Big Band and Quartet in Concert


Big Band and Quartet in Concert is a live album by American jazz musician Thelonious Monk, released in March 1964 by Columbia Records. Recorded at the Lincoln Center's Philharmonic Hall on December 30, 1963, it features a large ensemble with 10 musicians, including the four members of the Thelonious Monk Quartet and six additional brass and reed players. Like the earlier The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall album, the large ensemble pieces were arranged by Hall Overton.
Monk toured Europe in 1967 with a similar ensemble and played many of the same pieces featured on Big Band and Quartet in Concert. Recordings of a Paris concert with the 1967 group were later released as Thelonious Monk Nonet Live in Paris 1967.
Big Band and Quartet in Concert was called by reviewer Scott Yanow "essential for all jazz collections".

Track listing

1994 CD reissue

The 1994 reissue on CD and LP restored the entire concert, including selections and drum solos left off the original 1964 release.

Personnel

Hall Overton arranged all pieces played by the larger ensemble.

Quartet