| Reed, Eric / Baddest Monk, The |
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| Album: | Baddest Monk, The | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Reed, Eric | Added: | Aug 2012 | |
| Label: | Savant Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-08-12 | Pull Date: | 2012-10-14 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Oct 14 | Oct 7 | Sep 30 | Sep 23 | Sep 2 | Aug 26 | Aug 19 |
| Airplays: | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 20, 2016: | No Cover, No Minimum Epistrophy | 4. | Oct 12, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum Green Chimneys | |
| 2. | Sep 26, 2014: | Rebop Epistrophy | 5. | Oct 11, 2012: | Love Den 'round Midnight, 'round Midnight | |
| 3. | Apr 19, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum: Track 6 Evidence | 6. | Oct 09, 2012: | Rebop The Baddest Monk |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2012-08-11 | ||
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ERIC REED: The Baddest Monk Savant, 2012 MAINSTREAM JAZZ – Friendly, appealing covers of Thelonious Monk tunes from the ever-tasteful Reed, leading a really sharp quintet. It’s always tricky handling Monk’s work without either doing a lame imitation or making the music sound forced, but Reed does a good job of focusing on the rhythmic essence and thus retains his own high-class sound while staying true to the earthy, oddball material. It’s a winner! All good! Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 1. 5:08 – slick, funky snap: piano solo really gets into the groove 2. 7:13 – midtempo glide: intro is quite Monkish; very slippery round of solos 3. 6:19 – hot drive: simple, snappy tune built on sneaky pitter-patter rhythm 4. 4:07 – midtempo, somewhat breezy ballad: very elegant piano, nice drums 5. 8:22 – nice! deliciously soulful Jose James vocal, just him & Reed’s piano 6. 9:12 – solid walking rhythm, playful piano goes all over the place 7. 5:59 – bluesy original tune drops in familiar Monkisms, bass & sax solo 8. 3:29 – uptempo, perky strut: odd meter gives it sort of a second-line feel 9. 3:46 – solo piano: a nice original after-hours blues, oh yeah. [ Fo ] - 11 August 2012 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Rhythm-A-Ning | 5. | 'round Midnight | |||
| 2. | Epistrophy | 6. | Evidence | |||
| 3. | Green Chimneys | 7. | Monk Beurre Rouge | |||
| 4. | Monk's Mood | 8. | Bright Mississippi | |||
| 9. | The Baddest Monk | |||||