Gerry Mulligan & Thelonious Monk
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Gerry Mulligan & Thelonious Monk
Mulligan Meets Monk
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RELEASE DATE: 12 Aug 1957
OJCCD-301-2
GENRE: JAZZ
Three decades ago, when Riverside paired Thelonious Monk and Gerry Mulligan on this album, it seemed a daring move. These two appeared to represent opposite ends of the jazz spectrum, separated by geography (East Coast and West) as much as by style (bop vs. cool). Actually, it was a rather safe project: producer Orrin Keepnews had learned that the two men were friends; even more importantly, it is now clear that both were the kind of revolutionaries who had substantial (and not dissimilar) re… MORE
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Orrin Keepnews' commentary (from his new liner notes): "This, you might say, is an album of undiluted Monk." MORE
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