Among other things, it (a) specifies which discs were available on the French market and those that were not (b) demonstrates that Thelonious Monk's appearance at the Salon was not "last minute" at all, but advertised beforehand and referred to in various communiqués (along with Gerry Mulligan and Jonah Jones, Monk was one of "the three stars of this series of manifestation") (c) shows that Jean-Marie Ingrand's memory was at times confused, and (d) also indicates that despite the interest shown in Monk by Charles Delaunay and Léon Cabat, the Vogue company wasn't that active concerning Monk, presumably due to a lack of support from the editors of Jazz-Hot. What follows below is an attempt to gather, consolidate and correct previously published information. We realized that certain accounts were largely inaccurate, and so we decided to verify the information that had been published, cross-referencing articles in magazines and books that referred to Monk in France prior to 1955. When we listened to the tape we discovered that this music recorded in 1954 sounded a great deal better than contemporary accounts would have you believe.
And among these was one which turned out to be the first concert given by Monk at Salle Pleyel. "Les Liaisons dangereuses 1960," Sam Records/Saga), and this led us to examine all the tape-boxes in the archives of Vogue (Sony Music) with "Monk" on the label. We wanted to learn more about Monk's meeting with Marcel Romano (cf. The recording of the first performance that Thelonious Monk gave in France (it was also the concert that opened the 3rd edition of France's International Jazz Salon on June 1st 1954) came to light by accident.
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