Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins
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Thelonious Monk created some of his most innovative music during the period in the early '50s when he recorded for Prestige, and Sonny Rollins was in the forefront of the few musicians who could respond to Monk's challenging compositions and sharp-angled, dissonant comping. It's apparent in the way the two transform the standards "The Way You Look Tonight" and "I Want to Be Happy," Rollins soaring through the former and bringing wry wit to the latter. Monk's "Friday the 13th" is heard in an extended performance with Rollins and French-horn player Julius Watkins--challenging, probing music. --Stuart
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Manufacturer: Ojc
Release date: 1 July 1991
EAN: 0025218605922 UPC: 025218605922
Release date: 1 July 1991
EAN: 0025218605922 UPC: 025218605922
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