Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser (1967) [Reissue 1999] PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser (1967) [Reissue 1999]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 75:54 mins | Scans included | 2,42 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Scans included | 2,28 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Full Scans included | 953 MB

Straight, No Chaser is an album by jazz musician Thelonious Monk, released in 1967. The album was reissued on SACD, including restored versions of previously abridged performances and three additional tracks.
Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser (1967/1996) [Official Digital Download]

Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser (1967/1996) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 76:05 minutes | 824 MB
Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

This is the sixth studio album cut by Thelonious Monk under the production/direction of Teo Macero for Columbia and as such should not be confused with the original motion picture soundtrack to the 1988 film of the same name.
Original Album Classics: Thelonious Monk (2007) [5CD Box Set, Sony 88697145482] Re-up

Original Album Classics: Thelonious Monk (2007) [5CD Box Set, Sony 88697145482]
Bop/Hard Bop/Post-Bop/Piano Jazz | EAC Rip | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log | MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Scans(600dpi) -> 110 Mb | Sony, 88697145482 | ~ 2213 + 835 Mb

With his odd rhythmic spacing, discordant resolves and his circular yet angular compositional style, Thelonious Monk remains one of the most singular figures in all of jazz, and virtually every one of his recordings is as enigmatic as the pianist himself was. This set combines his five albums for Columbia Records, 1962's Criss Cross and Monk's Dream, 1964's Solo Monk, 1966's Straight, No Chaser, and 1967's Underground, in a single package, and anyone thinking Monk wasn't as vital during those years really needs to hear this stuff. It's classic Monk, and this collection is a great way to get it in a single swoop.

Thelonious Monk - Round Midnight Singles 1947-1952 (2020)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Sept. 7, 2020
Thelonious Monk - Round Midnight Singles 1947-1952 (2020)

Thelonious Monk - Round Midnight Singles 1947-1952 (2020)
FLAC tracks | 1:16:15 | 382 Mb
Genre: Jazz / Label: RevOla

Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser", "Ruby, My Dear", "In Walked Bud", and "Well, You Needn't". Monk is the second-most-recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington.
Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan - Mulligan Meets Monk (1957) [Reissue 2004] SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan - Mulligan Meets Monk (1957) [Reissue 2004]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 59:12 minutes | Front/Rear Covers+ | 984 MB
or DSD64 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers + | 1,57 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear Covers+ | 1,24 GB

Mulligan Meets Monk is a studio album by American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk and baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, originally released on Riverside Records in 1957. It was remastered for CD in 1987 (and reissued on SACD in 2004) with three additional alternative takes from the original session.

Thelonious Monk - Jazz Profile [Recorded 1947-1952] (1998)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Aug. 2, 2018
Thelonious Monk - Jazz Profile [Recorded 1947-1952] (1998)

Thelonious Monk - Jazz Profile [Recorded 1947-1952] (1998)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 149 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 122 MB | Covers (5 MB) included
Genre: Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note (7243 8 23518 2 5)

Thelonious Sphere Monk brought a unique rhythmic and compositional sensibility to jazz, bridging the bop revolution of the late '40s and the free jazz experiments of Albert Ayler and others in the '60s. Where Ellington was absorbing the influence of classical music, Monk seemed to be fonder of dissonant 20th century European composers.This excellent, chronologically sequenced 15-track compilation of Monk's late-'40s and -'50s work for Blue Note Records focuses on Monk's small group settings, where he's most often in the company of legendary bop drummer Art Blakey and bassist Gene Ramsey. The collection's highlights include two tracks from a legendary date at the Five Spot Cafe with John Coltrane as part of Monk's quartet, "Crepuscule With Nellie" and Monk's signature piece, "Epistrophy." These performances, like this entire collection, are essential.

Thelonious Monk - Greatest Hits (1969) [Reissue 1991]  Music

Posted by gribovar at March 4, 2023
Thelonious Monk - Greatest Hits (1969) [Reissue 1991]

Thelonious Monk - Greatest Hits (1969) [Reissue 1991]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 277 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 108 MB | Covers - 20 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Post-Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Columbia (469389 2)

Although Greatest Hits samplers of jazz artists, particularly hard bop musicians, usually don't work particularly well, Columbia's attempt at compiling a Thelonious Monk Greatest Hits album actually succeeds in offering a good sampling of his some of his most familiar material. The collection contains many of his best-known songs, including "Well You Needn't," "Misterioso," "Round Midnight," "Ruby, My Dear," "Blue Monk," and "Straight, No Chaser." While this doesn't find Monk at his most adventurous, it does include some of his most accessible performances, and that makes it a good entry point for the curious.
Thelonious Monk - Live at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival (2007)

Thelonious Monk - Live at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival (2007)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 244 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 139 MB | Covers - 8 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Monterey Jazz Festival Records (MJFR-30312)

Thelonious Monk played at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1963 and created a buzz so strong he was invited back the following year. His one-hour set from 1964 is available here, featuring his quartet through the first forty minutes. Tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse and drummer Ben Riley are joined by Steve Swallow on upright acoustic bass loaned from the Art Farmer group, whom he performed with at the event. Having studied Monk's music and played it with Steve Lacy, Swallow was ready to jump into the fray for his first-ever performance with Monk, having not even spoken with the pianist up to show time. He sounds very comfortable, swinging effortlessly, playing mostly quarter notes throughout the concert, but rarely straying off the path…

Thelonious Monk - Paris 1969 (2013)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 20, 2023
Thelonious Monk - Paris 1969 (2013)

Thelonious Monk - Paris 1969 (2013)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 296 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 145 MB | Covers - 20 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note (B001882000)

Thelonious Monk was having a rough time of it during the latter 1960s. Experiencing health and some economic problems, he was also in dispute with Columbia Records, whose marketing department was trying to re-create him in the image of a rock star (see the cover of Underground). On top of this, he had lost his core rhythm section, bassist Larry Gales and drummer Ben Riley. For his eighth European tour, the pianist hired young, unknown players as accompanists for himself and saxophonist Charlie Rouse: Berklee music school student Nate "Lloyd" Hygelund on bass and 17-year-old drummer Paris Wright - son of bassist Herman Wright. This date was recorded on the last night of the tour at the 3,800 seat Salle Pleyel (the same theater in which a far lesser-known Monk, playing with a local rhythm section, had bombed badly in 1954), and was filmed for French television broadcast…
Thelonious Monk & Gerry Mulligan - Mulligan Meets Monk (1957) [Japanese Edition 1997, XRCD]

Thelonious Monk & Gerry Mulligan - Mulligan Meets Monk (1957) [Japanese Edition 1997, XRCD]
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 306 MB | Covers - 78 MB
Genre: Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: JVC (JVCXR-0032)

Mulligan Meets Monk documents the 1957 meeting of two sharp musical minds. Though the pairing may seem unlikely, baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan - whose cool, West Coast style blends dexterity with laid-back grace - and Thelonious Monk - whose radical, angular piano playing and thoroughly modern compositions are blueprints for the possibilities of bop - sound remarkable together. In fact, it is the contrast between the players' styles that lends this set its balance and appeal. The program, which includes four compositions by Monk and one by Mulligan, is unassailable. Mulligan acquits himself admirably on the Monk classics "'Round Midnight," "Rhythm-a-ning," and "Straight, No Chaser," unfurling his smooth tone over their zigzagging melodies and ambitious scalar architecture…