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Gregory Lewis: Organ Monk Sings

Read "Organ Monk Sings" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
March 20, 2026

There have been many tributes to Thelonious Monk, but few have truly captured his world as theatre. Organ Monk Sings does just that. Designed as a sonic play in four acts, complete with an overture, scenes, interludes, and a closing tableau, the album approaches Monk's Songbook not as a mere repertoire but as dramatic literature. Over eighteen compositions, organist Gregory Lewis and his cast, which includes tenor saxophonist Jerry Weldon, drummer Nasheet Waits, and vocalist Ms. Raina, shift effortlessly from ...

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Gregory Lewis: Organ Monk Going Home

Read "Organ Monk Going Home" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 9, 2023

Imagine Thelonious Monk playing not piano but organ. Not easy to visualize, but that is the concept Gregory Lewis wishes to present on Organ Monk Going Home, the “home" in this instance exemplifying not a physical space where one goes to rest and refresh the soul but a metaphorical creation of the mind whose images are wide and dimensions unlimited. Lewis has spent much of his career reshaping Monk's unorthodox pianistic ideas for the organ, a pursuit ...