Richard Huntley

Randy Weinstein: HarmoniMonk

by Richard J Salvucci
January 31, 2025

A caution to Monkophiles of every variety: This is not your grandparents' Thelonious Monk, much less Charlie Rouse's or anyone else. Monk on a chromatic harmonica? Well, keep an open mind and try it. It may prove enjoyable, although this is not Toots Thielemans. Here is a recording for the adventurous listener, especially if hearing a harmonica-tuba combination on “Straight, No Chaser" with the tuba chugging along with some rhythmic offset is not enough to leave ...