The Monk: Live at Bimhuis

The Monk: Live at Bimhuis is a live tribute album of Miho Hazama and Metropole Orkest Big Band playing Thelonious Monk which was released in February 2018.[1][4]

The Monk: Live at Bimhuis
Live album by
Miho Hazama and Metropole Orkest
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2018[1]
RecordedOctober 13, 2017[2]
VenueBimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands
GenreJazz
Label
Miho Hazama chronology
Time River
(2015)		 The Monk: Live at Bimhuis
(2018)		 Dancer in Nowhere
(2018)
Metropole Orkest chronology
MO x Caro Emerald By Grandmono
(2017)		 The Monk: Live at Bimhuis
(2018)		 Scripted Orkestra
(2018)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
DownBeat[3]

Background

2017 was the 100th anniversary year of Thelonious Monk's birth. Before the year, Miho hazama proposed to Metropole Orkest to hold concerts to play Thelonious Monk when she visited Metropole in September 2016, and recognized need for reasonable planning after the discussion with the producer. Under the condition of neither relationship with Monk's family nor involvement of American players, she proposed a tribute plan which includes orchestration of originally piano solo tracks and providing opportunity of make possible to compare among different arrangers, Bill Holman, Oliver Nelson and Miho. The plan was approved and concerts were held at four cities in Netherlands.[1] Although arrangements by other arrangers were played at the concerts, they are not included in this album.[5]

Regards to tribute jazz album, Metropole Orkest had experience of Better Get Hit In Your Soul: A Tribute To the Music of Charles Mingus which was recorded in 2009, and released in 2012.[6]

Track listing
All compositions by Thelonious Monk except as indicated. All arrangements by Miho Hazama.
  1. "Thelonious" * – 6:42
  2. "Ruby, My Dear" * – 8:36
  3. "Friday the 13th" * – 6:58
  4. "Hackensack" – 6:50
  5. "'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams and Thelonious Monk) – 7:53
  6. "Epistrophy" * (Kenny Clarke and Thelonious Monk) – 7:52
  7. "Crepuscule with Nellie" – 5:14
* Originally piano solo by Thelonious Monk.

Personnel
  • Miho Hazama – conductor
  • Jan Bastiani, Jan Oosting, Louk Boudesteijn – trombone
  • Martin van den Berg – bass Trombone
  • Martijn de Laat, Nico Schepers, Ray Bruinsma – trumpet
  • Rik Mol – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Leo Janssen, Marc Scholten, Max Boeree, Paul van der Feen, Sjoerd Dijkhuizen – saxophone, clarinet
  • Hans Vroomans – piano
  • Peter Tiehuis – guitar
  • Aram Kersbergen – bass
  • Marcel Serierse – drums

See also

References
  1. "・モンク：ライヴ・アット・ビムハウス [SHM-CD]" [The Monk: Live at Bimhuis [SHM-CD]] (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  2. "The Monk: Live at Bimhuis". Discogs. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  3. Potter, Jeff (November 2018). "Reviews Miho Hazama & Metropole Orkest Big Band The Monk: Live At Bimhuis". DownBeat. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  4. "Monk: Live at Bimhuis - Miho Hazama | User Reviews". AllMusic.
  5. Mitsutaka Nagira (2018-02-26). "Interview - 挾間美帆が語るセロニアス・モンクと『THE MONK : LIVE AT BIMHUIS』" [Interview - Miho Hazama talks about Thelonious Monk and The Monk: Live at Bimhuis] (in Japanese). note. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  6. "Better Get Hit In Your Soul: A Tribute To the Music of Charles Minguss". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
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