1/6/2023 0 Comments Thelonious monk undergroundThe shooting studio was on the ground floor. The studio was in a townhouse in the Fifties, off Third Avenue. They specialized in lavishly produced and complex photo shoots. “The photography was done at the studio of Horn/Griner (Steve Horn and Norman Griner). One night at dinner, Richard told me the story of the photo shoot for Thelonious Monk’s celebrated Underground cover: Richard and I worked together at the reactivated Blue Note Records of the ‘80s and for many years, he was Mosaic’s art director. Richard Mantel is an old friend who was an art director at Columbia Records during its heyday, and in fact was one of the faces on the George Wein album we reissued in our Mosaic singles series. The cover photograph is as brilliant and outrageous as Monk’s music. Here’s a fascinating entry on Thelonious Monk’s Columbia album Underground, the last official recording by Monk’s wonderful quartet with Charlie Rouse, from London Jazz Collector. Thelonious Monk’s Underground: The Story Behind the Cover
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