Music On Vinyl is especially proud to announce that this recording has been specially re-mastered in the US for this vinyl edition from the original tapes.ġ.1 Thelonious 1.2 Ugly Beauty 1.3 Raise Four 1.4 Boo Boo's Birthday 1.5 Easy Street 1.6 Green Chimneys 1. One of the motifs running throughout Monks recording career is the revisitation of titles from his voluminous back catalog. Not to mention it's striking cover artwork, which depicts Monk as a French Resistance member in a particularly messy attic. Underground became Monks penultimate studio album, as well as the final release to feature the 60s quartet: Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), Ben Riley (drums), and Larry Gales (bass) behind Monk (piano). What makes Underground special is that unlike his other Columbia recordings, four out of the seven songs were newly composed and recorded. Personnel: Thelonious Monk (piano) Jon Hendricks (vocals) Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone) Larry Gales.
It's the last recording with the Thelonious Monk Quartet (Larry Gales on bass, Charlie Rouse on tenor sax, and Ben Riley on drums) and one of the last album he made for Columbia. Thelonious Monk Underground Bonus Tracks CD.
Monk, considered one of the greatest Jazz pianists of all time, recorded Underground in '67-'68. source: 6/1/59 5 By Monk By 5 / Thelonious Monk (Riverside RLP 1150) P l a y e d T w i c e THELONIOUS MONK source: 2/14/68 Underground / Thelonious Monk. This recording has been specially re-mastered in the US for this vinyl edition from the original tapes.