Sam Records - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl - AAA 100% Analogue

Mastered by Kevin Gray -  Limited Edition  - Pressed at QRP 

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"This long-lost soundtrack to Roger Vadim’s film of the same title (spread out on two CDs, with alternate takes) isn’t the best Monk album from the period, but it’s not a mere novelty either. Monk’s piano work is drenched with playful energy, and the band—Charlie Rouse and Barney Wilen on tenor saxes, Sam Jones on bass, Art Taylor on drums—is in top form. * Bonus: The final track has Monk coaching Taylor through the drum part on 'Light Blue,' a fine illustration of the complexities of Monk’s music and how it comes out when the musicians get it down." — Fred Kaplan

Monk 5/5 lpreviews - Sam Records and they never fail to deliver amazing sound, packaging, and quality.  You simply cannot go wrong with any of these LPs!!

Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio     Plated and pressed at Quality Record Pressings!

LP includes double photo insert Mastered from the original master tapes..

A landmark discovery !
Never-before released Thelonious Monk 1959 studio recording.
Monk’s only film soundtrack, for Roger Vadim’s famed French film Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960.
Features Monk’s 1959 all-star working band of Charlie Rouse, Sam Jones & Art Taylor, plus special guest French Saxophonist Barney Wilen.
Recorded at Nola Penthouse Sound Studio, 111 W. 57th., New York, N.Y., July 27, 1959.
2017 celebrates the centennial of one of jazz’s greatest composers & pianists.
First official release with the full permission and cooperation of the Thelonious Monk Estate.

Musicians:
Thelonious Monk Quintet:
Charlie Rouse, tenor saxophone
Barney Wilen, tenor saxophone
Thelonious Monk, piano
Sam Jones, double bass
Art Taylor, drums