Thelonious Monk: Underground . By Jerry D'Souza October 6, 2003 View read count. The cover of this album is an interesting one. Was Monk’s sense of humor at work? Whatever the answer, the music that ...

The album also sports a languid cover of “Easy Street” and a reprise of ” Thelonious,” which Monk had been playing as an anthem of sorts since his first album for Blue Note in 1947 but ...

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Thelonious Monk, who would have been 91 on Thursday, wrote many great songs. But a great many covers of his music wind up butchered by interpreters who seem not to understand it. From the scores ...

Thelonious Monk, who would have been 91 on Thursday, wrote many great songs. But a great many covers of his music wind up butchered by interpreters who seem not to understand it.