Underground
Underground was recorded in 1967, about 20 years into the career of this wholly distinctive and unorthodox pianist-composer. Whenever the understated saxophone talents of Charlie Rouse accompany Thelonious Monk, one is assured of an invigorating set of music--and this collection is no exception. Supported by Larry Gales on bass and the inimitable Ben Riley on drums, Monk and Rouse elaborate on immortal compositions like "Ugly Beauty." On "In Walked Bud," the quartet is joined by vocalist Jon Hendricks. With jagged themes and unusual variations of meter and key, Underground showcases an aging Monk's still-brilliant eccentricity on the piano. A good bit looser than much of Monk's earlier work, he and Rouse infuse this date with their tag-team humor and unrelenting musical enthusiasm. --Mitch Myers more
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Track Listing: 1. Thelonious - (take 1), 2. Ugly Beauty - (take 5), 3. Raise Four, 4. Boo Boo's Birthday - (take 11),... |
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Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-13-2008
- Almost his best, but not quite...
I still maintain that Monk's best album is "Straight, No Chaser." That being said, the same personnel are on this album, and it is a darn good one. My favorites are "Boo-Boo's birthday," "Raise Four," "Easy Street," the self-titled...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Apr-13-2008
- Great times with jagged lines of the true genious...
Brilliant album, although by some opinions not essential in the magnificent Thelonious Monk's opus, contains strong trio and quartet performances by the group that includes the great Charlie Rouse, another voice of the leader's musical...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Mar-27-2008
- Look At That Cover! How Could You Not Buy This?
"Underground" was released on Columbia Records in 1968 and stands as Thelonious' last great recording. In fact if I'm not mistaken this was one of his last recordings before his retirement. His last tour was in 1971, so this record has...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Dec-21-2007
- LORD OF THE UNDERGROUND
ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE. a masterful session. amazing.only thing is, in my opinion, "In walked Bud," ruins the flow, or at least sends the would be listener into an unexpected turn. not a terrible song, but we could have easily done...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-13-2008
- Almost his best, but not quite...
I still maintain that Monk's best album is "Straight, No Chaser." That being said, the same personnel are on this album, and it is a darn good one. My favorites are "Boo-Boo's birthday," "Raise Four," "Easy Street," the self-titled...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-07-2005
- Some great stuff, some so-so.
Thelonious Monk entered the studio in late 1967 and early 1968 for the last time with his long-standing quartet of Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), Larry Gales (bass) and Ben Riley (drums) to record a new album, an album that would be new in...
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