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| 1. | Straight, No Chaser
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| 2. | 'Round Midnight
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| 3. | Off Minor
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| 4. | Ruby, My Dear
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| 5. | Let's Call This
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| 6. | A Message from the High Priest
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Jazz
Larry "Lonnie" Gales - Bass, Vocals
Ben Riley - Drums
Benny Green - Piano
Claudio Roditi - Trumpet
Junior Cook - Sax (Tenor)
Steve Turre - Trombone
* Alan Bates - Executive Producer
* Malcolm Addey - Engineer
* Malcolm Walker - Design
* Mark Gardner - Liner Notes
* Mark Morganelli - Producer
* Mitchell Seidel - Photography
Bassist Larry Gales and drummer Ben Riley played together in Thelonious Monk's quartet during part of the 1960s and they anchor this Monk tribute CD, which also features trumpeter Claudio Roditi, trombonist Steve Turre, tenor saxophonist Junior Cook and pianist Benny Green. "Straight No Chaser" is given a lengthy jam-session treatment, "'Round Midnight" receives a surprise vocal from Gales (showing off a warm and expressive voice), Cook's tenor is featured on both "Off Minor" and "Ruby My Dear," and Green ably leads the trio through "Let's Call This" before the full sextet interprets Gales' minor-toned swinger "A Message from the High Priest." It is a little disappointing how little Roditi and Turre are heard from during the live set. But otherwise, the conventional jam on Thelonious Monk's music is respectful, boppish and enjoyable.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Larry Gales
Active Decades: '50s, '60s and '90s
Born: Mar 25, 1936
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Hard Bop
Larry Gales was a fine supportive bassist who is best-known for his five years (1964-69) spent as a member of Thelonious Monk's Quartet. He started on bass when he was 11 and in 1956 attended the Manhattan School of Music. Among Gales' key associations before joining Monk were J.C. Heard, the Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis-Johnny Griffin Quintet, Herbie Mann (1962), the Junior Mance Trio and Joe Williams. He traveled with Monk all over the world and then, after leaving the pianist-composer, he settled in Los Angeles and became a local fixture. Gales had further opportunities to work with Joe Williams along with such top players as Erroll Garner Willie Bobo, Red Rodney, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Benny Carter, Blue Mitchell, Clark Terry and Kenny Burrell among many others. Gales recorded through the years with many major musicians; in addition to the groups he was working with, he made record sessions with Buddy Tate, Bennie Green, Sonny Stitt, Mary Lou Williams, Jimmy Smith, Sonny Criss and Big Joe Turner plus many others. In 1990 Larry Gales had his only chance to lead his own record session, resulting in a Candid CD (A Message From Monk) featuring his own "A Message From the High Priest" plus five Thelonious Monk songs.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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