Aldcroft, Ken & Dave Clark / Hat & Beard: The Music Of Thelonious Monk
Album: Hat & Beard: The Music Of Thelonious Monk   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Aldcroft, Ken & Dave Clark   Added:Apr 2012
Label:Trio Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2012-04-21 Pull Date: 2012-06-24 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Jun 10 May 27 May 20 May 13 Apr 29
Airplays: 1 1 2 3 3

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 11, 2018: No Cover, No Minimum
Green Chimneys
4. May 22, 2012: Rebop
Bye Ya
2. Nov 09, 2017: No Cover, No Minimum
52nd Street Theme
5. May 15, 2012: Rebop
Bye Ya
3. Jun 05, 2012: Rebop
Bye Ya
6. May 14, 2012: No Longer at Ease
52nd Street Theme

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2012-04-20
KEN ALDCROFT & DAVE CLARK: Hat & Beard
Trio, 2011

AVANT-MODERN JAZZ – Eight Thelonious Monk tunes get a very quirky duo treatment: just guitar and drums! The playing is really loose and fun, with Clark grunt-scatting along with his thumping rhythms as Aldcroft jerks and noodles around the edges of Monk’s catchy/bizarro melodies. You can also hear them making decisions and prompting each other as they play (this sounds a lot like a Wednesday Night Live recording, actually). They’re having a great time and so will you. Play!

All tracks cool. Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7

1. 5:38 – light, playful guitar trips over big rolling bass-drum groove
2. 6:12 – starts quiet & delicate, guitar flirts with atonality, drums come in later
3. 5:41 – tap-dance rhythm, happy tune gets frantic in the middle
4. 6:58 – soft, scattered intro/ending; an easy stroll turns vigorous, then wacky
5. 4:30 – upbeat spiky groove: gets big and splashy, nearly runs off the rails
6. 3:56 – easygoing strut: a straightforward start but soon turns truly weird
7. 6:39 – medium tempo chugs along, moments of surf-rock and dissonance
8. 4:03 – silly studio chatter into pounding broken riffs, more chatter at end

[ Fo ] - April 2012

Track Listing
1. 52nd Street Theme   5. I Mean You
2. Locomotive   6. We See
3. Green Chimneys   7. Bye Ya
4. Nutty   8. Little Rootie Tootie