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 |
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| Week Ending: | Jun 10 | May 27 | May 20 | May 13 | Apr 29 |
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| 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 |
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| 2. | Nov 09, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum
52nd Street Theme |
5. | May 15, 2012: | Rebop
Bye Ya |
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| 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
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
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 |