ItвЂ™s also the first of multiple releases to come in the next five years from Impulse Records, in conjunction with the Monk estateвЂ™s Rhythm-A-Ning Entertainment, led by T.S. In 2018, a 1963 concert recorded in Copenhagen was released as an album called MГёnk. In 2017, we got to hear his 1959 soundtrack for Les Liaisons Dangereuses. The recording is one of several archival Monk releases to finally see the light of day in recent years. The album, simply titled Palo Alto, marks the jazz legends posthumous debut on the label. Included on the album is the lyrical love song Ruby, My Dear a spirited, 13-minute ride of Well, You NeednвЂ™t a solo piano reading of DonвЂ™t Blame MeВ by Jimmy McHugh an вЂњepic danceвЂќ through Blue Monk and a playful take of Epistrophy.ДЄfter booking that performance as a teenager, Scher went on to become a well-known concert promoter in the Bay Area.В The recording sat in the attic of ScherвЂ™s family home for years until he got in touch with T.S. A previously unheard concert by pianist Thelonious Monk and an all-star quartet recorded in a high school auditorium in Palo Alto, California, in 1968 will see the light of day on July 31, courtesy of a forthcoming release by Impulse Records. The 47-minute album features MonkвЂ™s steady touring band of tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse, bassist Larry Gales, and drummer Ben Riley. When I first heard the tape, from the first measure, I knew my father was feeling really good.вЂќ вЂњI wasnвЂ™t even aware of my dad playing a high school gig, but he and the band were on it. This one has already created quite a buzz with the original release date pushed back. Modern jazzвЂ™s most revered and recorded composer died in 1982 at the age of 67, but a new live album titled Palo Alto was set to be released at the end of July by Universal Music as a reminder of his prowess as a pianist and bandleader. Several more unissued releases will hit before year-end but now we bring you the Thelonious Monk QuartetвЂ™s Palo Alto, an unheard performance from 1968 at a high school in that city of the same name. Monk, founder of the Thelonious Monk Institute, said in a statement. Concert promoter Danny Scher at his home in Kensington.

вЂњThat performance is the one of the best live recordings IвЂ™ve ever heard by Thelonious,вЂќ MonkвЂ™s son T.S. 27, 1968, and the schoolвЂ™s custodian recorded it.

Monk, who was then at the pinnacle of his musical career in a year of heightened racial tensions and political volatility, accepted the invitation. The surprise performance came about after 16-year-old studentВ Danny Scher invited the iconic pianist and composer to perform at his high school in Palo Alto, Calif. An unheard recording of jazz legend Thelonious Monk performing at a high school in 1968В is set to be released by Impulse Records.

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