Added: Oct 14, 2008

From: JazzVideoGuy

Duration: 9:35

http://www.concordmusicgroup presents Chapter 7 of Orrin Keepnews, Producer featuring Thelonious Monk's immortal 1959 Town Hall Concert, available on the recording Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall, part of the Keepnews Collection.One of the most respected of all jazz producers, Orrin Keepnews's long and productive career has included working with such artists as Sonny Rollins, Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery, Cannonball Adderley and Thelonious Monk, as well as founding influential jazz labels Riverside and Milestone.The Keepnews Collection, from The Concord Music Group is a reissue series of albums produced by this jazz legend. It features time-honored titles recorded by the true titans of jazz, originally released on Riverside and Milestone Records. All reissues, with 24-bit remastering from the master tapes, include original liner notes and Keepnews' voluminous new commentaries; when available, the original tracks are supplemented by bonus cuts from the sessions.Concept and Production: Bret Primack www.planetbret.com

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Rating: 4.74 (42 ratings)    Views: 25775' favoriteCount='83    Comments: 24

klassiekerrally Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - Bought the original album in Paris . . . Great stuff.

wbnyc Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - Amazing concert.The orchestrations of Monk's solos are mind blowing and the different solo personalities give different stories within the whole.wb ...

TommyWalt Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - I can't wait for Jason Moran to start touring this music...

stacyblue1980 Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - MONK!!!! my man! xoxo

HepKatt139 Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - I was 21 and I WAS THERE!Saw him many, many times at the 5 Spot.

osumashionutubekai Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - special!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

saxcrobaticfanatic Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - M O N K

Zeitgeist74 Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - I remember hearing my dad's Town Hall concert album when I was like 15. That shit blew me away. Still does! :oMonk was not only an artist, but a true musical innovator. RIP, T.

charlieparka Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - I was at the Carnegie Hall concert in '64, notrecorded commercially and a follow-up to the'63 Philharmonic (avery fisher) Hall recordingof '63...remember it well!

jamianm Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - I'm jealous

HepKatt139 Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - Don't be jealous; I'M OLDE!!!You're gonna' hear alot of musik whichI ain't...

jamianm Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - Haha, but most of the performers I really, really like are all dead! I guess it's a good thing, though, 'cause if I had the chance to see/meet some of these guys before they died and I didn't, I'd be upset. Are you still a Jazz fan? What was the 5 Spot like?

xpressivist Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - bobby enriquez from the philippines played better than monk.

JazzVideoGuy Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - R U his publicist?

xpressivist Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - bobby enriquez was far more advanced and creative on the jazz piano than any american or european jazz pianists. americans and european jazz artists are extremely OVERRATED. it can only be explained by americacentrism and eurocentrism in music pervading the world after the second world war up to now.

JazzVideoGuy Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - Interesting perspective. Perhaps you could post some links to his music.

jamianm Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - How can you say that the guys who actually created Jazz are lacking in their jazz ability? It makes no sense. Chuck Berry helped form Rock&Roll; so on principle it's not an argument to say that, oh I don't know, that Hendrix is better than Chuck Berry. Berry can't be touched; he created the thing.

greatersiren Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - What do you mean?

xpressivist Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - i have been listening to jazz since i was a kid. i love jazz and some other american cultural influences then and now. my country, the philippines, has a century of illicit love affair with american culture since we were bought from spain by america for 20 million dollars at the treaty of paris in 1898. hence, filipinos can appreciate jazz more than other asians, and probably more than any other europeans.

xpressivist Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - enriquez didn't write many musical works. its in the way they play on the piano. i think its very obvious that enriquez is more confident and relaxed on the piano than monk. therefore, enriquez plays better than monk. its a claim about the ability to entertain and impress an audience. jazz is a form of entertainment. its not a science. i cannot be right or wrong about that claim. its a minimal claim. that is only what i claim. nothing more or less.

JazzVideoGuy Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - It's not a contest about who's better. Each man has a unique musical voice.

mecorn56 Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - This xpressivist guy is something else. I'm pretty sure the artist of the time new about him if it's so. chill out dog on the definitive comments.

ipings Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - You have to be a moron to say Bobby Enriquez plays better than Monk. Or that American Jazz artists are over rated. That's ridiculous. American's invented Jazz.

taxiology Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - right, so you were born in 1898. Got it.

xpressivist Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - i'd go for oscar peterson. he's my guy on the piano. i'm pretty sure he's better than enriquez and monk. oscar peterson playing and lady day singing is an excellent combination.