickler on royalties, copyright and the like and generally avoid these sets (YMMV, naturally). I went for some of the clearer provenance Columbia box sets, e.g. www.amazon.com/Thelonious-Monk-Complete-Columbia-Collection/dp/B007Y2W4BABut, whatever....You can quibble about Prestige vs. Riverside vs. Blue Note vs. Columbia Monk, but the Columbia stuff is definitely worth hearing. Charlie Rouse's playing really grew on me over time, and he had a great partnership with Monk. |
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Post by billf on Jul 15, 2016 16:19:35 GMT -5
All worth having.
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Post by minorkey on Jul 15, 2016 18:16:27 GMT -5
All five constituent albums (from the Columbia days) are really good IMO. I love "Underground" (with one of my favorite obscure Monk tunes "Ugly Beauty"), "Monk's Dream" and "Criss Cross", but the other two deserve attention. Buying the music in this format is another issue; I'm a stickler on royalties, copyright and the like and generally avoid these sets (YMMV, naturally). I went for some of the clearer provenance Columbia box sets, e.g. www.amazon.com/Thelonious-Monk-Complete-Columbia-Collection/dp/B007Y2W4BABut, whatever....You can quibble about Prestige vs. Riverside vs. Blue Note vs. Columbia Monk, but the Columbia stuff is definitely worth hearing. Charlie Rouse's playing really grew on me over time, and he had a great partnership with Monk. I dont understand your issue with copyright,royalties. These are old recordings, and they are original, not copies. I'm confused. |
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Post by johnt on Jul 15, 2016 19:14:01 GMT -5
All five constituent albums (from the Columbia days) are really good IMO. I love "Underground" (with one of my favorite obscure Monk tunes "Ugly Beauty"), "Monk's Dream" and "Criss Cross", but the other two deserve attention. Buying the music in this format is another issue; I'm a stickler on royalties, copyright and the like and generally avoid these sets (YMMV, naturally). I went for some of the clearer provenance Columbia box sets, e.g. www.amazon.com/Thelonious-Monk-Complete-Columbia-Collection/dp/B007Y2W4BABut, whatever....You can quibble about Prestige vs. Riverside vs. Blue Note vs. Columbia Monk, but the Columbia stuff is definitely worth hearing. Charlie Rouse's playing really grew on me over time, and he had a great partnership with Monk. I dont understand your issue with copyright,royalties. These are old recordings, and they are original, not copies. I'm confused. It's all great music IMO, well worth having. And I notice the box has the Columbia logo on it. It looks legit. I would have no concerns about it (I never have any - my bad, I know). |
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Post by tomd on Jul 16, 2016 20:34:58 GMT -5
Sorry, my mistake. The "Original Album Classics" look like legitimate releases.
I got them confused with the "Artist: n Classic Albums" releases, which are shoddy Euro public domain efforts with shaky reputations for quality (needle drops, mp3 sources, etc).
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Post by minorkey on Jul 19, 2016 10:11:16 GMT -5
I ordered Monk's Dream. I figured it best to discover one album at a time.
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