Rank the Artists Discographies You Can't Live Without

[Kevin Davis]

Serious lack of female vocalists here, ya jerks.

I only count one on your list. Have you perhaps mistaken all long-haired male singers for females?

[LoathedVermin72]

Oh shit, I forgot about Kitty! I'd go crazy without Kitty.

[Higgs]

Just today I listened again to 'Live with Coletrane at Carnegie Hall', and for sure that is up there. I also quite love Brilliant Corners and Monk's Music.

Interestingly though, if you were to have asked what was the Monk album that I most often go to as a default option it would be "Thelonious Monk - Complete Originals Vol 5" curated by one Kevin Davis.

You can't really go wrong with Monk though, can you?

Hey, that makes my day! And no, you really can't, which is one of the things I love about him -- his career doesn't have the same forward creative arc as Miles or Coltrane, but it's dependable and consistent from the first note to the last, which puts the focus squarely on the songs and the performances.

Overall "Solo Monk" has gotta be my favorite -- an intimate take on a few tested Monk classics, some ad-libbed, off-the-cuff new originals, and a slew of crookedly skewered pop standards.

I'd never heard this as a whole separate album but am listenning now. How glorious!

Thanks yet again, KD.

[Kevin Davis]

Glad you like it! That opening of stride of "Dinah" is such a delight -- sets the perfect mood. His earlier solo album for Riverside ("Thelonious Himself") is well worth your time too, though I like it a little less than "Solo Monk" (the absence of upbeat tunes knocks it down a notch, comparatively speaking).

[doug rr]

i was spinning this earlier today..a mid 60s columbia record club

[joostone]

01- Pearl Jam
02- REM
03- Led Zeppelin
04- The Beatles
05- QOTSA
06- Soundgarden
07- Neil Young
08- Modest Mouse
09- St Vincent
10- My Morning Jacket
11- Nick Drake
12- The Who