{"product_id":"frank-kimbrough-monk-s-dreams-the-complete-compositions-of-thelonious-sphere-monk-cd","title":"Frank Kimbrough - Monk’s Dreams - The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe genius of pianist and composer Thelonious Monk is unassailable. Since his death in 1982, he has become recognized as one of the greatest composers of jazz - and of the wider world of music. The year 2017 was the centennial of Monk's birth, and brought scores of tributes, including a well-received stay of pianist Frank Kimbrough's quartet at the Jazz Standard club in New York City. Like many jazz pianists, Kimbrough found Monk's music a revelation when he first heard it. From the outset of his career, Kimbrough has returned time and again to Monk's compositions. After nearly four decades of study, reflection, and performance, Kimbrough has established a relationship with these pieces and found a way to express himself through the prism of Monk. When the Standard approached Kimbrough to put together a quartet to play Monk's music, he picked the brilliant rhythm section of bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Billy Drummond. His choice for lead horn voice was the multi-instrumentalist Scott Robinson, with whom he has played for many years and in many combinations, most notably with the Maria Schneider Orchestra. After the first set of the October 17th, 2017 performance at the Standard Kimbrough's friend Mait Jones urged that the group record Monk's entire oeuvre, a feat that Kimbrough had never considered. A jazz fan and co-presenter of his own Princeton series JazzNights Jones began a lifelong appreciation of Monk when he heard the master live at the Five Spot in New York City in 1957. Over the next few days, Jones doubled down on his intent to make the project reach fruition, bringing in his friend and fellow jazz head, Dr. Dorothy Lieberman, to help co-produce the effort. The musicians began the intensive work such a project demands. Finally, in April of 2018 Kimbrough led a trio and then the quartet at Jazz at the Kitano, polishing 30 new tunes on the way to the full Monk catalog of 70 pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThelonious\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Light Blue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Played Twice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ask Me Now\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Humph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bright Mississippi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Reflections\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bemsha Swing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Teo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Blue Sphere\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Crepuscule with Nellie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Think of One\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 52nd St. Theme\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Eronel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bluehawk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Little Rootie Tootie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Two Timer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ruby My Dear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Boo Boo's Birthday\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e San Francisco Holiday\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Functional\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I Mean You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Shuffle Boil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Monk's Dream\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Evidence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Misterioso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Four in One\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Brake's Sake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pannonica\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bye-Ya\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e North on the Sunset\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introspection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e We See\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e In Walked Bud\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Nutty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Trinkle Tinkle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Blues Five Spot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Round Midnight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Jackie-Ing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Well You Needn't\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sixteen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Locomotive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Gallop's Gallop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Children's Song\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Blue Monk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Friday the 13th\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Criss Cross\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Raise Four\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Let's Call This\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Who Knows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Merrier Christmas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Stuffy Turkey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Monk's Point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Brilliant Corners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Off Minor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Hackensack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Oska T\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Let's Cool One\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Hornin' in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Coming on the Hudson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Straight No Chaser\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Monk's Mood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Green Chimneys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Rhythm-A-Ning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ugly Beauty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Skippy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Something in Blue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Epistrophy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50400960020754,"sku":"016728403221","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/3580377.jpg?v=1729119231","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/frank-kimbrough-monk-s-dreams-the-complete-compositions-of-thelonious-sphere-monk-cd","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}