Reflections 1952, by Frank Carlberg Trio

Reflections 1952

by Frank Carlberg Trio

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In 1952, Thelonious Monk, joined by Bassist Gary Mapp, Drummer Art Blakey and Drummer Max Roach, drove to an early iteration of pioneering Sound Engineer Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in New Jersey, and entered a small and tightly-managed room that Van Gelder had strict technical rules for. In those recording sessions, and again in 1954, despite Van Gelder's tight management and an out-of-tune piano with tinny fidelity, Monk produced some of the most glorious music of his entire recording career and in all of American improvised music. These sessions, recorded with his trio, would become Monk Trio on Prestige. 70 years after the original recordings, this album, Reflections 1952, bassist John Hébert, pianist Frank Carlberg and drummer Francisco Mela revisited those iconic recordings and improvised in conversation with them. “Reflecting Reflections” features various quotes by Monk collected by fellow musicians. On “Nicknames” you hear the various monikers journalists gave to Monk, accompanied by abstractions of a Monk piece originally written for his son, “little Rootie Tootie.” As a celebration of this beautiful work, today’s musicians offer their own interpretations of the same pieces while tipping the cap to the master; Reflections 1952 is a note of thanks. It will be available on CD in December 2022.

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released December 2, 2022

Frank Carlberg: Piano
John Hébert: Bass
Francisco Mela: Drums, voice (5)

Guests:
Priya Carlberg: Voice (2, 11)
Paul Lichter: Spoken word (7, 9)

Recorded June 9 and 10, 2021 at Big Orange Sheep Studios, Brooklyn by Michael Perez-Cisneros
Mixing and mastering by Michael Perez-Cisneros

Illustration by Robert Mirolo
Graphic design by Mark Smith

Compositions #1-10 by Frank Carlberg, TEOSTO, Finland. #11 by Ceasar/Casucci/Brammer

In October and December of 1952 Thelonious Monk, joined by (the mysterious) Gary Mapp and Art Blakey and Max Roach, went into Rudy Van Gelder’s studio. Those two dates (plus two pieces from 1954), recorded on an out-of-tune piano, produced some of the most glorious music of Monk’s recording career and in all of American improvised music.
On this recording John and Francisco and I revisited that music and created our own impressions. “Reflecting Reflections” features quotes by Monk collected by fellow musicians; “Nicknames” (over echoes of Little Rootie Tootie) is about various monikers given to Monk. 70 years after the original recordings, we want to celebrate this classic work with our own takes of the same pieces while tipping our caps to the master. THANK YOU THELONIOUS SPHERE MONK!

Thank you, Francisco and John, Priya, Paul, Rahul (some sounds), Michael P-C, Federico and Polly, Luke, NEC for support through their Professional Development Grant and Jacques Ponzio and Guillaume Tarche for sharing “Nicknames” from “Monk ABC book” published by Lenka Lente.

- Frank Carlberg

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