Misterioso is a live album by American jazz ensemble the Thelonious Monk
Quartet, released in 1958 by Riverside Records. Pianist and composer
Thelonious Monk (pictured) had overcome an extended period of career
difficulties by the time of his 1957 residency at the Five Spot Café in
New York City. He returned to the venue the following year for a second
residency and recorded Misterioso with drummer Roy Haynes, bassist Ahmed
Abdul-Malik, and tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin. Misterioso and its
title track refer to Monk's reputation as an enigmatic, challenging
musician. The album features four of his earlier compositions, which
Monk reworked live. It was one of the first successful live recordings
of his music and was produced by Orrin Keepnews, who said that Monk
played more distinctly than on his studio albums in response to the
audience's enthusiasm. Music critics at the time complimented Monk's
performance, but were critical of Griffin, whose playing they felt was
out of place with the quartet. Later critics have viewed Griffin's
playing as a highlight. The album was remastered and reissued in 1989
and 2012 by Original Jazz Classics.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1071:
Byzantine–Seljuq Wars: Seljuk Turks led by Alp Arslan
captured Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV at the Battle of Manzikert.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Manzikert>
1346:
Hundred Years' War: English forces established the military
supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow
and armoured knights at the Battle of Crécy (pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cr%C3%A9cy>
1768:
HMS Endeavour departed Plymouth, England, marking the start of
the first voyage of explorer James Cook.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_voyage_of_James_Cook>
1810:
Juan José Castelli ordered the execution of Santiago de
Liniers, during the Argentine War of Independence.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_de_Liniers,_1st_Count_of_Buenos_Aires>
1966:
The South African Defence Force launched an attack against
SWAPO guerrilla fighters at Omugulugwombashe, starting the Namibian War
of Independence.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWAPO>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
paradigm shift:
A radical change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new
one, necessitated when new scientific discoveries produce anomalies in
the current paradigm.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paradigm_shift>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
--Mother Teresa
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa>