No love for Monk?
The recent Monk/Coltrane at Carnegie Hall CD springs to mind.
Also Ben Folds for some rock piano action.
Good point. But I don't really think of Monk as a pianist, or playing "piano music." The sound of his playing is not "beautiful" in the traditional sense, even when using same piano, studio and producer as Bill Evans on Kind of Blue, or Brubeck on Take Five. To me, Monk is a unique form of music and a unique instrument in his own right! Thelonius in Action is my favorite album, his playing is inventive and optimistic, and the band is hot, the recording is very good.
The Monk Trane at Carnegie Hall was a VOA recording intended for rebroadcast along with many other artists recorded at that concert. It is not the best recording quality or best vibe for blowing, but it IS historically important.
Rich
