A Monday Date

A Monday Date

Track Listings

 
1. Monday Date
2. Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
3. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
4. Lonesome Road
5. Squeeze Me
6. Limehouse Blues
7. West End Blues
8. Yes Sir, That's My Baby
9. Caution Blues
10. Mandy, Make up Your Mind
11. Closer Walk With Thee
12. Clarinet Marmalade

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Another Monday Date
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • This is one example of a bad decision to comnine 2 for 1
  • Great solos
  • Probably Earl Hines's best CD!
Another Monday Date
Earl Hines
Manufacturer: Prestige
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
Swing GeneralSwing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000000ZD1
Release Date: 1995-04-17

Tracks:

  1. Jitterbug Waltz
  2. Black And Blue
  3. Blue Turning Gray Over You
  4. Honeysuckle Rose
  5. Squeeze Me
  6. Ain't Misbehavin'
  7. Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now
  8. I Can't Gve You Anything But Love
  9. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
  10. Deep Forest
  11. Everything Depends On You
  12. Am I Too Late?
  13. Blues For Tatum
  14. In San Francisco
  15. Ann
  16. You Can Depend On Me
  17. When I Dream Of You
  18. R.R. Blues
  19. Straight To Love
  20. Piano Man
  21. My Monday Date

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars This is one example of a bad decision to comnine 2 for 1.......2003-09-03

In the early 1970s, times were tough for record companies (sort of like now), but especially for jazz labels. The 1970s were a very trying time for jazz, period. So, Prestige and Fantasy Records (along with newly aquired Riverside's vaults, which were reissued by twos as Milestone Records 'twofers') began to combine single record LPs into double LPs for a better value. Sometimes, 'previously unissued' tracks were included in order to stretch-out the time required for such a 'twofer'. In Fantasy, Prestige, and Milestone's case, many if not most of the double LPs were well put together and preserved some classic recordings long before CD reissues were a gleam in a record label's eye (ie; Ray Bryant's "Me and the Blues"; Cannonball Adderley "..And 8 Giants", and damn near every Wes Montgomery and Bill Evans 'twofer' reissue). However, occasionally, floppers did occur..."Jug and Dodo" reminds me a bit of this one - "Another Monday Date". Contrary to some opinion, I do not feel that the first disc, Hines' first for Fantasy, "Fatha Plays Fats" is that bad; but his second LP for Fantasy, "Earl 'fatha' Hines solo", recorded in December of 1956, is simply so, so much better. Hines is no youngster on this recording, and he is in total command of his instrument. On top of that, he is recording solo for the first time in quite a while, and playing with the knowledge that he has nothihg to prove. He simply plays the living **** out of every tune. From the first note of "Deep Forest" on to the wonderful "R.R.Blues" (with that great modern, quirky ending!) to the last note of "My Monday Date", 'Fatha' Hines is most likely unaware that he is recording one of his best LPs. I honestly believe it to be an historic one at that. The sound quality is perfect, with good reverb, not that soaking wet sound, in which many of the early 'hi-fi' recordings were drenched. The microphone placement is just right, too - listen to his right foot tapping away at certain points. Fortunately, I lucked into the original Fantasy LP in a defunct jazz record library during the switch of 'format' over to rock & roll. It is worth its weight in gold for the cover alone - a sort of "pseudo art-de-France deco" animation drawing of 'Fatha' with a big grin, big hands (with a big diamond ring) on the big black and white keys. Everything is in various shades of black and white except the title and the ring - which are in gold. Barring the finding of the 'solo' stuff on its own, I still think this CD is worth getting for the solo works. Again, much like "Jug and Dodo".

4 out of 5 stars Great solos.......2002-02-14

Earl Hines was at probably the lowest point of his career when these 1955-56 tracks were recorded. An extraordinarily influential pianist, his 1920s recordings, both solo and with Louis Armstrong and Jimmy Noone, shot him to the forefront of jazz, and challenged the prevailing orthodoxy of stride piano. He fronted successful big bands in the 1930s and 1940s, and was reunited with Armstrong in the late forties. However, by the 1950s he was reduced to playing dixieland jazz on the West Coast, and his career seemed moribund.

The first nine tracks do nothing to dispute that judgement. Supposedly a tribute to Fats Waller, Hines (in a mediocre quartet with guitar, bass and drums) delivers high class muzak, playing at perhaps 25 % of his capacity. These are poor sides.

Thankfully sides 10 - 21 find Hines solo, in superb form and recorded on a wonderful piano in an excellent acoustic. These sides foreshadow the solo piano renaissance which Hines experienced after his 1964 "rediscovery". All are magnificent, a mixture of Hines originals from his big band days and two excellent blues (with "R.R. Blues" featuring some 1920s Chicago style boogie woogie).

Strongly recommended for the solo tracks alone.

5 out of 5 stars Probably Earl Hines's best CD!.......2001-05-13

Two of pianist Earl Hines's finest recordings sessions of the 1950s are included on this CD. One is a tribute to Fats Waller on which Hines (with guitarist Eddie Duran, bassist Dean Reilly and drummer Earl Watkins) explores songs associated with Waller. The other date is Hines's only solo session of the decade and features him playing his own compositions (including "Everything Depends on You," "You Can Depend on Me," "Piano Man" and "My Monday Date") along with "Am I Too Late?" During the 1950s, Hines was somewhat forgotten in jazz, reduced to playing Dixieland dates, so this two-fer is far superior to his other sessions prior to his "comeback" of 1964.
A Monday Date
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    A Monday Date
    Earl Hines & His Band
    Manufacturer: Ojc
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Swing GeneralSwing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Classic Big BandClassic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Contemporary Big BandContemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000000Z62
    Release Date: 1991-07-01

    Tracks:

    1. Monday Date
    2. Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
    3. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?
    4. Lonesome Road
    5. Squeeze Me
    6. Limehouse Blues
    7. West End Blues
    8. Yes Sir, That's My Baby
    9. Caution Blues
    10. Mandy, Make Up Your Mind
    11. A Closer Walk With Thee
    12. Clarinet Marmalade
    Don't Forget Our Monday Date
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      Don't Forget Our Monday Date
      The Old Fashioned
      Manufacturer: GHB
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music
      ASIN: B00005BI3M
      Release Date: 2001-03-30
      [2 CDs] Satchmo Grooves (Import) / Jazz Lips
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        [2 CDs] Satchmo Grooves (Import) / Jazz Lips
        Louis Armstrong , TRACK LISTINGS.............................................. , When The Saints Go Marchin' In / Muskrat Ramble / Snake Rag / New Orleans Stomp / I Want A Big Butter And Egg Man , Ain't Misbehavin' (I'm Savin' My Love For You) / On The Sunny Side Of The Street / C'est Si Bon / Jeepers Creepers , Gut Ramble / Come Back Sweet Papa / Heebie Jeebies / Cornet Chop Suey / King Of The Zulus , Jazz Lips/ Skid-Dat-De-Dat / Wild Man Blues / Alligator Blues , Potato Head Blues / Weary Blues / Put 'Em Down Blues / Stuttin' With Some Barbeque , and Once In A While / Hotter Than Hot / Savoy Blues / Skip The Gutter / A Monday Date
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD
        ASIN: B000TRJ1ZO
        Don't Forget Our Monday Date
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          Don't Forget Our Monday Date
          Old Fashioners
          Manufacturer: Jazzology
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
          ASIN: B00005EBGK

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