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Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners - Riverside RISA-226-6 (2004)
SACD rip via PS3 to iso (DST 0.67GB) | 24bit /88.2kHz 2ch MONO flac tracks (Gain @ +4.62 dB) DR 15 | scans | recorded 1956 | Hard Bop, Jazz
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This was pianist Thelonious Monk's breakthrough album after a decade as a recording artist, and it proved as challenging to both listeners and the all-stars who participated as anything in the pianist's discography. The convoluted title track and Monk's angular ballad ''Pannonica'' were particularly difficult to nail down and required multiple takes; yet the ultimate results were spectacular, and produced an immortal album that marked the beginning of Monk's dominance of the jazz scene. The stellar program makes space for the sounds of Monk on celeste and Max Roach on timpani, an astringent Monk solo on a Depression-era ballad, and some of the greatest Sonny Rollins tenor sax on record Clark Terry, Oscar Pettiford, Paul Chambers and Ernie Henry also shine.
Tracks/DR analysis:
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Analyzed: Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track (Gain @ +4.62 dB)
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DR16 -0.76 dB -19.70 dB 7:44 01 - Brilliant Corners
DR17 -0.01 dB -20.00 dB 13:16 02 - Ba-lu Bolivar Ba-lues-Are
DR14 -0.79 dB -19.02 dB 8:50 03 - Pannonica
DR16 -1.79 dB -21.19 dB 5:25 04 - I Surrender, Dear
DR12 -2.29 dB -17.57 dB 7:42 05 - Bemsha Swing
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Number of tracks: 5
Official DR value: DR15
Samplerate: 96 kHz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 4233 kbps
Codec: PCM
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Time: 43:10
Producer: Orrin Keepnews
SACD mastering Joe Tarantino
Musicians:
Thelonious Monk (piano, celeste);
Ernie Henry (alto saxophone);
Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone);
Clark Terry (trumpet);
Oscar Pettiford,
Paul Chambers (bass);
Max Roach (drums, tympani).
Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York in December 1956. Includes liner notes by Orrin Keepnews. Digitally remastered by Kirk Felton (1987, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). Digitally remastered using 20-bit K2 Super Coding System technology. This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular & Super Audio CD players. By the fall of 1956, Riverside was finally primed to unleash Thelonious Monk upon the jazz world--straight, no chaser. Two superb piano trio albums of covers had set the stage for Monk the composer to re-emerge with horns, & the pianist responded with BRILLIANT CORNERS, one of his greatest recordings, featuring 3 classic new tunes & 2 formidable studio bands.The Sonny Rollins featured on BRILLIANT CORNERS is a far more imposing presence than the young acolyte of previous Monk sessions--just witness the title tune. With its multiple themes, quirky intervallic leaps, idiomatic rhythmic changes & tricky transitions in tempo, it is one of Monk's masterpieces--a miniature symphony. So daunting were its technical challenges, that the final ending was edited on from another take. Rollins begins his solo with swaggering composure, boldly paraphrasing Monk's vinegary intervals & trademark trills, before navigating the swift rapids of the double-time chorus with deft syncopations. Monk plies dissonance upon dissonance in his 1st chorus, playing rhythmic tag with Max Roach on the out chorus. Ernie Henry's slip-sliding bluesiness is followed by a brilliant rhythmic edifice from Roach, who maintains melodic coherence at a drowsy tempo, then explodes into the final chorus. Elsewhere, "Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are" is a soulful, easygoing blues, Monk's solo is a compendium of pithy rhythmic devices, bent notes & calculated melodic abstractions, played with enormous relaxation & swing. He concludes with heckling big-band figures that form the basis for Rollins' expressive rhythmic testimonies. Monk employs the bell-like timbre of a celeste to stunning effect on "Pannonica," one of his loveliest melodies & improvisations. In closing, "Bemsha Swing" is a hard-swinging, conversational performance, with fine contributions from trumpeter Clark Terry, bassist Paul Chambers & Roach on drums & timpani.
Checksum for iso:
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Checksums for flac tracks:
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a20d84e4433054fded54af7169fe91d8 *04 - I Surrender, Dear.flac
e1d95bc8c16db0f6ba72e23f5e1def36 *05 - Bemsha Swing.flac
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