{"product_id":"thelonious-monk-underground-vinyl","title":"Thelonious Monk - Underground  (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eUNDERGROUND was the first Monk album in a decade to present new compositions by the artist. It is also the last album recorded with his classic quartet, featuring tenorist Charlie Rouse and the Ben Riley\/Larry Gales rhythm section. Famous for its fun cover art (Monk is depicted in a French Resistance hideout at the piano with a machine gun slung over his shoulder, as a grumpy Nazi general looks on from the background), UNDERGROUND is truly one of Monk's finest offerings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis singular weave of angularity, swing, sweetness and simplicity appears everywhere. \"Ugly Beauty,\" one of the new tunes, is a waltzing ballad. From the soft, lilting head to Rouse's blowing, there's as much lemon in the honey as the title suggests. \"Raise Four\" is a spacious blues, with Monk forming lean, expressive lines from its already-spare melody. This and \"In Walked Bud\" are prime examples of Monk's repetition of a line through the chord changes as a way of parading its various harmonic faces. The latter track is made quite evocative with the impromptu addition of singer Jon Hendricks' lyrics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePersonnel: Thelonious Monk (piano); Jon Hendricks (vocals); Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone); Larry Gales (bass); Ben Riley (drums).\u003cbr\u003eRecorded at Columbia Studios, New York, New York on December 14 \u0026amp; 21, 1967 and February 14 \u0026amp; December 14, 1968. Includes liner notes by Peter Keepnews. This is part of the Columbia Jazz Masterpieces series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemember, for our lowest prices, always order directly from \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(184, 49, 47);\"\u003e Joco Records\u003c\/span\u003e!\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack Listing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1 Thelonious\u003cbr\u003eA2 Ugly Beauty\u003cbr\u003eA3 Raise Four\u003cbr\u003eA4 Boo Boo's Birthday\u003cbr\u003eB1 Easy Street\u003cbr\u003eB2 Green Chimneys\u003cbr\u003eB3 In Walked Bud\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joco Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48097613480195,"sku":"9JA146-URGS-00","price":33.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/phishstonesproducts.myshopify.com\/products\/thelonious-monk-underground-vinyl","provider":"PhishStones Products","version":"1.0","type":"link"}