{"product_id":"thelonious-monk-les-liaisons-dangereuses-1960-vinyl-lp","title":"Thelonious Monk: Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the late 50s and early 60s, jazz was the soundtrack of the hip young world,\u003c\/i\u003e and all of the greats were being tapped to soundtrack the new wave of film: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Charles+Mingus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMingus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e scored \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Cassavetes\u003c\/strong\u003e’ \u003cem\u003eShadows\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Miles+Davis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMiles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e scored \u003cem\u003eAscenseur Pour L’Échafaud\u003c\/em\u003e. When universally-respected pianist \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Thelonious+Monk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThelonious Monk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e was approached by \u003cstrong\u003eRoger Vadim\u003c\/strong\u003e to score \u003cem\u003eLes Liaisons Dangereuses\u003c\/em\u003e in 1959, he didn’t have the luxury of time to compose original pieces for the film, so he pulled up some of his best-known songs to date. Two compositions are lifted from 1957’s \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Thelonious+Monk+Monk%27s+Music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMonk’s Music\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e: “Well, You Needn’t” and “Crepuscule With Nellie” (as in \u003cstrong\u003eNellie Monk\u003c\/strong\u003e, his wife), said to be Monk’s only through-composed, non-improvised composition. “Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are” and three renditions of “Pannonia” are borrowed from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?\u0026amp;q=Brilliant%20Corners\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Thelonious%20Monk%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrilliant Corners\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. Check out Monk’s cool, effortless bop on “Rhythm-A-Ning” (originally composed for Monk \u0026amp; \u003cstrong\u003eGerry Mulligan\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cem\u003eMulligan Meets Monk\u003c\/em\u003e). He's backed by a few familiar faces; \u003cstrong\u003eArt Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e on drums, \u003cstrong\u003eSam Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e on bass and Monk regular \u003cstrong\u003eCharlie Rouse\u003c\/strong\u003e on tenor sax. For this session, Monk recruited French saxophonist \u003cstrong\u003eBarney Wilen\u003c\/strong\u003e for a second tenor, and thank god he did, or else these recordings might not have ever seen the light of day: the tapes were thought to be lost forever until Wilen found them in his archives. This vinyl pressing includes a printed 4-page insert containing photos from the session and an essay by \u003cstrong\u003eRobin D.G. Kelly\u003c\/strong\u003e. Recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eincludes 4 page printed insert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: Sam Records 2017\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by nick nightingale 01\/2018\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Thelonious Monk","offers":[{"title":"VinyL LP","offer_id":986092765192,"sku":"fr-3741a","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/products\/theloniousmonk-lesdangerouses.jpg?v=1762274326","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/products\/thelonious-monk-les-liaisons-dangereuses-1960-vinyl-lp","provider":"turntablelab.sbs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}