Jazz Articles about Die Enttäuschung

Die Enttäuschung: Lavaman

by Mark Corroto
December 13, 2017

It has been twenty years since Die Enttäuschung recorded the music of Thelonious Monk, but Monk continues to be an essential component of their music making. This is also the case with Steve Lacy and Roswell Rudd's music after their Monk cover band School Days (Emanem, 1975) disbanded. The concepts of Monk's music were integral in their sound thereafter. Lavaman is the ensemble's sixth release (seventh, if you count the impossible to locate eponymous 1996 LP debut on ...