Thelonious Monk : Gothenburg, 1966 (Print) Print:Framed - White

Thelonious Monk : Gothenburg, 1966 (Print) Print:Framed - WhiteThelonious Monk : Gothenburg, 1966 Limited Edition Print By 1966 Monk was very much a statesman of Jazz on the cover of Time, signed to Columbia, and at the peak of his live powers. Albums such as It's Monk's Time (1964) and Solo Monk (1966) were his biggest sellers, and he had toured Europe extensively. This was also the last period to catch Monk as a truly inspired live performer; by the 1970s he rarely performed. Peckham Soul Prints Designed by

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Naked and Warm is laid back and smooth

It is the first time that the duo has worked with such a large group of musicians

but all this promise would be unfulfilled as the rapper went on to drug addiction

The sound is mournful but the sisters' teen sensibilities are bright and defiant on standouts like 'Hard Believer'

It was part of the short-lived Impulse folk music division

along with Noel Redding (under the pseudonym 'Clit McTorius')

and 'Round About Midnight'

a brilliant and ambitiously multi-layered album for Blue Note

what is perhaps most remarkable is that it was recorded in Europe

'Time Is on My Side'

Founded in 1939 by German émigré Alfred Lion