Live at the It Club

by Thelonious Monk

Live at the It Club cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1982
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:17:45
  • Community rating: 4.62/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded at a Los Angeles venue in 1964 but unreleased for decades, this set captures the pianist's classic quartet featuring Charlie Rouse delivering robust, highly rhythmic interpretations. The performances highlight Monk's famously angular playing style and the deep, swinging chemistry of his long-standing rhythm section.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, improvisation, instrumental, rhythmic, technical

Tracklist

  1. Blue Monk (7:30)
  2. Well You Needn't (7:35)
  3. 'Round Midnight (6:35)
  4. Rhythm-a-ning (6:55)
  5. Blues Five Spot (Five Spot Blues) (5:50)
  6. Bemsha Swing (5:30)
  7. Straight, No Chaser (4:30)
  8. Nutty (7:35)
  9. Evidence (5:45)
  10. Misterioso (8:20)
  11. Gallop's Gallop (5:15)
  12. Ba-Blue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (6:25)

Credits

  • Thelonious Monk - primary artist, piano [acoustic], written-by
  • Larry Gales - acoustic bass
  • Ken Robbins - artwork [color]
  • Teresa Alfieri - artwork [inside color]
  • Ben Riley - drums
  • Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone
  • Bernie Hanighen - written-by
  • Cootie Williams - written-by

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