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Frank Kimbrough: Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk

by Victor L. Schermer
November 27, 2018

Thelonious Monk, though controversial in his time, was a brilliant, innovative pianist and composer with a unique way of conceiving the music that was yet remarkably simpatico with standard forms. Many of his compositions (they are much more than “tunes," though I'll use that word here as shorthand) have become a regular part of the jazz ...