Thelonious Monk Quartet - Monk's Dream

A really amazing CD, most of the songs resemble early blues and jazz fused together. With Monk on piano, Charlie Rouse on tenor sax, John Ore on bass, and Frankie Dunlop on drums, this Quartet is a finely tuned group that created a solid set of songs. Monk's acoustic piano mixed witht he tenor sax creates alot of mellow laid back blues tones. One thing I really like to listen to is when Monk comp's with his left hand while his right hand solo's. This is just something that I'm really bad at, so I figure if I can get some pointers from Monk, it can't hurt. All of the songs have amazing melodies, and really swing, one of my favorite Monk and jazz CD.

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