Jazz LP THELONIOUS MONK “Misterioso” RIVERSIDE mono DG ’58 shrink NICE

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Artist:   THELONIOUS MONK

Title:  “Misterioso”

Label:   RIVERSIDE - # RLP 12-279.  Monaural pressing on medium weight vinyl, with deep groove.  Label is “large” blue with silver text.

Year:  1958

Personnel:

Thelonious Monk – piano

Johnny Griffin – tenor sax

Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass

Roy Haynes – drums.

Condition:

DISC:  Vinyl is VG++ with only a few very superficial “surface” scuffs .  No serious marks or distractions.  Fidelity is superb.  Labels are clean.  A very fine playing copy.  

JACKET:  Jacket is NEAR MINT in original factory shrink wrap.  An absolute beauty to behold, with flawless front and back panels.  Excellent seams and corners except for small ding at the center of spine (not split).  No writing, stickers, or other issues.  A beautiful jacket worthy of display, and surely an upgrade for any collection.

Track Listing:

SIDE 1:

• Nutty
• Blues Five Spot
• Let’s Cool One

SIDE 2:

• In Walked Bud
• Just a Gigolo
• Misterioso

Review:

“This is the second long-player to be taken from the same August 1958 Five Spot recordings that had yielded the similarly brilliant Thelonious in Action.  The quartet heard on these sets includes Monk (piano), Johnny Griffin (tenor sax), Roy Haynes (drums), and Ahmed Abdul-Malik (bass).  Their overwhelming and instinctual capacities directly contribute to the powerful swingin' and cohesive sound they could continually reinvent.  

While these are Monk's tunes, arrangements, and band, it is Griffin who consistently liberates the performances.  During "Nutty," his flurry of activity -- which adeptly incorporates several lines from "Surrey With the Fringe on Top" -- has a maniacal swing that is highlighted by some definitive counterplay from both Haynes and Monk.  Additionally, the transition between Haynes and Monk is organic and seemingly psychic.  "Blues Five Spot" -- a 12-bar blues homage to their current residence -- features solos from each band member.  Griffin and Monk again display the seemingly innate ability to instantly recalculate chord structures as well as transmute melodies.  The show-stopping solo vamp from Griffin hurls the rhythm along while simultaneously dropping in quotes from other tunes -- such as the theme for the animated Popeye cinematic shorts.  Malik's brief solo, like his band interaction, is underrated yet precisely executed.  

The title track is given an exploratory performance. While Griffin aptly seizes the reins to blow his bop onslaught, Haynes' natural and subdued agility perfectly supports the extended tenor solo, creating some unique passages.  Ironically, the one Monk solo performance, "Just a Gigolo," is the only composition not by Monk.”

(review courtesy of Lindsay Planer, allmusic.com)

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