Thelonious Monk Live at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island - 1959 (audio only)

Thelonious Monk Live at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 3rd,1959. -Setlist: 01. Introduction 02. In Walked Bud 03. Blue Monk 04. Crepuscule with Nellie 05. Well You Needn’t 06. Rhythm-a-ning -Lineup: Thelonious Monk - piano Charlie Rouse - tenor sax Sam Jones - bass Arthur Taylor - drums For Monk’s July 3rd set at the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival, the enigmatic pianist-composer was accompanied by his longtime tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse and the rarely recorded rhythm tandem of bassist Sam Jones and drummer Art Taylor. Together they swung sympathetically and brilliantly on Monk staples like “In Walked Bud“ and “Well You Needn’t“ along with a rousing “Rhythm-a-ning,“ while also displaying uncommon sensitivity on the evocative ballad “Crepuscule with Nellie.“ This stellar performance came just four months after Monk’s celebrated Town Hall concert in New York, which featured ambitious tentet