The Jazz Show Episode October 10, 2016

Celebrating the Birthday Anniversaries of Pianist/composer Thelonious Monk and Drummer/bandleader Art Blakey:

9:04pm - 12:41am

Tonight on The Jazz Feature we present a group pf recording sessions that feature two great iconoclasts of Jazz music.: Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk who are celebrating their Birthday Anniversaries on Oct 10 (Monk) and Oct. 11 (Blakey). Blakey and Monk not only shared musical empathy but a lifelong friendship. Blakey was the drummer on Monk's very first recordings in 1947 and they continued that association over the years. Our first session is a trio date, his first for Prestige records in 1952. The second is a fine quintet date again for Prestige in 1954 with trumpeter Ray Copeland a and and tenor saxophonist Frank Foster. The third is a date that features an early working Monk band from late 1955, a quartet featuring alto saxophonist Gigi Gryce. It was issued under Gryce's name as Monk had just signed a new recording contract and didn't wish to jeopardize it. It's a fine date with four great compositions that are rare in Monk's repertoire. Finally from 1958, a live date from the legendary Five Spot Cafe with Monk's quartet with tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin and Art Blakey sitting-in for the final tune of the night. All of these performances show the beautiful musical empathy between Thelonious Monk and Art Blakey, two giants who shaped Jazz music forever.

Track Listing:

Bye-Ya
Thelonious Monk · Trio
Monk's Dream
Thelonious Monk · Trio
Sweet and Lovely
Thelonious Monk · Trio
Little Rootie Tootie
Thelonious Monk · Trio
We See
Thelonious Monk · Quintet
Locomotive
Thelonious Monk · Quintet
Smoke Gets In You Eyes
Thelonious Monk · Quintet
Hackensack
Thelonious Monk · Quintet
Shuffle Boil
Thelonious Monk · Monk and Gigi Gryce
Brake's Sake
Thelonious Monk · Monk and Gigi Gryce
Gallop's Gallop
Thelonious Monk · Monk and Gigi Gryce
Nica's Tempo
Thelonious Monk · Monk and Gigi Gryce
Bye-Ya/Epistrophy
Thelonious Monk · Monk at The Five Spot.
The Procrastinator
Lee Morgan · The Procrastinator
Stop Start
Lee Morgan · The Procrastinator
Soft Touch
Lee Morgan · The Procrastinator
Ultra Triple Swing
Lorraine Desmarais · Danses/Danzas/Dances
Olivier
Lorraine Desmarais · Danses/Danzas/Dances
Reel
Lorraine Demarais · Danses/Danzas/Dances
Oh Gee!
Ira Sullivan · Horizons
Norwegian Wood
Ira Sullivan · Horizons
Horizons
Ira Sullivan · Horizons
This here (Dis Hea)
Art Blakey · Blakey at Birdland.
Dat Dere
Art Blakey · Blakey at Birdland