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In “Paris 1969,” a live CD, pianist Thelonious Monk is the lion in winter. His health is declining and all that remains of his longtime band is saxophonist Charlie Rouse, who looks a bit detached from the proceedings. Backing Monk are unknowns: the vigorously mustachioed Berklee student bassist Lloyd Hygelund and drummer Paris Wright, who excitedly swings along at the age of 17.
Still, this is Thelonious Monk, a one-of-a-kind artist whose influence casts one of the largest shadows across jazz piano and composition. Though a long way from prime Monk, he still cascades through a melancholy “Ruby My Dear” like nobody else, his hands punching and feathering through a lovely solo, and caroms beautifully through unaccompanied runs at “Don’t Blame Me” and “Crepuscule With Nellie.”
In the unquestionable highlight, a gaunt Philly Joe Jones sits in and puts on a clinic in a 10-minute “Nutty” that gives the set a welcome jolt. A second collaboration, “Blue Monk,” exists only as a minute-long tease, an unfortunate editing casualty of the show, which aired on French TV. At just over an hour, “Paris 1969” may not show Monk at his best, but it shows Monk in all his battered, unmatched brilliance.

Tracklisting:
01 – I Mean You
02 – Ruby My Dear
03 – Straight, No Chaser
04 – Bright Mississippi
05 – Light Blue
06 – Epistrophy
07 – Don’t Blame Me
08 – I Love You Sweetheart Of All My Dreams
09 – Crepuscule With Nellie
10 – Bright Mississippi (Reprise)
11 – Nutty
12 – Blue Monk

Extra Informatie:
Aantal Discs: 1xCD
Genre: Jazz
Format: MP3 @ 320kbit
Year of Release: 2013
Speelduur: 62 minuten
Cover: Front is in de RARs verwerkt