Harlem Stories - The Music of Thelonious Monk (195269017132)

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Harlem Stories - The Music of Thelonious Monk

WJ3 Records

195269017132

DRJ 165122

195269017132

JAZZ

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CD 14,98 €

3-PANEL DIGIPACK EDITION

It's not unusual for a saxophonist to serve up a record of music by Thelonious Monk – but the approach here from Teodross Avery is nicely different, in part because his natural sense of warmth really transforms the music and makes it his own!

Avery blows both tenor and soprano sax – and while some tunes evoke an older reed relationship to Monk, most of the tracks have these fresh arrangements that are very much in the spirit of Teodross' own compositions – nicely fluid, with maybe some of Monk's angles dampened a bit and delivered by two different groups – one with Anthony Wonsey on piano, Corcoran Holt on bass, and Willie Jones III on drums – the other with DD Jackson on piano, Corcoran Holt on bass, and Marvin Bugalu Smith on drums.

PERSONNEL & TRACKS:

  • BAND 1
  • Teodross Avery, tenor & soprano sax
  • Anthony Wonsey - piano
  • Corcoran Holt - bass
  • Willie Jones III - drums
  • Allakoi “Mic Holden” Peete - cajon on tracks 3
  • 01. Teo
  • 02. Monk’s Dream
  • 03. Ruby, My Dear
  • 04. Evidence
  • 05. Rhythm-A-Ning
  • _______________________________
  • BAND 2
  • Teodross Avery, tenor & soprano sax
  • D.D. Jackson - piano
  • Corcoran Holt - bass
  • Marvin “Bugalu” Smith - drums
  • 06. In Walked Bud
  • 07. Ugly Beauty
  • 08. Pannonica
  • 09. Trinkle, Tinkle
  • 10. Boo Boo’s Birthday

Big Orange Sheet Studios, New York, January 14, 2020