Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet: Memories of T
CML call number: CD JAZZ Riley
Contents: Let's call this (5:29) -- Rhythm-a-ning (7:42) -- Gallop's gallop (6:17) -- Nutty (5:50) -- Brake's sake (6:18) -- Pannonica (6:30) -- Straight, no chaser (6:21) -- Bemsha swing (6:28) -- Shuffle boil (5:59) -- Green chimneys (5:40) -- Epistrophy (1:06).
Nate Chinen wrote in the New York Times: "[P]ianist and composer Thelonious Monk … who died in 1982 but withdrew from the public years earlier, has hardly slipped into oblivion. His piquant harmonic language and craggy instrumental style are enduring features of the jazz landscape, and show no signs of fading. … [T]he drummer Ben Riley … a Monk alumnus … with his Monk Legacy Septet … released a refreshing album called 'Memories of T' last year. The group consists of trumpet, three saxophones, guitar, bass and drums; the omission of a pianist is purposeful. Don Sickler, the trumpeter, also serves as an arranger and musical director, and at times his horn arrangements reach beyond the surface details of melody, toward the chiming piano interjections that Monk would often work into the songs" ("Music in Review: Monk Tribute," 4/14/07).
Contents: Let's call this (5:29) -- Rhythm-a-ning (7:42) -- Gallop's gallop (6:17) -- Nutty (5:50) -- Brake's sake (6:18) -- Pannonica (6:30) -- Straight, no chaser (6:21) -- Bemsha swing (6:28) -- Shuffle boil (5:59) -- Green chimneys (5:40) -- Epistrophy (1:06).
Nate Chinen wrote in the New York Times: "[P]ianist and composer Thelonious Monk … who died in 1982 but withdrew from the public years earlier, has hardly slipped into oblivion. His piquant harmonic language and craggy instrumental style are enduring features of the jazz landscape, and show no signs of fading. … [T]he drummer Ben Riley … a Monk alumnus … with his Monk Legacy Septet … released a refreshing album called 'Memories of T' last year. The group consists of trumpet, three saxophones, guitar, bass and drums; the omission of a pianist is purposeful. Don Sickler, the trumpeter, also serves as an arranger and musical director, and at times his horn arrangements reach beyond the surface details of melody, toward the chiming piano interjections that Monk would often work into the songs" ("Music in Review: Monk Tribute," 4/14/07).
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