Live at the It Club

Live at the It Club is a Thelonious Monk album released posthumously by Columbia Records. Recorded October 31 and November 1, 1964, at the "It" Club in Los Angeles, California, the album features Monk's quartet performing original compositions as well as jazz standards.

This article is about the album by Thelonious Monk. For the album by Gene Harris and the 3 Sounds, see Live at the 'It Club'.
Live at the It Club
Live album by
Thelonious Monk
Released1982, 1998
RecordedOctober 31 and November 1, 1964
GenreJazz
LabelColumbia
ProducerTeo Macero
Thelonious Monk chronology
Solo Monk
(1964)		 Live at the It Club
(1982)		 Live at the Jazz Workshop
(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

The album was first issued in 1982 as a double-LP entitled Live At The "It" Club. In 1998, Columbia/Legacy Records reissued the album as a double-CD set entitled Live At The It Club--Complete that includes virtually all of the band's performances from the two evenings.

History

In 1964 Monk assembled and began touring and recording with what would come to be regarded as his "most venerable" quartet. On October 31 and November 2 Monk recorded sessions for the album Solo Monk. The band performed on October 31 and November 1 at the It Club, and then again on November 3 and 4 at San Francisco's Jazz Workshop, performances that were later released as Live at the Jazz Workshop. Critic Bob Blumenthal called Live at the It Club "an incredible cache of vintage Monk" that serves as "a prime document of what [Monk's] band sounded like" during this productive period.[3]

Track listing

The quartet played three short sets on each of their two nights at the It Club. Tracks were omitted or edited for the 1982 release. The 1998 "complete" reissue includes the music as it was played, with a few exceptions. A take of "Sweet and Lovely" was omitted due to issues with recording quality, and "Straight, No Chaser", originally performed after "Bemsha Swing," was placed on the second disc.[3][4]

1982 Original LP
Side One
No.TitleLength
1."Blue Monk"7:30
2."Well, You Needn't"7:35
3."'Round Midnight"6:35
Side Two
No.TitleLength
4."Rhythm-A-Ning"6:55
5."Blues Five Spot"5:50
6."Bemsha Swing"5:30
Side Three
No.TitleLength
7."Straight, No Chaser"4:30
8."Nutty"7:35
9."Evidence"5:45
Side Four
No.TitleLength
10."Misterioso"8:20
11."Gallop's Gallop"5:15
12."Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are"6:25

1998 CD Reissue
Disc One
No.TitleLength
1."Blue Monk"11:19
2."Well, You Needn't"9:17
3."'Round Midnight"6:32
4."Rhythm-A-Ning"10:09
5."Blues Five Spot"10:13
6."Bemsha Swing"8:34
7."Evidence"8:37
8."Nutty"10:48
9."Epistrophy (Theme)"1:00
Disc Two
No.TitleLength
10."Straight, No Chaser"7:15
11."Teo"10:54
12."I'm Getting Sentimental Over You"12:28
13."Misterioso"8:22
14."Gallop’s Gallop"5:17
15."Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are"9:01
16."Bright Mississippi"9:47
17."Just You, Just Me"6:14
18."All The Things You Are"6:40
19."Epistrophy (Theme)"1:09

Personnel

References
  1. Dryden, Ken. "Live at the It Club - Thelonious Monk | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 145. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. Blumenthal, Bob (1998). Monk: Live at the It Club (CD booklet). Thelonious Monk. Columbia/Legacy. p. 6. C2K 65288.
  4. Thelonious Monk - Live at the It Club (master), Discogs.com, accessed January 21, 2018.


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