Blakey, Art & The Giants Of Jazz / Live At The 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival
| Album: | Live At The 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Blakey, Art & The Giants Of Jazz | Added: | Oct 2008 | |
| Label: | Mjf Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2008-12-07 | Pull Date: | 2009-02-08 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Feb 8 | Feb 1 | Jan 25 | Jan 18 | Jan 11 | Jan 4 | Dec 28 | Dec 21 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
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| 2. | Nov 11, 2023: | Music Casserole
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| 3. | Dec 23, 2014: | Jump, Jive, and Jazz
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6. | Jan 25, 2011: | Rebop
'round Midnight |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2008-12-07
Reviewed 2008-12-07
ART BLAKEY/GIANTS OF JAZZ: Live at the 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival
BEBOP – The Giants of Jazz were an all-star touring band that played festivals from 1971-72. Dizzy Gillespie was star soloist, but he couldn’t make this gig. So two swinging trumpeters (Roy Eldridge and Clark Terry) took his place. It isn’t the band’s best night, and the recording is rough, but it’s lots of fun and features one of Thelonious Monk’s last good performances (he made only a handful of appearances after 1972).
Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 7, 8
1. 2:45 – long spoken intro…
2. 13:56 – hot bebop jam: horns blow merrily, Blakey bashes, Monk wanders
3. 5:15 – piano out front on Monk’s moody ballad; nice sax too (Sonny Stitt)
4. 15:20 – bouncy jam: starts out rough, but the lengthy solos are quite fine
5. 3:42 – ballad: punchy trumpet & sympathetic backing
6. 3:03 – ballad: sinuous trombone, sweet piano & bass
7. 2:51 – ballad: sexy sax has a lot to say
8. 2:41 – ballad: oh my… excellent trumpet, rich piano, just works beautifully
9. 9:52 – fast bebop: drums almost overwhelm it, strong solos restore balance
[ Fo ] 7-Dec-08
BEBOP – The Giants of Jazz were an all-star touring band that played festivals from 1971-72. Dizzy Gillespie was star soloist, but he couldn’t make this gig. So two swinging trumpeters (Roy Eldridge and Clark Terry) took his place. It isn’t the band’s best night, and the recording is rough, but it’s lots of fun and features one of Thelonious Monk’s last good performances (he made only a handful of appearances after 1972).
Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 7, 8
1. 2:45 – long spoken intro…
2. 13:56 – hot bebop jam: horns blow merrily, Blakey bashes, Monk wanders
3. 5:15 – piano out front on Monk’s moody ballad; nice sax too (Sonny Stitt)
4. 15:20 – bouncy jam: starts out rough, but the lengthy solos are quite fine
5. 3:42 – ballad: punchy trumpet & sympathetic backing
6. 3:03 – ballad: sinuous trombone, sweet piano & bass
7. 2:51 – ballad: sexy sax has a lot to say
8. 2:41 – ballad: oh my… excellent trumpet, rich piano, just works beautifully
9. 9:52 – fast bebop: drums almost overwhelm it, strong solos restore balance
[ Fo ] 7-Dec-08
Track Listing
| 1. | Introduction By Jimmy Lyons | 5. | Stardust | |||
| 2. | Blue 'n' Boogie | 6. | Lover Man | |||
| 3. | 'round Midnight | 7. | I Can't Get Started With You | |||
| 4. | Perdido | 8. | The Man I Love | |||
| 9. | A Night In Tunisia | |||||