LPH 287 - New Forms of "Ugly Beauty" by Thelonious Monk (1988-2018)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2019; #287]


14 versions of "Ugly Beauty" by Thelonious Monk.


tracklist:

(1988) Steve Lacy Quartet
(1988) Paul Motian, Joe Lovano, Bill Frisell
(1995) Georg Gräwe, Marcio Mattos, Michael Vatcher
(2001) Bertram Turetzky + Mike Wofford
(2001) Dave Liebman, Jean-Paul Celea, Wolfgang Reisinger
(2003) mi3 (Karayorgis, McBride, Newton)
(2004) Alexander von Schlippenbach + Die Enttäuschung
(2008) John Tchicai Quartet
(2008) Rashied Ali, Hayes Greenfield, Don Pate
(2011) J. K. Gregory Sextet
(2014) Irène Schweizer + Jürg Wickihalder
(2014) Anders Banke + Mark Solborg
(2015) NRBQ + Terry Adams
(2018) Joey Baron, Bram de Looze, Robin Verheyen

total time: 77'59


Formed by Lucky.
Cover painting "Skrik" ("The Scream") by Edvard Munch, 1893; from Wikipedia.
Dedicated to Charles Willeford, whose book "New Forms of Ugly - The Immobilized Hero in Modern Fiction" (Dennis McMillan Publications, 1987) inspired the concept and cover.