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Episode #2526

Mingus and Monk

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Explore the music Charles Mingus and Thelonious Monk, New Sounds-style. From Cuban percussionist Anga to the Massachusetts big band Either/Orchestra, from ex-Police guitarist Andy Summers to avant-garde composer George Crumb, the echoes of Monk and Mingus can be heard in a wide variety of new settings. We'll sample a few of the more unusual renditions of their classic tunes for this New Sounds program.

PROGRAM # 2526, “Reinventing Monk & Mingus” (First aired on 3/23/06)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Thelonious Monk

Genius of Modern music, Vol. 2

Straight No Chaser [1:00]

Blue Note #81511 ** www.bluenote.com*

Roman Nowka’s Hot 3

Do Da Monk

In Walked Bud [5:00]

AltriSuoni #149 www.altrisuoni.com

Gianluca Petrella

Indigo 4

Trinkle, Tinkle [4:00]

Blue Note #47665**
www.bluenote.com*

Andy Summers

New Sounds Live, New York Guitar Festival Marathon, 1/20/02, 92nd street Y

Opus 3 [5:00]

This performance not commercially available, but the track appears on “Peggy’s Blue Skylight,” BMG International # 63679, available at Amazon.com*

Elvis Costello & The Metropole Orkest

My Flame Burns Blue

Hora Decubitus [5:30]

Deutsche Grammophon # 477 5961, available at Amazon.com*, www.iclassics.com or download from i-Tunes

Either/Orchestra

Radium

Moanin [8:00]

Accurate #3232 www.accuraterecords.com*

Mahavishnu John McLaughlin

My Goals Beyond

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat [3:30]

Rykodisc #10051 www.rykodisc.com

Paul Motian Band

Garden of Eden

Goodbye Pork-Pie Hat [5:00]

ECM #1917 www.ecmrecords.com*

Anga

Echu Mingua

Round Midnight [2:00]

Nonesuch/World Circuit #WC 071 ** www.nonesuch.com*

George Crumb

Complete Crumb Edition, Vol. 9

Eine Kleine mitternacht Musik – Blues In The Night [3:00]

Bridge #9170 www.bridgerecords.com*

Various artists

That’s The Way I Feel Now – A Tribute To Thelonious Monk

Sharon Freeman: Monk’s Mood [3:00]

A & M #SP – 6600. Out of print LP.

Comments [2]

hamid from tehran-iran

Mind Blowing Playlist!

Thanks John!

Cheers.
Hamid.
www.videopix.co.uk

May. 24 2007 05:05 PM
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J'Accuse from NYC

Please consider adding detailed playlists. I love the ones at WFMU, which track the program time to the music so you can easily see what you're listening to in the archived streams.

Example:

http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/22515

May. 22 2007 11:10 PM
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