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Thelonious Monk ‎– The Unique Thelonious Monk (Riverside, 1959 mono pressing)

I could probably write an essay on this album alone, but I will give you guys the condensed version. This is the 2nd pressing which has a change in cover art. After a 2-year tenure with Prestige Records, Riverside bought Monks contract for less than $200 and the agreement that Monk would release 2 albums of standards in order to change the publics impression of him (he wasnt overly like at the time because of his unique style). This is the 2nd album and after its initial release, the head of Publishing decided to push sales by releasing sheets of fake stamps with Monks face on them as promotional items, and also changed the cover art of the album to reflect it. The campaign was great but a load of the stamps started getting used and caused havoc with the postal service.

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agutierrezb said:
The agutierrezb 2019 record collection challenge

So I've decided to embark on my own personal challenge, which consists of listening every record in my collection before the end of the year. My record collection is not that big -only ~250-, but I still feel like there are a bunch of records I don't give enough attention to, while still adding more titles to my shelves.

For this reason I've set a couple of rules in order to play every record at least once before December 31st: I'll play at least one record a day, going from front to back in the way I have them sorted in my shelf. I can play a different record (i.e. Not the next one in alphabetical order) if I feel like listening to something else in any given moment, but at least one of the records I spin in the day has to be the LP in turn.

I didn't take pictures for the first two days, but I'll try to document the process from here on, so I'll be posting daily on this thread. Wish me luck!
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#86: Duke Ellington - Meets Coleman Hawkins

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I haven't really delved into Duke, but this album shows me I'm missing a whole lot. It may be the fact that the band on this record is a bit smaller than his usual groups, or the very-different-yet-equally-great soloists, but this record clicked with me on the first spin. Any other entry point records y’all would suggest for someone who is used to small combos in Jazz?
 
agutierrezb said:
#86: Duke Ellington - Meets Coleman Hawkins

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I haven't really delved into Duke, but this album shows me I'm missing a whole lot. It may be the fact that the band on this record is a bit smaller than his usual groups, or the very-different-yet-equally-great soloists, but this record clicked with me on the first spin. Any other entry point records y’all would suggest for someone who is used to small combos in Jazz?
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Money Jungle with Mingus and Roach. It's a pretty divisive record amongst each of the musicians' fans but I think it's fantastic. There's lots of rumoured discord between them during the session and if true, I think it lends to the finished product which is chaotic and raucous at times. Good stuff though, worth your time.
 
agutierrezb said:
#86: Duke Ellington - Meets Coleman Hawkins

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I haven't really delved into Duke, but this album shows me I'm missing a whole lot. It may be the fact that the band on this record is a bit smaller than his usual groups, or the very-different-yet-equally-great soloists, but this record clicked with me on the first spin. Any other entry point records y’all would suggest for someone who is used to small combos in Jazz?
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Money Jungle is amazing as @Mr Moore mentioned, and also check out the Duke and Coltrane album if you haven’t (I know you’re a Coltrane fan).

I also really like Far East Suite, which is more big band stuff, but a really good take on the “Eastern sounds” trend of the time.
 
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