The Thelonious Monk Quartet - Monk's Dream Artist_Antonio Carlos Jobim the piano comping

the piano comping

Seeds of some of MAHAL’s 13 songs date back to the more explicitly rock-oriented What For

2 LPs of long-form

so perhaps it’s unsurprising that when Bertrami presented his demos to the record companies he had been working for

to clear one’s head

The Thelonious Monk Quartet - Monk's Dream Artist_Antonio Carlos Jobim the piano compingMonk's Dream is the first album jazz musician Thelonious Monk released on Columbia Records. It was recorded in 4 days in autumn 1962 and issued a year later. The Thelonious Monk Quartet consisted of Monk (piano), Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), John Ore (bass), and Frankie Dunlop (drums). Jazz scholars and enthusiasts alike also heralded this combo as the best Monk had been involved with for several years. Although he would perform and record supported by