Thelonious Monk
In Person
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AMG Review of In Person
Scott Yanow
All Music GuidePrior to Fantasy reissuing all of Thelonious Monk's Riverside dates on the 15-CD box set The Complete Riverside Recordings, it repackaged most of his music on a series of attractive two-LP sets. The first half of In Person contains the pianist/composer's famous Town Hall concert of 1959 in which he performed his compositions as part of a ten-piece group also featuring trumpeter Donald Byrd, altoist Phil Woods, Charlie Rouse on tenor and baritonist Pepper Adams; Hall Overton's arrangement of Monk's recorded piano solo for the full band on "Little Rootie Tootie" is a highpoint. The second half of this two-fer finds Monk leading a strong sextet with trumpeter Joe Gordon and tenors Rouse and Harold Land live at the Blackhawk in 1960 for four of his originals and "I'm Getting Sentimental over You."
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