Big Band and Quartet in Concert

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Big Band and Quartet in Concert
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Live album by
Thelonious Monk
ReleasedMarch 1964 [1]
RecordedDecember 30, 1963
Venue Philharmonic Hall, Manhattan
Genre Jazz
Length59:10
Label Columbia
Producer Teo Macero
Thelonious Monk chronology
Criss-Cross
(1963)		Big Band and Quartet in Concert
(1964)		 Miles & Monk at Newport
(1964)
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Big Band and Quartet in Concert is a live album by American jazz musician Thelonious Monk, released in March 1964 [1] by Columbia Records. Recorded at the Lincoln Center's Philharmonic Hall on December 30, 1963, [2] it features a large ensemble with 10 musicians, including the four members of the Thelonious Monk Quartet and six additional brass and reed players. Like the earlier The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall album, the large ensemble pieces were arranged by Hall Overton.

Contents

Monk toured Europe in 1967 with a similar ensemble and played many of the same pieces featured on Big Band and Quartet in Concert. Recordings of a Paris concert with the 1967 group were later released as Thelonious Monk Nonet Live in Paris 1967 .

Big Band and Quartet in Concert was called by reviewer Scott Yanow "essential for all jazz collections". [2]

Track listing

1964 LP

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Mean You"
12:42
2."Evidence"Monk12:38
3."(When It's) Darkness on the Delta"
5:03
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."Oska T."Monk9:20
5."Played Twice"Monk6:24
6."Four in One"Monk11:03
7."Epistrophy"
2:00
Total length:59:10

1994 CD reissue

The 1994 reissue on CD and LP restored the entire concert, including selections and drum solos left off the original 1964 release.

Disc one
No.TitleNoteLength
1."Bye-Ya" 11:23
2."I Mean You" 12:49
3."Evidence" 14:03
4."Epistrophy" 2:07
5."(When It's) Darkness on the Delta"solo piano5:15
6."Played Twice"quartet7:48
Disc two
No.TitleNoteLength
7."Misterioso"quartet9:52
8."Epistrophy"quartet1:18
9."Light Blue" 12:53
10."Oska T" 13:18
11."Four in One" 14:43
12."Epistrophy" 2:23

Personnel

Hall Overton arranged all pieces played by the larger ensemble.

Quartet

References

  1. 1 2 Watts, Randy; Callahan, Mike; Edwards, David; Eyries, Patrice. "Columbia Main Series, Part 17: CL 2100-2199/CS 8900-8999 (1963-1964)". Both Sides Now. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 AllMusic review
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1023. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 145. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.


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