{"product_id":"thelonious-monk-underground-orange-holland-import","title":"Thelonious Monk - Underground [Orange Holland Import]","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnderground is Thelonious Monk at his most mischievous, and this limited Holland import presses the 1968 classic on 180 gram orange vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded for Columbia with producer Teo Macero, it captures Monk's long-running quartet with Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, Larry Gales on bass and Ben Riley on drums. That famous cover tells you the mood, with Monk cast as a wartime Resistance fighter in a cluttered hideout, and the music inside has the same sly wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe writing has the ease of a composer with nothing left to prove. \"Ugly Beauty\" is a rare waltz from Monk's pen, tender and slightly off-kilter in all the right ways. \"Boo Boo's Birthday\" is a bouncing dedication to his daughter, and \"Green Chimneys\" swings with gleeful, angular confidence. The set closes with \"In Walked Bud,\" where a guest vocal from Jon Hendricks adds a playful, scat-driven twist to one of Monk's best-loved themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRouse is the perfect foil throughout, his tenor tracing Monk's crooked lines as if he had been born knowing them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs one of the last studio statements from this celebrated quartet, it makes a warm and witty farewell from one of jazz's great originals, and the bright orange wax suits its playful spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67761823777058,"sku":"8719262041394","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/2080\/8994\/files\/Thelonious_Monk-Underground_Orange_Holland_Import.jpg?v=1794309745","url":"https:\/\/soulfulvinyl.com\/products\/thelonious-monk-underground-orange-holland-import","provider":"Soulful Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}